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Although the city of Sarasota issued a permit for the $11 million Sansara condominium, and downtown seemed in the midst of a building boom, residential construction lagged in the first quarter.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 27, 2015
Building rebounds in Sarasota metro area

The North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton metropolitan area saw more than 540 building permits approved in April, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today.

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Major League Football officials say Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch, with its 22 fields, nine of which are lighted, are enticing for a future headquarters site. File photo
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  • Jen Blanco
  • May 27, 2015
New football league eyes Ranch for headquarters

Major League Football is scouting the Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch for its headquarters and training facilities.

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Dr. Diana Greene will be the superintendent of the Manatee County School District for at least one year.
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • May 27, 2015
Manatee County School Board hires new superintendent

The Manatee County School Board, Manatee County School District chose Dr. Diana Greene as its interim, full-time superintendent May 26.

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  • May 27, 2015
We want your stories for our Fourth of July tribute!

The Observer is preparing a tribute to the Greatest Generation for the Fourth of July in observance of the 70-year anniversary of the end of World War II.

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Branham with his new granddaughter, Emerson. Courtesy photo
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  • May 27, 2015
Branham falls in love with his new cadet

Steve Branham might be a two-star retired U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral, but his new granddaughter Emerson Whitney Branham of Virginia Beach, Va., already outranks him.

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Sheila Weiser
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  • May 27, 2015
Act of kindness prevails at Longboat Harbour

On May 23, Sheila Weiser fell while walking on the beach outside her Longboat Harbour residence, and a man and his wife came to her aid.

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Diane and Terry Gans
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  • May 27, 2015
Gans celebrates anniversary...with commission date

Longboat Key Vice Mayor Terry Gans celebrated his 46th wedding anniversary May 18 — at a commission workshop. But he gave his wife, Diane, a shout-out from the dais.

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  • May 27, 2015
OBITUARY | Jean Foley McGillis

Jean Foley McGillis, 81, of Longboat Key, died May 20.

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  • May 27, 2015
OBITUARY | Madelyn Humpert

Madelyn Humpert, 93, of Longboat Key and Lakeside Park, Ky., died May 17.

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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 27, 2015
OUR VIEW | More Medicaid: Federal ransom

The call of media editorialists, state senators and altruists for expanding Obamacare’s Medicaid program in Florida remains a cacophonous drumbeat of pots and pans.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 27, 2015
Budget breakdown: 2015-16 capital projects

Fiscal year 2015-16 is a big year for capital projects, which include $22.5 million worth of beach projects.

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  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 27, 2015
Go out on a limb: Do you know your royal poincianas?

During the months of May and June, royal poinciana trees paint the town red.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 27, 2015
Town could establish 16 potential new residential zoning districts for multifamily residential properties

By creating 16 new districts, the town could usher nonconforming properties into modern times.

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  • May 27, 2015
News briefs

Longboat Pass drawbridge closures; Finance Department to shift ; Meetings canceled

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Two Sarasota suspects confessed to stealing $152,000 in jewelry from a Country Club Shores home this week.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 27, 2015
Police recover $104,000 in missing jewelry

Police believe a couple pawned at least $152,000 worth of jewelry from a home.

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