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Goodwill Manasota President and CEO Bob Rosinsky and Goodwill North Georgia President Ray Bishop.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • July 17, 2015
Goodwill Ambassadors mingle with social event

Suncoast Porsche hosts local Goodwill Ambassadors for networking event.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 17, 2015
Evie's on Main Street to open in September

Owner Mike Evanoff said he plans to open the bar, restaurant and bowling alley on the 1500 block of Main Street Sept. 2.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo. Marni Mount participated in an archaeological dig in the Beit Guvrin caves outside of Jerusalem.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • July 17, 2015
Holy Land adventure

Members of Temple-Emanu-El make a trip to Israel.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The existing University Parkway/Interstate 75 interchange is being reconfigured. The project will take about two years.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 17, 2015
FDOT plans public meeting

The public will be able to view plans or the diverging diamond interchange and ask questions of the construction team.

  • East County
  • News
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is still processing a federal permit for a project that will bring approximately 250,000 cubic yards of sand from a sand source in the middle of the state.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 17, 2015
Town attains state permits for beach projects

All that stands in the way for three separate beach projects bringing millions of dollars worth of sand to the shores of Longboat Key is federal permits.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 17, 2015
SRQ Airport OKs Uber pickups

Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport will charge Uber drivers $2.50 per pickup through December.

  • Sarasota
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  • Nick Friedman
  • July 16, 2015
Psycho Tropics: Reinventing RaeF

Psycho Tropics: Reinventing RaeF

  • Arts + Culture
Blake Bennett, Pine View School senior, tries to put intensity into his sound during a master class session.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • July 16, 2015
Fiati Five holds master class for local high school students

Braden River High School hosted the internationally-recognized wind quintet.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Town Manager Dave Bullock provided the Coalition of Barrier Island Elected Officials with a city of Sarasota transportation update Wednesday.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 16, 2015
Bullock provides transportation update

A comprehensive traffic analysis being performed by the Florida Department of Transportation will be ready sometime this fall.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Pat Halsted and Dr. Ed Feldmann
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • July 16, 2015
The Glenridge hits the mini-golf course

Despite raindrops and delays residents were delighted to spend the Thursday morning on the "green" for a Mini-Golf Tournament at The Glenridge.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • July 16, 2015
SarasotaMOD Weekend preview at VUE

The Sarasota Architectural Foundation previewed this year's modern design festival (Nov. 6-8) dedicated to architect Paul Rudolph

  • Arts + Culture
File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 16, 2015
La Bellasara condo sells for $2,375,000

The following Sarasota residential real estate transactions took place between June 29 and July 3.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Lila Tack, Emma Zamikoff and Iris Axelius smile during leg stretches.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • July 16, 2015
Campers raise the barre with Sarasota Ballet

Sarasota Ballet summer camps offer three weeks of ballet, musical theater and contemporary dance classes.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Chet Whitehorm seems to have scored a big word in Scrabble as Cherie Miller contemplates her tiles.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • July 16, 2015
This week in history 7.16.15

A glimpse of the way things were from the archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • David Conway
  • July 16, 2015
Cops Corner: Sarasota 07.16.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
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