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The Paul Rudolph walkway canopy is at the center of a debate between the Ringling College of Art and Design and the Sarasota Architectural Foundation.
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  • Nick Reichert
  • April 1, 2015
Scene & Heard 4.1.15

Catch up on this week's arts news with Scene & Heard.

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  • April 1, 2015
Fashion Insider: Stylish for Spring

Fashion Insider: Stylish for Spring

  • Black Tie
Freshman Anthony Pistella played No. 1 singles for Lakewood Ranch.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • April 1, 2015
Double Take

After trailing the first day of the tournament, the Lakewood Ranch High girls tennis team came back in doubles to win the district title.

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Participants of the Palm-Aire Country Club dressed for the theme of “Once Upon a Time: Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes.”
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  • Jen Blanco
  • April 1, 2015
Sidelines

East County sports news from this week.

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Longbeach Café owners Jeff Daly and Colleen and Pete Callandra
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 1, 2015
Longbeach Café celebrates sweet anniversary

Longbeach Café celebrates sweet anniversary

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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 31, 2015
Operation Kindness event helps wounded veterans

Operation Kindness held its eighth annual event on March 31 at the Longboat Key Club.

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  • By Amanda Morales
  • March 31, 2015
Contra dancing builds a community at Fogartyville

The next scheduled contra dance at Fogartyville Community Media & Arts Center takes place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18.

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  • Jessica Salmond
  • March 31, 2015
Sarasota County commissioners praise mobility plan

The 20-year plan will replace road impact fees.

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  • March 31, 2015
Adriatico: Italian seafood done right

Adriatico: Italian seafood done right

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
The South Siesta Key renourishment project is up for $9 million in tourist tax dollar funding.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • March 31, 2015
Sarasota County grants $1 million to Venice beach renourishment project

The Venice and South Siesta Key projects could lower the TDT fund to a critical level.

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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 31, 2015
Sarasota continues outpacing state in jobs numbers

The unemployment rate in Sarasota County in February was the lowest it has been since August 2007, however the local economy shed 824 jobs from the previous month.

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Mote scientists found a record-breaking 114 juvenile scallops.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 31, 2015
Mote scientists discover record number of baby scallops in Sarasota Bay

Mote Marine Laboratory tallied a record number of baby scallops from restoration site on March 25.

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Larry R. Thompson, president of Ringling College, Janet Minker, Carl Abbott, Dan Snyder, Josh Wynne and Jeff Poleshek converged this past weekend and reached a fitting compromise regarding the Paul Rudolph Canopy
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • March 31, 2015
Canopy Compromise

Ringling College of Art and Design and the Sarasota Architectural Foundation reach agreement to preserve the Paul Rudolph Walkway Canopy

  • Arts + Culture
The father of the injured baby sandhill crane guards the bird from passersby.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 31, 2015
Car crashes into baby bird

A driver hit a baby sandhill crane at the intersection of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard and Malachite Drive

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Town Hall 2015 chairwoman Nancy Morgan, Ringling College of Art & Design President Larry Thompson and Town Hall 2016 chairwoman Chris Cremer at the final luncheon for the RCLA Town Hall 2015 Lecture Series.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 31, 2015
Bernanke gives economic forecast to close Town Hall 2015

The Ringling College LibraryAssociation closed out the 2015 Town Hall lecture series with speaker Ben Bernanke.

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