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Waterlefe resident Ken Bumgarner reviews plans with Tom Pride, of URS/AECom.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 27, 2015
Public scopes out Fort Hamer project

Work to construct the Fort Hamer Bridge and related improvements on Fort Hamer and Upper Manatee River roads has begun.

  • East County
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Longboat Pass Bridge is located at the north end of Longboat Key.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 27, 2015
Longboat Pass Bridge work to bring night-time lane closures

Maintenance work will take place between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. for four nights next week.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 26, 2015
Longboat Harbour blesses its fleets

Longboat Harbour held its annual blessing of the fleets and picnic on March 26.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2015
Cops Corner: Sarasota 3.26.2015

Cops Corner: Sarasota 3.26.2015

  • Sarasota
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  • March 26, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 3.26.2015

Cops Corner: Longboat Key 3.26.2015

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  • March 26, 2015
Cops Corner: East County 3.26.2015

Cops Corner: East County 3.26.2015

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
The Fort Hamer Bridge, officials hope, will ease congestion on Interstate 75.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 26, 2015
Officials set to explain East County projects

An information session will educate local residents on Fort Hamer and other nearby projects

  • East County
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  • Nick Friedman
  • March 26, 2015
Chefs collaborate for 'Pies and Pints' pizza and beer series

Chefs collaborate for 'Pies and Pints' pizza and beer series

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Eat + Drink
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 26, 2015
Sarasota Herald-Tribune building hits the market

Tampa-based agents with JLL have listed the prominent downtown property for $18.1 million.

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Theresa Boley and Mercedes Samuels sport sun dresses at the event.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 26, 2015
Women gather for fashion, food and fun

Members of the Peridia Golf and Country Club admired the latest fashion trends

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The Sarasota Architectural Foundation held a protest rally this afternoon from noon to 1 p.m. to raise awareness for the Paul Rudolph Canopies
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • March 26, 2015
A Canopy Too Far: An Architectural Impasse

Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota Museum of Art, Sarasota Architectural Foundation, Paul Rudolph, canopies.

  • Arts + Culture
The Sarasota Museum of Art is scheduled to open next year.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 26, 2015
Ringling College delays removal of Paul Rudolph canopy

In a response to requests from the Sarasota Architectural Foundation, the school agreed to postpone the scheduled removal of a canopy from the former Sarasota High School building.

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This home at 13315 Palmers Creek Terrace has five bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,171 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.6 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 26, 2015
Four-bedroom Concession home sells for $2.4 million

East County real estate: Four-bedroom Concession home sells for $2.4 million

  • East County
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    By
  • David Conway
  • March 26, 2015
City attorney calls county land agreement "a sham"

Time has proven a 12-year-old agreement in which the city agreed to transfer a Ringling Boulevard parcel to the county “to be a sham,” City Attorney Robert Fournier writes in a memo to commissioners.

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Lilli Hernler sits beside her pool behind her home in Silver Oaks, which overlooks the empty cattle fields. She and her husband, Jorg, have lived in their home since 2010. “We knew the view would go — we hope more people come and live here,” Jorg Hernler
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • March 26, 2015
Residents want their space

Silver Oaks residents want Taylor Morrison to build a larger buffer between their homes and a new development.

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