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Hope Hahn, Hollie Parks and Tina Wahlers
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • April 24, 2015
A Taste of New Orleans Interactive Dinner and Auction

Guests attended Lakewood Ranch YMCA's 'A Taste of New Orleans' Interactive Dinner and Auction on Friday, April 24, at Polo Grill and Bar's Fete Ballroom.

  • Black Tie
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 23, 2015
Spanish Main swings its season to a close

The 18-piece Manatee Swing Band performed for Spanish Main Yacht Club on April 23.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
At its Monday regular workshop, the Town Commission gave unanimous consensus to whittle down the membership of nine planning board members to seven members.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 23, 2015
Town will reduce planning board in May

The original plan was to reduce the planning board in June but an expedited plan allows the board to be changed before a joint workshop next month.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Manatee Miles Sea Stroll invites participants to walk, jog or run a 5k or one-mile route along Coquina Beach.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 23, 2015
Early registration ends tomorrow

April 24 is the last day of early registration to stroll along the beach for the United Way of Manatee County.

  • East County
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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • April 23, 2015
Sip your way into May

Sip your way into May

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 23, 2015
Rotary rock stars

The Rotary Club of Sarasota Keys Foundation awarded the achievements of local teens and adult volunteers at the 29th annual awards dinner April 9, at Café L’Europe.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 23, 2015
Furever homes

Furever homes

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Siesta Key flag
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • April 23, 2015
This week in history

A glimpse of the way things were from the Pelican Press archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 23, 2015
Lasting legacy

When the Sarasota Garden Club loses one of its own, it honors him or her with a lasting legacy in the form of a brick on the path through the butterfly garden.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A home on Sanderling Road sold for $5.5 million last month, becoming the top sale in Sarasota County in 2015. File photo
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 23, 2015
Siesta real estate numbers: Back to reality

Median and average sales prices of Siesta Key properties fell in the first quarter, signaling a decreasingly volatile real estate market on the barrier island.

  • Sarasota
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The Palmer-Honore Cottage on Siesta Key was owned by some of Sarasota County's most notable historic figures, including Bertha Potter Palmer.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • April 23, 2015
Siesta cottage earns historic recognition

The property belonged to Sarasota County namesakes, including Benjamin Stickney, Bertha Potter Palmer and Adrian Honore.

  • Sarasota
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Mark Kauffman stands in front of a rendering of the Courthouse Centre, which he helped develop. He says his real estate career doubles as family time, for he works with his daughter, son and granddaughter. Photo by David Conway
    By
  • David Conway
  • April 23, 2015
Q+A with Mark Kauffman

If you’ve been to downtown Sarasota, odds are you’ve interacted with a project in which Mark Kauffman has played a part.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Nina Levitt embraces a neighbor after the Sarasota County Commission’s decision Tuesday. Photo by Jessica Salmond
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • April 23, 2015
Palmer Ranch residents secure neighborhood victory

Sarasota County commissioners voted to require a 50-foot buffer for a new development to the south of Silver Oaks.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The municipal facility has become an issue for the city as revenues decline and the costs of managing aging infrastructure grow. The study committee will research potential solutions to that problem.
    By
  • David Conway
  • April 23, 2015
Bobby Jones committee pitches vision for future

In ambitiously examining the course’s problems, the Bobby Jones Golf Club Study Committee hopes to discover a realistic solution.

  • Sarasota
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Photo by Matt Walsh
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 23, 2015
News briefs

Aqua condo breaks ground; Marbut checks in on county homelessness initiatives; Try Transit Day

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