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Roger Capote and Board Trustees Chair, Cathy Layton.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • December 4, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Selby Gardens Wine, Dine and Pine

Guests wined and dined at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens for the 5th annual Wine, Dine & Pine Thursday evening.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Mary Erickson, Bill Farnsworth and David Dabbert
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 4, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Dabbert Gallery exhibit opening

The local art gallery opened their "Figuratively Speaking" exhibit Friday night. The show that focuses on the art of the human form runs until Jan. 31.

  • Arts + Culture
The Ranch's mascot, a sandhill crane, will receive his or her name at Music on Main, Dec. 5, on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • December 4, 2014
Ranch mascot name to be revealed tonight

Lakewood Ranch's sandhill crane mascot will be named Dec. 5 at Music on Main on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

  • East County
  • News
The Downtown Sarasota Holiday Parade will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday at Main Street and U.S. 301.
    By
  • David Conway
  • December 4, 2014
City announces closures for holiday parade

Before Saturday evening's Downtown Sarasota Holiday Parade, several streets will close throughout the heart of the city.

  • Sarasota
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The Centre Shops is located in the 5300 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 4, 2014
Centre Shops sells for $3.7 million

The sale of the shopping center closed Dec. 1, according to Manatee County property records.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This week's FYI Friday features news about another Sarasota Police Department drug raid, the discovery of a missing boy and more!
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • December 4, 2014
FYI Friday - Your weekly news roundup

Catch up on the week's most important and most interesting news stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County with FYI Friday.

  • Longboat Key
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Marylee Danahy checks out gourds by Gourds by Jan Tonia.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 4, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Women's Club Holiday Bazaar

More than 200 ladies in the Lakewood Ranch Women's Club gathered Dec. 5, at the Polo Grill and Bar's Fete Ballroom for the Lakewood Ranch Women's Club's Cirque du Holidaze Bazaar and Luncheon.

  • East County
  • News
Lourdes Ramirez is suing Bob Waechter on six counts, including misrepresentation and libel. File photo.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • December 4, 2014
Ramirez files suit against Waechter

Lourdes Ramirez, former Sarasota County Commission candidate, is filing a civil suit against Bob Waechter for using her name in Democratic campaign donations.

  • Siesta Key
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Weldon Frost and Cash Register at the 2013 Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party (File photo)
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 4, 2014
WEEKEND BEST BET: Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party

There's still time to buy tickets for tomorrow's Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Sarasota Open draws some of the top names on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • December 4, 2014
Sarasota Open moves to Lakewood Ranch

After six years on Longboat Key, the Sarasota Open will now be held at the Lakewood Ranch Tennis Center.

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The former Quay property has sat unoccupied for years.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 4, 2014
Quay site sells for $27 million

A Jacksonville firm will try to redevelop the vacant 15-acre Sarasota waterfront site.

  • Sarasota
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SMR requested the addition of an additional 796 acres north of 44th Avenue East between state roads 70 and 64.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 4, 2014
Lakewood Centre site to double

Acreage will increase in the Lakewood Centre site but the number of homes planned for the phased development won't change.

  • East County
  • News
Pam Fox and Nelson Fox
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 4, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Craft Show

The fifth annual Sarasota Craft Show returned to Robarts Arena this weekend. The art and craft show will be open from Dec. 5 through 7.

  • Arts + Culture
Kris Parins in front of her watercolor entitled “Empire State.”
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • December 4, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Florida Watercolor Society's traveling exhibition

On Dec. 4, Longboat Key Center for the Arts hosted the traveling show of the Florida Watercolor Society's 43rd annual exhibition. One hundred artists from around the state were selected, and 34 of those are on display at the traveling exhibition, which will be in the Durant Gallery until Dec. 19.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The District at UTC, where the Super Target is located, falls within the project's overall boundaries.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 4, 2014
Planning Commission recommends UTC changes

The Sarasota County Planning Commission raised concerns over traffic and wetland mitigation.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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