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Courtesy photosThe University Park Women's Club Garden Group members are pictured with Tammy Kovar, front, of Biological Tree Services, following a presentation.
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2014
University Park gardeners seek healthy landscape

The University Park Women's Club Garden Group met with Lakewood Ranch resident Tammy Kovar, owner of Biological Tree Services, March 6 to discuss 'Tree to Turf - Roots to Canopy.'

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Zuleika Zunz
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2014
Village kids hop aboard bus project

The historic Longbeach Village school bus stop has a new look courtesy of the neighborhood's children, who gathered March 1 for a painting project.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2014
Kiwanis Club is flapjack happy

The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key will hold its annual pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday, at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, 4280 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2014
Turn a new page at Library sale

Before or after you cast your ballot for two commission races, stop by the Longboat Library, located next to Longboat Key Town Hall at 555 Bay Isles Road, to pick up new reads during its election week book sale.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
"People just sit there waiting for those outfits to come out," says Lisa Berger about Iconcept attendees. "They don't know what those artists are going to come up with every year."
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • March 19, 2014
Lisa Berger 'Makes It Work'

Art Center Sarasota Executive Director Lisa Berger encourages dressing in rags. Anything nontraditional or recycled goes in Art Center Sarasota's Iconcept fashion show.

  • Arts + Culture
"Fresco Circles 2013" by Andrea Dasha Reich
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • March 19, 2014
A&E Picks and Highlights

A&E Editor Mallory Gnaegy keeps you in the know about events, local performers and art gallery happenings.

  • Arts + Culture
Lauren Henry, 18, and professional dancer David Martinez Corso
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • March 19, 2014
Spotlight: School of Russian Ballet swims under the sea

The School Of Russian Ballet will perform "The Little Mermaid" in April, the first time the Ukrainian ballet will be performed in the United States.

  • Arts + Culture
"I really believe in coexistence," Jeffery Cornwell says. "I really do believe in that message: working together with people no matter how different they are."
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • March 19, 2014
Backstage Pass: Jeffery Cornwell's students dig deep to illustrate coexistence

Acceptance is an idea the students in Jeffery Cornwell's 10th-grade Booker High School art class understand.

  • Arts + Culture
Josh Siegel Tasked with designing the interior of a space with plenty of room, Alan Shaivitz, who helped lead the alliance's relocation task force, envisions the new office as a place to promote Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • March 19, 2014
New Alliance home represents growth

When the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance moves into its new office in April, it will become a hub for all things Lakewood Ranch.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Pam Eubanks The Florida Department of Transportation plans to improve the I-75/University Parkway interchange to relieve traffic congestion.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 19, 2014
Changes hinge on Villages' approval

To expedite I-75 improvements, Sarasota and Manatee counties will commit to extend two roadways. Only, those roads depend on the counties approving an SMR development.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Josh Siegel Marc Simms leads the effort to hire an executive director.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • March 19, 2014
Alliance continues vision for expansion

As it works to hire an executive director, the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance leans on volunteers to move the group ahead.

  • East County
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Janet Mixon has noticed more plants blooming since last year when she and her husband, Dean, started using a new all-natural treatment on their crops — AgriSolv.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 19, 2014
Mixon puts 'green' in 'green thumb'

After losing plants to psyllid insects, Dean and Janet Mixon find a new way to deter the pest.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2014
News Briefs

Bradenton Speedway welcomes new owners; Select GreyHawk amenities closed for renovations

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Neal Communities and Medallion Home have begun construction inside The Inlets, along Regatta Way and on Fore and Mast drives. Photo by Hannah Fong
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • March 19, 2014
Homebuilders snatch lots in The Inlets

In a bid to fulfill the high-end real estate market, Neal Communities and Medallion Home have partnered to buy 42 lots in The Inlets.

  • East County
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'Emmeline'
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 19, 2014
Classroom Critic

Classroom Critic is a program for middle school students, in which they learn to appreciate the art of film and analyze it critically.

  • Arts + Culture
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