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  • Nick Friedman
  • March 11, 2014
Common Ground: Buffalo Wizards combine music, art and friendship

Common Ground: Buffalo Wizards combine music, art and friendship

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Emarie and Petr Marcan
  • March 11, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Film Festival Moonlight Movies

PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Film Festival Moonlight Movies

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Charlotte Cooper prepares the jewelry for her first outfit before the show.
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  • Kelsey Grau
  • March 11, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Lord's Warehouse Fashion Show

On March 11, the Longboat Island Chapel hosted a mystery-filled Fashion Show and Luncheon for over 150 attendees. The event featured a mystery guest, a 'who dunnit' theme and fashions from the Lord's Warehouse thrift shop.

  • Longboat Key
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Mort Tarter with Betty and Stanley Pelletz
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  • Kelsey Grau
  • March 11, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Democratic Club Meeting

On March 11, the Longboat Key Democratic Club met for its monthly luncheon at the Harbourside Dining Room. Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Allison Tant spoke on the 'challenges of the 2014 election cycle' to attendees after lunch and general club announcements.

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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • March 11, 2014
The Good News: Suzanne Gregory

For the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast, providing access to nature is crucial to its mission.

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    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • March 11, 2014
Distant relatives of Mable Ringling visit The Ringling

This week, four great nieces and nephews of Mable Ringling are in town from New Mexico to visit The Ringling and Sarasota. Mable Burton Ringling was one of five daughters and never had any children. One of her sisters was Dulcy Burton Schueler.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 11, 2014
Circle solicitation worries continue

The St. Armands Circle BID wants clarification from the city attorney and possibly the Sarasota City Commission over solicitation issues on the Circle.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 11, 2014
ULI issues final Longboat Key report

An eight-member panel completed the report after a five-day study of Longboat Key in October.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 11, 2014
Debate reveals candidate similarities

Four Longboat Key commission candidates, for the most part, expressed a need for updated codes, a town center and a new Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Josh Siegel and Sean Roth
  • March 11, 2014
SMR sells space for independent living facility

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch has sold 4.43 acres of vacant commercial property in Lakewood Ranch to a provider of independent living facilities.

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Jabrielle Nelson tries on a life vest.
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • March 11, 2014
Girls Inc. girls set sail at weeklong camp

Girls of Girls Inc. are spending their spring break at Girls Set Sail Monday, March 10 to Friday March, 14. Girls Set Sail is a weeklong camp that allows participants to explore Sarasota Bay with the help of local organizations such as Mote Marine, the Sarasota Sailing Squadron, the Sarasota Police Department and MarineMax.

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Rabbi Brenner Glickman talks with event attendees about current world events.
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 11, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Lunch with the Rabbi

Rabbi Brenner Glickman, of Temple Emanu-El, and his wife, Elaine, shared an afternoon of discussion of world events and snacking on Hamantashen - triangular cookies, eaten on the Jewish holiday Purim - during the Lunch with the Rabbi event March 11. More than 20 members of the Jewish community converged at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall to spend time with Glickman.

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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 11, 2014
S&P upgrades Sarasota County bond rating

An improved bond rating from Standard & Poor's reflects economic recovery in Sarasota County.

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    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • March 11, 2014
School tax referendum vote kicks off

Early voting is under way for the renewal of a one-mill tax referendum, which generates about $40 million in supplementary revenue each year for Sarasota County schools.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 11, 2014
Sarasota police investigate homicide

After receiving a report regarding a body located on the side of a road last night, the Sarasota Police Department is investigating the death of a Palmetto man.

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