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  • Adam Hughes
  • December 25, 2013
2013: Top 10 real estate transactions

The Observer counts down the top 10 sales of the year, recorded Jan. 1 through Dec. 17, for Sarasota. Of the top 10 sales, three were in Harbor Acres and two were in South Cocoanut Bayou.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Manatee Schools Superintendent Rick Mills posted a detailed, data-driven and aggressive action plan to fix the broken budget process to the district's website in April.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • December 25, 2013
Year in Review: April 2013, Mills creates plan to fix budget

The plan Manatee Schools Superintendent Rick Mills created establishes clear timelines and deadlines and holds specific administrators accountable to lead each task to completion.

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Lucy Tight and Wayne Waxing with their daughter, Diver.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • December 25, 2013
Video Year in Review: April 2013, Hymn for Her turn up the heat with new album

After two years of touring and living out of their Airstream trailer, roots-rock duo Hymn for Her has found a home in Sarasota - but they're not getting too comfortable.

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  • Neighbors
raveler's Choice Beaches Awards are based on quality and quantity of traveler reviews and ratings for beaches gathered over a twelve month period.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • December 25, 2013
Web Year in Review: May 2013, Siesta Key beach listed No. 2 on TripAdvisor for 2013

Siesta Key public beach was listed as No. 2 on the top 25 beaches in the United States on TripAdvisor's 2013 'Travelers' Choice' list.

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Beachgoers walk past exposed rocks on eroded sections of Lido Beach Monday, April 1.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • December 25, 2013
Year in Review: April 2013, City plans Lido renourishment

City officials will spend the next few months convincing federal officials to approve $13.64 million in funding for the project. Public meetings will also be held.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jacqueline Morton at Bradenton Opera Guild's Winter Gala Jan. 13, at Bird Key Yacht Club.
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  • Black Tie Staff
  • December 24, 2013
Best of Black Tie 2013

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  • Black Tie
DRINK
  • By Ila Edwards
  • December 24, 2013
Get festive with the night-before-Christmas martini

Get festive with the night-before-Christmas martini

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    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • December 24, 2013
Plans announced to develop "gateway to St. Armands"

Although details are still scarce, a sign went up Tuesday announcing plans to build a new condominium tower on a key piece of downtown real estate.

  • Siesta Key
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Molly Schechter. Dr. Curt Peihler, Harold Ronson and Dr. John Whiteclay Chambers II
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 24, 2013
Lecture offers new view of war

A Dec. 7 presentation at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens' Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day event gave the audience the bottom-up view from the men, women, minorities and others who fought in World War II versus the top-down view of traditional history with its focus on presidents, diplomats and high-ranking military officers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 24, 2013
Turtle Watch T-shirts available

Longboat Key Turtle Watch is ready for nesting season, which begins May 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 24, 2013
Legacy lives on through foundation

Longboat Key resident Marty Samowitz, the oldest World War II Iwo Jima survivor who died Dec. 6 at age 99, is still giving back to the community.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 24, 2013
Couple says 'I do'

Stephen and Justine Boehm Crost, of Bradenton, married April 13, at Mirror Lake, in St. Petersburg.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 24, 2013
Cannons Marina staffer coasts to the top salesperson award

Jupiter Marine, of Palmetto, recently named Cannons Marina sales associate Capt. Mike Adams as its 2013 salesperson of the year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 24, 2013
Longboat student graduates from Savannah College of Art and Design

Bryan Rogers, of Longboat Key, recently graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 24, 2013
Town leery of county's 911 offer

A Sarasota County offer to take over the town's 911 dispatch services would save money, but commissioners worry the town will sacrifice its level of service.

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