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At least 240 athletes are registered for Sunday's race.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 2, 2013
Chamber seeks last-minute triathlon volunteers

Volunteers are needed for the Sprint Triathlon & Duathlon this Sunday.

  • Longboat Key
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Courtesy image.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • May 2, 2013
Sarasota County schools select School-related Employee of the Year

The Sarasota County School District named Merscilla Gill as School-Related Employee of the Year for her positivity and commitment to the workplace.

  • Sarasota
  • News
East Coast Chamber Orchestra will perform February 5, as part of Sarasota Concert Association's Great Performers Series. Photo Courtesy East Coast Chamber Orchestra.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 2, 2013
Sarasota Concert Association announces 2014 series

The 69th year of the Great Performers Series will open January 6, 2014 with pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin

  • Arts + Culture
The site of the planned garage is now home to a 139-parking space lot.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • May 2, 2013
City receives settlement offer on State-Street Sunshine complaint

Citizens for Sunshine made a settlement proposal to the city April 23 that would allow the city to move forward with the parking garage.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 2, 2013
Key to the city

More than 100 community members and leaders, friends and family surprised Paul Thorpe, one of the founding members of the Downtown Association of Sarasota, April 25, at The Gator Club, to show their appreciation and celebrate the strides he's made for Sarasota over the past four decades.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Michelle Stauffer. Photo by Yaryna Klimchak.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 2, 2013
Clean sweep

Roughly 38 volunteers picked up trash Saturday, April 27, on Siesta Key Beach, as part of Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 2, 2013
Our View: Onward with Atwell, Dorfman

You know the cliche: A picture is worth 1,000 words.

  • Sarasota
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Lift Station 87 is 90% complete. The city is slated to hire engineering firm McKim & Creed to complete the project.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • May 2, 2013
Lift station project progresses

Since December, Sarasota officials have been working to get a long-delayed and troubled $12.5 million lift-station construction project back on track.

  • Sarasota
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Roundabout advocate Rod Warner says the first two roundabouts will bring “a remarkable” change to the bayfront.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • May 2, 2013
Officials OK 10th and 14th street roundabouts

The project is entirely funded, but construction work is still at least four years away.

  • Sarasota
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Proponents of narrowing this stretch of Fruitville Road say it is daunting to cross, and making the roadway two lanes instead of four would unite downtown with neighborhoods and commercial areas to the north.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • May 2, 2013
Fruitville stretch could lose two lanes

The concept would 'pedestrianize' the busy, four-lane roadway that cuts between downtown Sarasota and the Rosemary District.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • May 2, 2013
Residents petition court removal

Current plans for the Sarasota High School renovation show that the tennis courts will be demolished to make way for a new bus drop-off and stormwater retention.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 2, 2013
News Briefs

Property owners file petition against Walmart decision; Ryland Homes buys land for 90-home Palmer Reserve

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Andrew Dailey won the People’s Choice Award last year with his sculpture "Pirecan." File photo.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • May 2, 2013
Amateur sculptors carve their niches

The Siesta Key Amateur Sand Sculpture Contest returns for its 41st year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sgt. Pat Robinson and Police Chief Bernadette DiPino spoke to Alta Vista residents Monday, April 22.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • May 2, 2013
Sarasota police chief stresses crime prevention

After a rash of four burglaries in the Alta Vista neighborhood, Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino is urging neighborhood residents to use their best judgment and take precautions to avoid being victimized.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Barron Schimberg and his son, Sy, wrote “Pancakes and Pickles” over the course of seven years.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • May 2, 2013
Father and son create an appetite for words with book

Barron and Sy Schimberg are donating the money from their children's book, 'Pancakes and Pickles,' to the Miracle League of Manasota.

  • Sarasota
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