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Forty Carrots teacher Amanda Walker teaches students about the science behind rivers in the outdoor sandbox.
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  • Amanda Morales
  • June 18, 2015
Forty Carrots grows with building purchase

Forty Carrots Family Center will expand with the $277,770 purchase of a building on Floyd Street across from its current location on Tuttle Avenue. The former real estate office will be renovated in time for the 2015 school year to expand individual child

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Developer Jay Tallman says the city's approval of a density increase in the Rosemary District is a boon for builders.
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  • David Conway
  • June 18, 2015
Q&A with Jay Tallman

The developer of a major Rosemary District housing project discusses density, homelessness and the future of a burgeoning part of the city.

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Residents Barbara Campo and Jude Levy are working to unite residents concerned about the disappearance of trees from Sarasota's streets, neighborhoods and parks — including Links Plaza, where black olive trees were removed earlier this year.
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  • David Conway
  • June 18, 2015
Save Our Sarasota regroups to focus on tree preservation

A decade after beginning a push for a downtown green space policy, Save Our Sarasota is re-forming to address new citywide concerns about trees.

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The tall trees that line Tahiti Park have sustained damage when large trucks travel down narrow streets, residents say.
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  • David Conway
  • June 18, 2015
Residents search for road to tree protection

Neighborhoods like Tahiti Park are pushing for restrictions on large trucks on their streets, which they say are damaging their canopy trees.

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Louise Kennedy Converse, owner of Artisan Cheese Co., is hopeful the city will establish new regulations allowing for the use of A-frame signs like the one outside her store.
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  • David Conway
  • June 18, 2015
City, businesses search for downtown sign compromise

For some, a conversation about businesses placing signs in the public right-of-way has become an opportunity to stand up to a frequent foil of the city.

  • Sarasota
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 18, 2015
WHAT'S HAPPENING | Week of June 18, 2015

New eatery opens in Siesta Key Village; Wawa continue push into Sarasota

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After creating a Facebook page opposing a Walmart at the Ringling Shopping Center, Holly Dennis is optimistic the city is on the same page as residents in the area.
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  • David Conway
  • June 18, 2015
Residents, city work to create village center at Ringling Shopping Center

Even as the city expresses optimism about the future of the Ringling Shopping Center, questions from residents and the property owners create a foggier outlook.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 17, 2015
Saunders moving Sarasota sales office

Michael Saunders & Co. is moving to a larger office on Main Street.

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 17, 2015
Wawa planned near downtown Sarasota

Tampa-based Brightwork real Estate is developing a location for the popular convenience store on Fruitville Road between Audubon Place and North East Avenue.

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Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh speaks at a town hall meeting in June 2014. File photo.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 17, 2015
Baugh files for re-election

Manatee County District 5 Commissioner Vanessa Baugh is the first to file for her seat.

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Jack Peffley inside Taffy's in 2011
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • June 17, 2015
Jack Peffley: A tall tale

The 6-foot-8 face of St. Armands Circle rounds out a colorful career with a new life in retirement.

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Sarasota County Emergency Management Chief Ed McCrane, Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Bryan Koon, Manatee County Emergency Management Chief Don Hermey, State Fire Director Marshal Julius Halas and Longboat Police Chief Pete Cumming
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • June 17, 2015
Seminar keeps eyes on hurricane preparation

The most important lesson for storm season: Always have a plan.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 17, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 6.18.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Boaters anchor near Jewfish Key.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 17, 2015
Town seeks to silence boaters

The commission will pursue noise meters after residents sound off about weekend noise from Jewfish Key boaters.

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Kay Yoder, a Tara resident, co-founded Taking Back Lives — an organization that helped fund school, healthcare and other needs in Africa.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • June 17, 2015
Dining for Women seeks East County flavor

Kay Yoder will host forums July 15 and Aug. 9 in the Tara community to gauge whether local residents would support the new chapter.

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