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Summerfield Information Center
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 1, 2015
Committee rethinks potential info center uses

A $637,492 renovation price tag puts initial remodeling ideas on hold for now.

  • East County
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Seven months after she launched Lakewood Ranch Main Street’s first farmers market in three years, Jennifer McCafferty hopes to keep the event going.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 1, 2015
Farmers market owner hopes to sow roots

Jen’s MarketPlace owner Jennifer McCafferty hopes to extend her stay on Lakewood Ranch Main Street through the summer.

  • East County
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By the end of the year, FDOT officials plan to start construction on a roundabout to be located in front of Carlos E. Haile Middle School.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 1, 2015
Roundabout plans circle East County

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  • East County
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Luxury estates will include 10,000-square-foot (and larger) homes with pools, plane accomodations and other features, as depicted here.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 1, 2015
Clear the air

april fools

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 1, 2015
Music on Main parking hits sour note

april fools

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 1, 2015
Cranky wins acting award

april fools

  • East County
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Volunteer B.J. McCurry hands out bags and T-shirts to guests in attendance for the campaign kick-off.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • April 1, 2015
All Faiths kicks off Campaign Against Summer Hunger

All Faiths kicks off Campaign Against Summer Hunger

  • Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Morales
  • March 31, 2015
Contra dancing builds a community at Fogartyville

The next scheduled contra dance at Fogartyville Community Media & Arts Center takes place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • March 31, 2015
Sarasota County commissioners praise mobility plan

The 20-year plan will replace road impact fees.

  • Sarasota
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The South Siesta Key renourishment project is up for $9 million in tourist tax dollar funding.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • March 31, 2015
Sarasota County grants $1 million to Venice beach renourishment project

The Venice and South Siesta Key projects could lower the TDT fund to a critical level.

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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 31, 2015
Sarasota continues outpacing state in jobs numbers

The unemployment rate in Sarasota County in February was the lowest it has been since August 2007, however the local economy shed 824 jobs from the previous month.

  • Sarasota
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Mote scientists found a record-breaking 114 juvenile scallops.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 31, 2015
Mote scientists discover record number of baby scallops in Sarasota Bay

Mote Marine Laboratory tallied a record number of baby scallops from restoration site on March 25.

  • Longboat Key
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The father of the injured baby sandhill crane guards the bird from passersby.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 31, 2015
Car crashes into baby bird

A driver hit a baby sandhill crane at the intersection of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard and Malachite Drive

  • East County
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Town Hall 2015 chairwoman Nancy Morgan, Ringling College of Art & Design President Larry Thompson and Town Hall 2016 chairwoman Chris Cremer at the final luncheon for the RCLA Town Hall 2015 Lecture Series.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 31, 2015
Bernanke gives economic forecast to close Town Hall 2015

The Ringling College LibraryAssociation closed out the 2015 Town Hall lecture series with speaker Ben Bernanke.

  • Sarasota
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Greylin, $148 at Fresh; Lavendar Brown printed shift dress, $160, at Fresh; Sachin & Babi Majestic Dress, $495, at The Met; Missoni brought back some of its classic patterns this season, seen here in these dresses at The Met.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • March 31, 2015
Fashion Insider: Spring Trends

Black Tie stopped in our local fashion houses to see what’s in store and find out what will be sticking around through fall.

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