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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 24, 2013
Sarasota County Commission continues Walmart talks

Commissioners will listen to public comments regarding a proposal for a Walmart Neighborhood Market at the Corner of Beneva Road and Bee Ridge Road this afternoon.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Longboat Key Turtle Watch’s 2013 poster offers turtle-nesting season guidelines. Courtesy photo.
  • By Robin Hartill and Alex Mahadevan
  • April 24, 2013
Turtles swim the globe before returning home

A loggerhead that hatches on local beaches might swim thousands of miles before returning to nest at the place where it hatched.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • April 24, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Prom-A-Palooza: Prom through the decades

Follow the East County and Sarasota Observers through May 23 for prom content and coverage, including feature stories, schedules, photos, contests and more.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
13207 Palmers Creek Terrace. Photos courtesy of SRQ360
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • April 24, 2013
3 Things: Luxury on the Links

The very first amenity Sarasota's early settlers built for themselves was a golf course, and the town's love affair with the game has only grown over the years.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Commissioners discussed panhandling and downtown sound at Tuesday's special meeting.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • April 23, 2013
City of Sarasota commission approves anti-panhandling ordinance

Commissioners did not vote on a moratorium on new bars, deciding to focus on trying to seek "long term" solutions to downtown sound issues.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Manatee Schools senior leadership continues reshuffling - learn more in today's headlines!
  • By Amanda Heisey
  • April 23, 2013
April 23: Daily Headlines Video

Top Stories: Manatee Schools senior leadership reshuffling continues; Revitalization Task Force won't speak at Colony workshop; Sarasota County gets refund for drainage estimate; Volunteers cleanup Sarasota County

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An estimated 800 volunteers from all over Sarasota County have registered to participate in The Great American Clean Up and will be scattered throughout 20 locations around Sarasota to beautify and clean up the community.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • April 23, 2013
Volunteers cleanup Sarasota County

Sarasota County residents take to the streets to cleanup neighborhoods for the Great American Cleanup Saturday, April 27.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 23, 2013
Sarasota County gets refund for drainage estimate

Two Sarasota County commissioners called a $6,000 refund from Erickson Consulting Engineers for underestimating the cost of Beach Road drainage improvements a 'slap in the face.'

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Sarasota Police Department found two men with gunshot wounds after 11 a.m. Monday, April 22, at a residence on the 1900 block of 32nd Street.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 23, 2013
April 23: Morning Headlines

Morning Headlines: Sarasota Police investigate shooting; Sarasota deputies investigate apparent murder-suicide

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  • News
Anyone with information should contact the Sarasota Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division at 954-7070.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 23, 2013
Sarasota Police investigate shooting

The Sarasota Police Department found two men with gunshot wounds after 11 a.m. Monday, April 22, at a residence on the 1900 block of 32nd Street.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Both died of apparent gunshot wounds.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 23, 2013
Sarasota deputies investigate apparent murder-suicide

Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies found the bodies of a mother and her son after a suspected murder-suicide at 2:50 p.m. Monday, April 22.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jerry Genova, president of the Friends of The Sarasota Ballet, with chairwoman Mafalda Neikrug
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • April 22, 2013
Spring Variations

Spring Variations

  • Black Tie
Honorees Nate Jacobs, Isabel Norton, Janice Zarro and Charlie Huisking
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • April 22, 2013
Hall of Fame Luncheon

Hall of Fame Luncheon

  • Black Tie
Sarasota sophomore Avery Miller makes contact in the bottom of the top of the second inning.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 22, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota at Braden River

The Sarasota High softball team fell to Braden River 1-0 in the Class 7A-District 11 championship April 18.

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