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Jaime Barcelo with her daughter, Logan, and Skylar Hernandez
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • March 6, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Springfest

Hundreds of runners and families gathered, despite the cold weather, Saturday, March 2, in Palmer Ranch for the annual Springfest celebration. Runners geared up for 5 and 12k races, and families browsed the various booths set up for the event.

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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 6, 2013
Sarasota County School Board dips into North Port drama

School Board members will have little say in the battle between a charter school's local governing board and its affiliated corporate entity.

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Sarasota real-estate developer Tom Mannausa is behind The Jewel, a 17-story luxury condo tower planned for downtown Sarasota. Lori Sax.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • March 6, 2013
The Jewel Rule

Several downtowns on the Gulf Coast have turned into busy, or almost busy, hubs of building activity - sights not seen in six years in many cases. Will the momentum last?

  • Longboat Key
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Ed Hunzeker
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • March 6, 2013
Different Strokes: County administrators

Manatee and Sarasota counties have lots in common. But, within a large swath of the business community there's a strong belief that one county is considerably more responsive than the other.

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"Aerobic Grandma" Isabella Paspa at her home-away-from-home, the Longboat Key Club Fitness Center. Molly Schechter.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • March 6, 2013
Paspa is picture of health

Isabella Paspa is a living advertisement for the benefits of exercise — lots of exercise. She will be 73 years old in May and says she has never felt better, never been in such good shape, never been so mentally relaxed.

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Ashley Krueger sits between her parents, Cindi Krueger and Pat Myers. Ashley Krueger is fighting T-cell lymphoma and is awaiting a bone marrow transplant. Photo by Nick Friedman
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • March 6, 2013
SMA student battles cancer, maintains positive attitude

Ashley Krueger, 18, has battled rare forms of bone cancer for two years. A fundraiser at Fit2Run will help pay for a bone marrow transplant.

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Matt Allison's photo is titled "SMOA Sticks." Courtesy
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • March 6, 2013
Scene & Heard

Matt Allison photos ARE featured all over; A fashionable music series begins; Student's portrait is highly acclaimed; Honoring navy seal Chris Kyle

  • Sarasota
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Kimberly Holowiak and Monica Slater Van Buskirk
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  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 5, 2013
Opening Night Party for Les Miserables

Opening Night Party for Les Miserables

  • Black Tie
Chairmen Dr. Hardy Schwartz, Dr. Allison Silver, speaker Lizz Winstead, chairmen Dr. Krista Toomre and Dr. Harold Johnson
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 5, 2013
47th annual Dinner Celebration featuring Lizz Winstead

47th annual Dinner Celebration featuring Lizz Winstead

  • Black Tie
Chairwomen Bert Minot, Ida Zito and Chris Sancin
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 5, 2013
Out to Lunch 'Mrs. Kennedy and Me' featuring Clint Hill

Out to Lunch 'Mrs. Kennedy and Me' featuring Clint Hill

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Chairwomen Sue Stewart, Georgia Court, author Stacy Cordrey and chairwoman Stacey Carbone
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 5, 2013
Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida 2nd annual Leadership Luncheon

Keynote speaker: Stacy Cordery, author of Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts

  • Black Tie
Cheetah Lounge President William Bullard, in a Feb. 14 letter to Sarasota County Zoning Administrator Brad Bailey, wrote that the club was exempt from county ordinances enacted in 2008 to regulate adult entertainment businesses.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 5, 2013
Sarasota County sues Cheetah Club

County Attorney Stephen DeMarsh announced a request to the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court to order the strip club to comply with a county ordinance March 5.

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Sarasota deputies arrest woman after car chase. Learn more about it in today's headlines!
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • March 5, 2013
March 5: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Sarasota deputies arrest woman after car chase; Sarasota County Commission approves road closure; Manatee Schools names its Educator of the Year tomorrow; Lakewood Ranch remembers longtime manager

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Aerial view of the Honore Avenue Intersection Improvement Project. Courtesy
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 5, 2013
Sarasota County Commission approves road closure

The county will close a portion of Honore Avenue for about a month starting in late March to install new stormwater pipes.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A change order is an adjustment of a project's scope and associated costs. This order will add roughly $248,000 to the $20.7 million agreement with Prince Contracting LLC.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 5, 2013
Sarasota County Commission approves $250,000 change order

Commissioners amended the contract for the North Cattleman Road Improvement Project for the fifth time March 5.

  • Sarasota
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