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Native landscape education program to begin at Celery Fields
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 31, 2023
Native landscape education program to begin at Celery Fields

Monthly classes are offered at Celery Fields by Sarasota Audubon Society and Serenoa Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society.

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New York trumpet player and Sarasota Jazz Festival Music Director Terell Stafford performs March 17, 2023, at the Sarasota Jazz Festival.
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  • Ian Swaby
  • December 30, 2023
Don't miss these Sarasota events in 2024

Sarasota offers events to suit many interests in 2024.

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See Sarasota's 2023 in photos
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  • James Peter
  • December 28, 2023
See Sarasota's 2023 in photos

Classroom lizards, high-flying hoopsters, knights in shining armor and dancing reindeer made 2023 a year to remember in Sarasota.

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Sarasota Cops Corner: The Best of 2023
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  • Andrew Warfield
  • December 27, 2023
Sarasota Cops Corner: The Best of 2023

Family feuds, getaway drivers on tricycles and a foursome fracas — all that and much more from this year's reports of the Sarasota Police Department.

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The penthouse in the Epoch building offers 1,700 square feet of outdoor living space on two levels.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • December 27, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for 2023 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

A condominium in Epoch tops the year's sales at $11.15 million.

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  • Real Estate
Words for 2024
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  • Matt Walsh
  • December 27, 2023
Words for 2024

At the start of each year, we pick a word to live by. We asked others to give us their word for 2024. They all make persuasive cases.

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  • Opinion
Cardinal Mooney High football celebrates its first state championship since 1972.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • December 26, 2023
The top 10 moments of the 2023 Sarasota high school sports scene

In a year full of triumph and growth, these 10 moments made the biggest impact.

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The Florida Highwaymen exhibit will be on display at Sarasota City Hall beginning Jan. 8.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 26, 2023
Florida Highwaymen exhibit debuts at Sarasota City Hall

A collection of work from Black roadside painters will be on display at Sarasota City Hall beginning Jan. 8.

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A look back at 2023 on YourObserver.com
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 25, 2023
A look back at 2023 on YourObserver.com

The past year was packed with news in our area. Here are readers’ favorite stories from YourObserver.com.

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Sailors boys basketball Head Coach BJ Ivey always gets the most out of his teams.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • December 24, 2023
Unforgettable Sarasota sports stories in 2023

A big-time swimsuit partnership, a coach's lesson about love and a new soccer league left an impression on the Observer's sports columnist.

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The Sarasota County Starter Kit is available online.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 24, 2023
Sarasota County introduces free tool to guide new residents

The online program offered by the UF/IFAS Extension offers free education tools and guides for living in Southwest Florida.

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The upper floors of Obsidian would offer bayfront views to the east and downtown views to the west.
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  • Andrew Warfield
  • December 22, 2023
Controversial high-rise condos to be reconsidered for downtown Sarasota

A marathon meeting is expected as the 342-foot Obsidian condominium tower makes its first foray into the public process on Jan. 10.

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    In Memoriam |
  • December 21, 2023
Sylvia N. Turner

Sylvia N. Turner, “Dessert Queen Of Venice”, passed of natural causes at the age of 91 on December 11, 2023.

  • Sarasota
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The RoboRumble program teaches students how to build robots from Legos, leading up to a competition pitting the different teams' robots against one another.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • December 21, 2023
Student-designed Lego robots battle in Fab Lab competition

The inaugural Lego RoboRumble competition pits students’ robotic Lego creations against one another for awards, prizes and learning.

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5131 Jungle Plum Road in Siesta Key
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • December 21, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Dec. 4-8 in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis

A Siesta Key home in Hidden Harbor tops the week's sales at $9.33 million.

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