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The groundbreaking is commemorated.
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  • Ian Swaby
  • November 1, 2023
Groundbreaking held for Sarasota’s first veterans housing development

The community celebrated the project, a collaborative effort that involved the Gulf Coast Community Foundation and St. Vincent de Paul Cares.

  • Sarasota
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Libby Gallups, Judie Rogers and Debbie Emery came in costumes, and in character, as the Sanderson Sisters from "Hocus Pocus." The three friends entertained the crowds by adopting the voices and mannerisms of their characters.
    By
  • Ian Swaby
  • November 1, 2023
Attendees dress in costumes to impress for Fright Night on St. Armands Circle

Friends and families put in a group effort with their Halloween costumes for the trick-or-treating event.

  • Sarasota
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The root of it all: Education
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  • Matt Walsh
  • November 1, 2023
The root of it all: Education

The high-voltage, sometimes violent, anti-Israel protests on college campuses are one of the inevitable results of state-run education. It shows how little college students know about history and how easily they are "manipulated and mobilized."

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
A lane closure will affect traffic on the John Ringling Causeway during an FDOT maintenance project.
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 1, 2023
Lane closures coming to John Ringling Causeway

The FDOT maintenance project has begun and will continue into winter. Single lane closures are mostly overnight.

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Double trouble at a bail bond business
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 1, 2023
Double trouble at a bail bond business

A man was refused a refund from a bail bondsman after learning a relative had already been bonded out. This and other Sarasota Police Department reports in this week's Cops Corner.

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  • Cops Corner
Teri Hansen, president and CEO of the Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation addresses the Sarasota Chamber membership at its 103rd annual meeting on Oct. 27, 2023.
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  • Andrew Warfield
  • November 1, 2023
Sarasota Chamber packs the house for 103rd annual meeting

About 600 attended the event as the gavel was passed to Teri Hansen of the Barancik Foundation.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
Parallels to 1930s Nazis
  • By Llewellyn Rockwell Jr.
  • November 1, 2023
Parallels to 1930s Nazis

The Nazis' demonic evil began long before the Holocaust. It began with policies similar to what we see in the U.S. today.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The new youth softball complex at 17th Street Regional Park will feature 220-foot outfield fences, conforming to collegiate and professional softball standards.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • October 31, 2023
Adult softball, funding strategy approved for 17th Street Park

Sarasota County commissioners authorized an additional $8 million spend for the now $65 million first phase of the regional park project.

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  • News
AG Lafley helped lead the formation of the Bay Park Conservancy and the opening of the first phase of The Bay.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • October 30, 2023
Founding CEO returns to helm of Bay Park Conservancy

AG Lafley replaces Stephanie Crockatt, who stepped down after five months on the job.

  • Sarasota
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The YMCA brand in Sarasota dates back to 1945.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • October 30, 2023
Sarasota has a YMCA again, behind nonprofit merger announcement

A no-quit group of volunteers and deep-pocketed donors, paired with some like-minded nonprofit executives, rejoice over the news Sarasota is no longer a city without a Y.

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Naomi Hinckley and Eloise Friedman
    By
  • James Peter
  • October 29, 2023
Sarasota students sell friendship bracelets to support Israel

Eloise Friedman and Naomi Hinckley have raised more than $1,400 for relief efforts.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Brenda Spatt walked Sarasota's Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11, 2022, in honor of her son, Leo Michael Puhaly.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 28, 2023
Veterans Day parade set for downtown Sarasota

The parade route will run along Main Street from Osprey Avenue to Gulfstream Avenue.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • October 28, 2023
High school football roundup: Week 10

Five area teams get key wins as the end of the FHSAA regular season approaches — and the SSAA playoffs begin.

  • East County
  • Sports
Man arrested in Sarasota on multiple drug charges
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 27, 2023
Man arrested in Sarasota on multiple drug charges

The charges include possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school.

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A rendering of the city's "one-stop shop" for building services scheduled for completion in summer 2024.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • October 27, 2023
City's 'one-stop shop' for developments takes step closer to completion

The new building brings the city of Sarasota's public works, engineering and code enforcement under one roof.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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