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  • Harry Sayer
  • March 20, 2021
Le Marche Bohemien brings open-air market goods to Downtown Sarasota

Vendors sold one-of-a-kind items at the open-air market March 20.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The home at 1400 Harbor Drive was built in 2016 and it has five bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,402 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 20, 2021
Harbor Acres home sells for $7.4 million

Residential real estate for March 8-12.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • March 18, 2021
The bill that can save the housing market

Rising property insurance rates are on the verge of popping Florida’s housing bubble and the economy — all because of lawsuits. SB 76 can save the state.

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2021
Sarasota weather page photo: March 18

Curtis Bean captured this photo of a sunset at North Bridge Outlook Park.

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  • Neighbors
  • By Freya Robbins, Supreme Court Certified Mediator & Certified Divorce Financial Analyst ®
  • March 18, 2021
When Business Gets Personal

When Business Gets Personal

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Although City Commissioner Liz Alpert said she supported the extension, she encouraged the developer to consider updating its preliminary site design, depicted in this concept image.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 18, 2021
Developer revisits affordable housing project

With a deadline extension from the city, developers renew plans to build 393 workforce apartments.

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After producing concept plans for a parklet, depicted in the rendering above, the St. Armands Business Improvement District received construction quotes that were more than four times over budget, so the group is scaling back.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 18, 2021
St. Armands landowners eye streetscape upgrades

Circle stakeholders are considering refreshed landscaping, improved lighting and reworked signage as they pursue a plan for enhancing the area.

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The Downtown Improvement District and St. Armands Business Improvement District are responsible for projects such as the lightpole flower baskets in downtown Sarasota. File photo.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 18, 2021
New faces join improvement district boards

A majority of the City Commission indicated a desire to bring fresh perspectives to downtown and St. Armands Circle property owner groups.

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The city altered plans for a multi-use recreational trail along U.S. 41 in an effort to complement the nearby Sarasota Art Museum, the former Sarasota High School building.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 18, 2021
City, school board discuss U.S. 41 trail plans

Plans are moving forward for a new pedestrian and cyclist route near Sarasota High School, albeit with a few trees relocated from the initial proposal.

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Under the terms of a negotiated agreement with neighbors, noise violations at Raffurty’s Bar and Grill could lead to the revocation of the business’s liquor license.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 18, 2021
Main Street bar brokers liquor license compromise

The owner of Raffurty’s Bar and Grill worked with neighbors to establish noise restrictions and other guidelines for the downtown business.

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Students at Fruitville Elementary had a reading visit from the Barancik Foundation's John Annis.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • March 17, 2021
District prepares for new $5.7 million book adoption

The district is attempting to keep up with new state standards and book adoptions despite a lack in state funding.

  • Sarasota
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Commissioner Nancy Detert said the provision allows residents who don't live near a property have a say on what will happen to it.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • March 17, 2021
Commission moves to eliminate citizen-initiated reviews

The current provision allows 20 or more registered voters to request a comprehensive plan amendment.

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Uzi Baram and Kathleen Callahan made the most out of their morning.
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • March 16, 2021
Bobby Jones nature lovers clean up a bit

Sarasota groups and volunteers spend a weekend morning cleaning up the Bobby Jones Golf Club trail space.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
If approved, the project would place 20,000 almaco jack in a pen suspended in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo courtesy
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • March 15, 2021
EPA to revisit offshore fish farm permit

The Environmental Appeals Board has requested the Environmental Protection Agency to provide a status report on the permit with guidance under the Biden Administration.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • March 15, 2021
Families search for treasure at Children's Garden's Leprechaun Hunt

The family event was held March 13.

  • Sarasota
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