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The home at 156 Givens St. on Siesta Key was built in 2008. It has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,946 square feet of living area.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • June 3, 2021
Siesta Key home sells for $4.4 million

Residential real estate transactions for May 17-21.

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The success of the Siesta Key Breeze is one reason city officials are optimistic about the prospect of a trolley service linking downtown to St. Armands and Lido Key. File photo.
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  • David Conway
  • June 2, 2021
Downtown group balks at Lido trolley funding request

As the city plots a multimillion-dollar transit route linking the mainland and barrier islands, downtown property owners are skeptical the project will benefit them.

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. More than 210,000 people in Sarasota County are fully vaccinated, and more than 48,000 have received their first dose.
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  • Eric Garwood
  • June 1, 2021
State moving COVID-19 vaccine clinic from Sarasota Square Mall

Vaccines will be available without appointments at Department of Health offices in downtown Sarasota, North Port.

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Commissioners will place the current administration building property at 1660 Ringling Blvd. on a surplus list.
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  • Brynn Mechem
  • May 31, 2021
County takes first step to sell administration center

The county will list the administration center property as surplus land as it prepares to move to another location.

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Kevin Anselmo started Global Innovators Academy to teach students the importance of networking.
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  • Brynn Mechem
  • May 31, 2021
Resident starts program to connect students with industry giants

Global Innovators Academy encourages students to connect with innovators and write about the advice they receive.

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  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 30, 2021
Rowing champions crowned at Nathan Benderson Park

Sunday was the final day of the NCAA Rowing Championships.

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Bradenton's Rebekah Stewart rows in the No. 1 seat for the University of Alabama's 8+ boat. Stewart and Alabama finished fifth in their Saturday heat.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 29, 2021
NCAA rowers make a splash at Nathan Benderson Park

The NCAA Rowing Championships will finish Sunday morning, and two former Sarasota Crew rowers will be in the action.

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  • Eric Garwood
  • May 29, 2021
Hundreds hike in Sarasota in honor of Memorial Day

5K trek took a path from J.D. Hamel Park to Bird Key and back.

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Florida’s state universities are in the vortex of the Critical Race Theory movement.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 28, 2021
Misguided obsession with race

Here is a sampling of how Florida universities are brainwashing students that the United States is systemically racist.

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  • Opinion
As of summer 2020, Mote announced it had raised more than $75 million toward the aquarium project — less than 60% of the $130 million goal the organization set in 2018.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 27, 2021
Mote works to get aquarium project across finish line

Still shy of a $130 million fundraising goal and awaiting development approvals, Mote Marine officials say plans for a destination attraction remain on track.

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  • David Conway
  • May 27, 2021
City celebrates Lido Beach renourishment

Officials and residents came together at Lido Beach to commemorate the completion of a shoreline restoration project decades in the making.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2021
Sarasota weather page photo: May 27

Ann Klemeyer captured this anhinga drying its wings at Camelot Village Lake in Sarasota.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2021
Dry weather prompts Sarasota water advisory

Record-setting day of water usage prompts strain on system.

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Lyle Anderson drove his blue Ford Mustang in the Daytona Beach 14-hour race in April. Photo courtesy Lyle Anderson.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 27, 2021
SMA senior's passion gives him the racer's edge

From video games, to go-karts, to a race-prepared Ford Mustang, Lyle Anderson hopes the road leads to a pro career on the track.

  • Sarasota
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Tyre Smith.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 27, 2021
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Tyre Smith

The Riverview linebacker talks his offseason work and his favorite memory.

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