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Jacqueline Putrino, here shooting onto the green at the Donald Ross Invitational, won the individual state girls golf title in 2019.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • October 8, 2020
Riverview girls golf believes it can take home a state title

The Rams finished third as a team last season.

  • Sarasota
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Allison Kukanza is the first female football player to score a point in Riverview High history.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • October 8, 2020
Prose and Kohn: Riverview High kicker makes history

Allison Kukanza is the first female football player to score a point for the Rams.

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  • David Conway
  • October 8, 2020
Sarasota-Manatee planners map out long-term transportation vision

A regional transportation organization is preparing to adopt a plan unlike any it’s ever crafted before. How will it shape Sarasota’s roads?

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Neighbors offered support for The Strand condo project, depicted in this rendering, subject to a series of conditions — one of which was the construction of an eight-foot buffer fence on the west side of the property.
    By
  • David Conway
  • October 8, 2020
Neighbors, developer push city to mend fence issue

Neighborhood leaders, a developer and elected officials supported a proposed 8-foot wall for a North Trail condo project — so why did a city board deny the request?

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One of the changes approved at Monday's commission meeting is designed to facilitate the construction of "cottage court" housing developments as shown in this drawing. Image via city of Sarasota.
    By
  • David Conway
  • October 8, 2020
City approves affordable housing policies

The city is moving to create opportunities for reduced parking requirements and increased density for projects featuring affordable housing.

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Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 8, 2020
Cops Corner: Sarasota 10.8.20

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • By The Child Protection Center
  • October 8, 2020
A Pandemic Doesn’t Stop Child Abuse But You Can

A Pandemic Doesn’t Stop Child Abuse But You Can

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Nearly 40% of responses to the city's survey favored placing Unconditional Surrender on the bayfront between Olearys and Marina Jack.
    By
  • David Conway
  • October 7, 2020
Bayfront sites top Unconditional Surrender poll

The city received more than 10,000 responses to a survey about the future location of the artwork, with 56% encouraging officials to keep it close to where it sits today.

  • Sarasota
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Donal O'Shea, pictured here at his inauguration ceremony in 2013, will have served nine years as New College of Florida’s president when he steps down next summer. File photo.
    By
  • David Conway
  • October 6, 2020
New College President Donal O’Shea announces retirement

O’Shea will step down from his position on June 30, 2021, following the end of the college’s academic year.

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Following the reopening of the Sarasota Farmers Market this summer with social distancing guidelines in place, market officials are opposed to the prospect of another group operating on the same footprint downtown. File photo.
    By
  • David Conway
  • October 6, 2020
Downtown group rejects mid-week farmers market proposal

Although the Downtown Improvement District declined to fund a start-up “micro-market,” board members encouraged the Sarasota Farmers Market to consider weekday events.

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A public/private partnership will protect 33 acres bordering the Celery Fields in Sarasota County.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • October 6, 2020
Conservation Foundation granted easements on parcels bordering the Celery Fields in Sarasota

Public-private partnership emerges between Sarasota County, the Sarasota Audubon Society and the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast to protect land bordering the Celery Fields.

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Brenda Secky waited for days to win her eBay bid for her great-great grandfather's painting.
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • October 6, 2020
Gillespie Park painter receives second painting from great-great grandfather

Brenda Secky has acquired another long-lost painting from AC Striffler.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Todd Hughes organizes the Lutz Buddy Up chapter in Sarasota.
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • October 5, 2020
Brothers in Arms

Goodwill Manasota's Lutz Buddy Up program offers community for veterans.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
First Tee of Sarasota/Manatee receives $15,000 gift.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • October 5, 2020
First Tee of Sarasota/Manatee receives $15,000 gift

The donation comes from the Sarasota PGA Tour Superstore.

  • East County
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Since 2017, the city's Community Canopy program has sought to replenish the supply of trees in the community through initiatives such as this week's giveaway. Photo courtesy city of Sarasota.
    By
  • David Conway
  • October 5, 2020
City offers free trees for residents

Residents can sign up now to receive one of 250 trees the city is giving away in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation.

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