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The Sarasota Crew won 13 races at the Halifax Summer Regatta. Courtesy photo.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • July 30, 2019
Sarasota Crew wins 13 races at Halifax Summer Regatta

Sarasota Crew and the Sarasota Scullers win races at the Halifax Summer Regatta in Daytona Beach.

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The former Pineapple Square properties total more than 30,000 square feet of retail space.
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • July 29, 2019
Investor buys downtown retail spaces for $10.35 million

The multimillion-dollar sale includes Main Street and Lemon Avenue properties such as Sur La Table, Eileen Fisher, Pastry Art and Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse.

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The Lakewood Ranch High football team emphasized fitness on the first day of practice.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • July 29, 2019
High school football practice begins in East County and Sarasota

The regular season begins Aug. 23.

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Ryan Gosling in "First Man." Photo source: HBO.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • July 26, 2019
Binge Blog: One giant leap

Hulu's "Veronica Mars" and Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" are this week's Sarasota Observer Binge Blog picks by reporter Ryan Kohn.

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  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • July 25, 2019
Campers get crafty at Art Center

Art Center Sarasota offers 11 weeks of art summer camps that explore a different theme each week.

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  • July 25, 2019
Sarasota weather page photo: July 25

Stephanie Wallace captured this orchid after a rain shower at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

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Tina Goodman is headed to the World Triathlon Championships.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • July 25, 2019
Sarasota athlete headed to 2019 World Triathlon Championships

She has been competing in triathlons for 20 years.

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Michael Durham plays Superhot VR on the HTC Vive.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • July 25, 2019
Sarasota bar puts the reality in virtual reality

Sarasota bar Escape Reality Downtown puts the reality in virtual reality.

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City officials say they hope they can move past the discord at a July 1 meeting, but some displeasure lingers on both sides.
    By
  • David Conway
  • July 25, 2019
City Commission, Planning Board clash over code compliance

Questions about procedures for enforcing city codes has caused tension among Sarasota officials.

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The city is partnering with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on plans to take sand from Big Pass, which has never been dredged before, to renourish portions of the Lido Key shoreline.
    By
  • David Conway
  • July 25, 2019
Siesta, city face off at Big Pass hearing

Representatives for the city and island residents questioned witnesses as the legal battle over a Lido shoreline project continues.

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Sean White.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • July 24, 2019
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Sean White

The Riverview High quarterback talks offseason improvement areas and overcoming mistakes.

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A patron walks out of the Frank G. Berlin, Sr. branch, one of the two branches closing. Whitney Elfstrom
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • July 23, 2019
Sarasota YMCA to close fitness branches

The Evalyn Sadlier Jones branch and the Frank G. Berlin, Sr. branch will close Sept. 13.

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Superintendent Todd Bowden said that if this year’s millage rate was what it was in 2002 — when Sarasota voters first approved a one-mill increase, bringing the rate to 9.287 — the district budget would rise by $155 million.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • July 23, 2019
Sarasota School Board approves tentative 2019-20 budget

The sum of the general fund budget increased by $19 million.

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Family portraits are one of the stops on the Day4Hope schedule.
    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • July 23, 2019
Sarasota, Manatee churches hold a 'Day4Hope' for families in need

Throughout Sarasota, Bradenton and Venice, 18 churches will fulfill 3,000 children's back to school needs.

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  • Harry Sayer
  • July 23, 2019
AJC speaker urges Jewish-Muslim cooperation at July Lunch & Learn event

Ari Gordon spoke to Jewish-Muslim cooperation at AJC's July Lunch & Learn event.

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