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A rendering shows what Lido Beach Redevelopment Partners have in mind for the city-owned Lido Beach pool and pavilion.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 15, 2018
Lido pavilion leaseholders discuss plans

Island residents remain skeptical about plans to renovate the Lido pool and pavilion, but the private operators believe they're making progress.

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The new guidelines will steer trucks toward major roads and away from neighborhoods.
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  • David Conway
  • March 15, 2018
City settles on truck route compromise

Despite resident concerns about large trucks driving through neighborhoods, the city won't actually enforce new regulations.

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Harold Bubil addresses the audience at the beginning of a March 8 trolley tour, which focused on standout
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 15, 2018
Architecture tours highlight Sarasota gems

The Center for Architecture, Sarasota hopes a series of trolley tours will help create a more engaged community.

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City Neighborhood Planner Nancy Kelly speaks at a Tuesday meeting regarding upcoming construction along Osprey Avenue.
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  • David Conway
  • March 15, 2018
Neighbors, businesses seek Osprey project info

This summer, the city plans to begin a resurfacing project running from Bahia Vista Street to Siesta Drive.

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Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 15, 2018
Cops Corner: Sarasota 3.15.18

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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The form-based code divides the city into a series of "transects," designed to create a fluid transition between different segments of Sarasota.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 14, 2018
City releases draft form-based code

More than four years after the city began work on a new zoning code, a full draft of a proposed document governing development in Sarasota is now available.

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President of St. Michael's Women's Guild Linda Conway and event chairwoman Antonette Cunningham
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 14, 2018
St. Michael's rocks the runway

St. Michael's Women's Guild held its annual luncheon and fashion show at Michael's On East on March 14.

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Kassie Fountain. Photo by Pam Eubanks.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 14, 2018
MTC welcomes Tooth Fairy

TSA catapult launches student success.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Authorities taped off the entry to the Whole Foods property as they responded to the vehicle fire inside the parking garage.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 14, 2018
Car catches fire at Whole Foods parking garage

Emergency personnel are responding to a vehicle fire at the downtown Whole Foods on First Street.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • March 13, 2018
Club Longboat banks bocce ball tournament

In early March, residents began weekly bocce ball tournaments followed by a cocktail hour.

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Joe Robertson collects signatures on a number of petitions outside of the Supervisor of Elections Office, including the one to switch County Commission seats to single-member.
    By
  • Cassidy Alexander
  • March 13, 2018
Petitioners race to change how the county elects commissioners

If the group can get a few thousand signatures by the end of the week, voters could approve the change in advance of the November 2018 general election.

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No one was injured in the house on Tangelo Drive.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 13, 2018
Driver's medical episode leads to crash into house

SUV ends up in the living room of a house on Tangelo Drive.

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Vickie Oldham at Jetson's Gallery, an exhibition space run by Newtown activist Jetson Grimes that features historical images of Newtown.
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 12, 2018
Vickie Oldham's vision for Newtown

Newtown Alive’s Vickie Oldham looks to the past to shape the community’s future

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Cassidy Alexander
  • March 12, 2018
Sarasota sheriff asks School Board for decision on security plan

A new bill requires all schools to have security presence on campus, via three options. Sheriff Tom Knight is asking the School Board to pick one so he can make it happen.

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 12, 2018
Early voting off and running in Longboat Key, Sarasota County

Hundreds have already headed to the polls to cast their vote, and more still have returned their mail-in ballots in advance of the March 20 election.

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