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Two properties on Siesta Key, 4049 Shell Road and 4047 Higel Ave., recently sold for $3.25 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 29, 2018
Siesta Key properties sell for a combined $3.25 million

Residential real estate transactions for March 12-16.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Adrian Moore and Spence Purnell | Contributors
  • March 29, 2018
Florida says no to power

Voters should demand the state open its electricity market to competition.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Tahiti Park residents are worried about damage to the neighborhood tree canopy, but the city’s Tree Advisory Committee doesn’t know if issues there apply to the rest of Sarasota.
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  • David Conway
  • March 29, 2018
Tree committee dissects canopy road proposal

An advisory board is trying to balance protection for tree-lined streets with a desire to give more flexibility to private property owners.

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  • News
More than half of the units at Arbor Village, depicted in the above drawing, will go to homeless individuals with disabling conditions. The developer says the complex will function like a normal apartment property.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 29, 2018
Fruitville housing project stirs controversy

A developer wants to provide housing for homeless individuals along Fruitville Road, but neighbors harbor concerns about the apartment complex.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota Memorial Hospital plans to add a new cancer center, right, to its campus by 2020.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 29, 2018
Sarasota Memorial Hospital navigates expansion plans

A new oncology center is the latest in an ongoing series of improvements at the hospital's midtown campus.

  • Sarasota
  • News
John League, left, discusses the proposed Legacy Trail extension on Saturday at Payne Park.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 29, 2018
City examines Legacy Trail connection options

As the county explores a possible Legacy Trail extension, the city is exploring the ways it could capitalized on the popular bicycle and pedestrian route.

  • Sarasota
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A group of planners is floating some major changes to the bayfront land around the Van Wezel as an effort to better gauge community desires.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 29, 2018
Bayfront planners share preliminary site concepts

The Bay Sarasota has three early outlines for redeveloping city-owned bayfront land that include ambitious ideas — including a new building for the Van Wezel.

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Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 29, 2018
Cops Corner: Sarasota 3.29.18

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
The new mall is coming before next season, builders hope — although they say it's hard to say for sure.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 29, 2018
APRIL FOOLS: New mall coming to City Island

After losing the new Mote aquarium to Nathan Benderson Park, the city hopes a shopping center can keep attracting visitors to the barrier islands.

  • April Fools
    By
  • Shane Donglasan
  • March 29, 2018
APRIL FOOLS: Group pushes to clothe David on city logo

Citizens for Public Decency demand sparks city contest to suggest ways to cover up classic image.

  • April Fools
    By
  • Kat Wingert
  • March 28, 2018
APRIL FOOLS: Shh! tells Shout to Stop!

A third grassroots organization has stepped forward to fight for its agenda — in an inside voice.

  • April Fools
Toll revenue would help county leaders finance other projects.
    By
  • Cassidy Alexander
  • March 28, 2018
APRIL FOOLS: Toll plan rolls along for popular bike trail

Legacy riders will pay up in proposal to free up more county money for other projects.

  • April Fools
McKitrick has won 240 golf tournaments, including 41 at the Longboat Key Club.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • March 28, 2018
Longboater swings through obstacles

Golfer Arlene McKitrick has persisted in her career, despite her acute type 1 diabetes.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Evan Lefils Victor Arismendi stand with Mote and Booker staff to show off their creation for Mote's red tide detector.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • March 27, 2018
Booker High School and Mote team up in red tide efforts

Two Booker seniors created a housing unit for Mote's red tide detector.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • March 26, 2018
Pizza restaurant announces downtown location

MidiCi, a Neapolitan pizza restaurant, will open in The Mark development on State Street.

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