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Sarasota

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 18, 2017
This is no time to cut Visit Florida’s funds

Consumer products giants know they must keep advertising or lose market share.

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This home at 1372 Harbor Drive sold for $6 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 18, 2017
Harbor Acres home sells for $6 million

Residential real estate transactions for May 1-5.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Josh Hill leaps through the air at Rad Parkour.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 18, 2017
Leap of faith keeps parkour teacher moving forward

Sarasota man continues his passion after a horrific motorcycle crash.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
This rendering showcases the planned design of the redeveloped Sandcastle Resort.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 18, 2017
Lido hotel plans draw questions

Although residents aren’t objecting to plans to redevelop the Sandcastle Resort at Lido Beach, they have some concerns about the project’s impact on traffic and more.

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Sarasota Memorial Hospital
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 18, 2017
Sarasota Memorial maps out more growth

The expansion of Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s main campus has led to a parking shortage, which the hospital will address with a $12 million garage project.

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Mayor Shelli Freeland Eddie, left, honors outgoing Commissioners Suzanne Atwell, center, and Susan Chapman on Friday during their final commission meeting. Photo courtesy Jan Thornburg/City of Sarasota
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 18, 2017
Atwell, Chapman say goodbye to commission

Suzanne Atwell and Susan Chapman reflect on their time as city commissioners — and discuss their diverging plans for the future.

  • Sarasota
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Lisa Lyon teaches technique at wrestling practice.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 18, 2017
Booker's Lyon takes over the wrestling program

She inherits the program from longtime coach Bill Pitts.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Brooks Larson.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 18, 2017
Sarasota High 5 Moments: 05.18.17

Sarasota High 5 Moments: 05.18.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Adrian Guzman.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 18, 2017
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: 05.18.17

Sarasota Athlete of the Week: 05.18.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Enjoy this week' s edition of Cops Coner.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 18, 2017
Cops Corner: Sarasota 5.18.17

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 16, 2017
Man arrested for trespassing at Riverview High

Aaron Talley, 31, entered a Riverview High School classroom and shouted obscenities to protest the ‘evil corruption in school government.’

  • Sarasota
  • News
Martin Frame, pictured speaking at a June community workshop, said David Weekley Homes wants the Payne Park Village project to match the surrounding neighborhoods.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 16, 2017
City approves Payne Park Village plans

A developer is moving ahead with a scaled-back vision for the downtown-adjacent property, planning to build 135 single-family residential units.

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The Sarasota Crew rowing program once again asserted its dominance at the USRowing Southeast Youth Rowing Championships, taking home 20 medals and six first-place trophies.Â
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • May 16, 2017
Sarasota Crew wins sixth-straight regional championship

The program qualified 10 boats for the USRowing Youth Nationals in June.

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  • Sports
Courtesy photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • May 15, 2017
Chick Austin's former home sells for $860,000

The 3,938 square-foot house has seven rooms and a three-car garage.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • May 15, 2017
Selby celebrates Mother's Day

Families gathered at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens on May 14 to celebrate Mother's Day.

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