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  • Anna Brugmann
  • April 3, 2017
Temple Emanu-El hosts intergenerational women's Seder

The event highlighted women's voices in the telling of the Passover story.

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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • April 1, 2017
Through Women's Eyes reception celebrates women in film

Film makers and patrons of the Through Women's Eyes Film Festival gathered at the Sarasota City Center on April 1.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • April 1, 2017
Sarasota residents splash into spring

The Arlington Park pool welcomed families to its second annual Spring Splash on April 1.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • April 1, 2017
Sarasota Memorial Hospital opens rehabilitation pavilion

On April 1, doctors, patients and health care system supporters gathered for the grand opening of the pavilion.

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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • April 1, 2017
Temple Emanu-El hosts sweet workshop

Congregation members gathered at Temple Emanu-El on April 1 for a workshop on how to make the traditional Jewish bread challah.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • April 1, 2017
Hundreds come out to Run for the Turtles

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium hosted the 31st annual Run for the Turtles April 1 at Siesta Key Public Beach.

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  • Neighbors
Sorry, your swan boat commute across Sarasota Bay will have to wait. Ringling Bridge, in the background of this composite image, awaits.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 31, 2017
Observer stories too wacky to be true ... weren't

Turns out, Obama isn't moving to Longboat Key

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Sarasota sports roundup: 03.31.17
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 31, 2017
Sarasota sports roundup: 03.31.17

Sarasota sports roundup: 03.31.17

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 31, 2017
Sarasota weather page photo: March 30

Dennis Nessel captured this photo of beachgoers watching a sunset on Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A condo at The Grande Riviera sold for $4.35 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 30, 2017
The Grande Riviera condo sells for $4.35 million

Residential real estate transactions took place between March 13-17.

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  • Real Estate
More than 100 Palm Coast residents opposed to HB 425 filled the Hammock Community Center on a Saturday night for a Town Hall meeting.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • March 30, 2017
THE STATE VS. HOME RULE

The question of who has authority to regulate short-term vacation rentals is intensifying all over Florida. Our own senator is championing property rights. But one size does not fit all.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Riverview' s Brion Whitley grabs an alley-oop from Rams teammate AJ Caldwell.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 30, 2017
Talent of local stars on display in All-Star basketball games

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Cianna Russ poses with her 2015 National Reserve Championship trophy in showmanship and a Superior Intermediate High Point Championship trophy.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 30, 2017
Sarasota High freshman overcomes fear of riding horses to discover talent

She has won two National Reserve Championships since 2014.

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The Grand Parakeet Riverboat Casino & Hotel is slated to open in 2018.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 30, 2017
APRIL FOOLS: Is Siesta Key feeling lucky?

A riverboat gambling concept is slated for a canal on the barrier island. Officials say it will be a win-win for residents and tourists.

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Cynthia Peterson, CEO of the Center for Architecture Sarasota, sits in McCullough Pavillion — the center' s home, which was recently added to the National Register of Historic Places.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 30, 2017
Architectural groups build a foundation of knowledge

By helping residents learn more about design, local foundations are giving a whole new meaning to Sarasota school of architecture.

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