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The Greater Sarasota Junior Golf Association handed out its 2016 Year-End Awards on Nov. 13.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • November 15, 2016
Greater Sarasota Junior Golf Association names year-end winners

There were a total of 9 awards given out at the ceremony.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • November 14, 2016
Sarasota Memorial moves forward with cancer center

The Sarasota County Public Hospital Board has earmarked up to $4 million to design a cancer center for the hospital’s main campus.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • November 14, 2016
Siesta Key hosts annual Crystal Classic

The Crystal Classic sand sculpting festival will continue until 5 p.m. tomorrow.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • November 13, 2016
Hudson Bayou residents gather at Selby Gardens

Hudson Bayou Neighborhood Association members made the short walk from their front doors to Marie Selby Botanical Gardens for a picnic in the park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • November 12, 2016
Phillippi Estate holds centennial celebration

Sarasota County celebrated the 100th anniversary of Sarasota's historic Phillippi Estate on Saturday.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • November 12, 2016
Gulf Gate tastes local bites

Friends of Gulf Gate Library hosted A Taste of Gulf Gate Thursday at Gulf Gate Public Library.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • November 11, 2016
Riverview football gets first playoff win since 2004

The Rams defeated Olympia 56-24 behind their trusty ground game.

  • Sarasota
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Riverview won its first playoff game since 2004 on Friday night, a 56-25 home thrashing of Olympia.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • November 11, 2016
Sarasota Football Final: 11.11.16

Riverview routs Olympia; Cardinal Mooney cannot stop Melbourne Central Catholic.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • November 11, 2016
Veterans Day parade marches through downtown

Veterans, high school students and community members marched from Osprey Avenue to Five Points Park during Sarasota's Veterans Day Parade.

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ECHO Realty is spending $600,000 to rebrand Paradise Plaza as the Shops at Siesta Row.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • November 11, 2016
Paradise Plaza slated for upgrade, new name

The owner of the Sarasota shopping center is spending $600,000 to upgrade the buildings and rename the property Shops at Siesta Row.

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Booker announced that Anthony Crawford Jr. will take over its baseball program. Crawford Jr. played baseball at the school.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • November 11, 2016
Booker names new baseball coach

Old coach stepped down despite winning district title last season.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Donald Trump won all of the rural areas in Sarasota County, while Hillary Clinton won downtown.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • November 11, 2016
Did your Sarasota neighborhood vote for Trump or Clinton?

Donald Trump won six south Sarasota County precincts that Barack Obama won in 2012, while Hillary Clinton consolidated voters around downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Riverview senior guard Brion Whitley signed his national letter of intent with North Carolina-Wilmington on Nov. 9.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • November 11, 2016
Sarasota Signing Day Roundup: 11.11.16

19 area athletes have inked their colleges choices during the early signing period.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • November 10, 2016
CONA celebrates 55 years

Sarasota County Council of Neighborhood Associations commemorated their 55th birthday on Thursday at the Michael's Wine Cellar.

  • Sarasota
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Crowds gather annually for the downtown Sarasota Veterans Day parade.
    By
  • David Conway
  • November 10, 2016
Street closures announced for Veterans Day parade

Closures will take effect beginning at 8 a.m. tomorrow in advance of the 10 a.m. parade down Main Street in downtown Sarasota.

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