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Drayton Saunders, president of Michael Saunders and Company, Chairman of Visit Sarasota County.
    By
  • Jack Short
  • September 18, 2015
Visit Sarasota County elects new chairman, vice chairman

Key player in Bayfront 20:20 Drayton Saunders moves into top position on tourism advisory board

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The Sarasota Police Department shared this image of recovered property following the arrest.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 18, 2015
Man charged with burglary of more than $20,000 in property

The Sarasota Police Department issued a warrant for the man’s arrest earlier this week, charging him in connection to multiple car and boat robberies this month.

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Florida’s senior senator, Democrat Bill Nelson, sided with the minority of senators who blocked a vote on the Iran agreement and assured the president would get what he wanted. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 18, 2015
Cowardice

Our Founders pledged their lives and honor and showed remarkable courage. Today, courage has given way to duplicity and cowardice.

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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 18, 2015
Area volleyball clubs form merger

Coastline Volleyball Club and Boomtown Volleyball Club announced they will be joining together to form Coast Town Volleyball.

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  • Sports
Susan Molnar, of Sarasota, submitted this photo of a sunset at Bayfront Park on Sept. 8.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2015
Sarasota photo contest winner: Sept. 17

Susan Molnar, of Sarasota, submitted this photo of a sunset at Bayfront Park on Sept. 8.

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  • Neighbors
Richard Bottorff submitted this photo of an alligator, taken at Rye Preserve.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2015
Photo contest winners: August 2015

Congratulations to this month's winners of our photo contest.

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  • Neighbors
The Riverview High volleyball team beat Sarasota 3-0 Sept. 16.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 17, 2015
Riverview holds off Sarasota

The Riverview High volleyball team beat Sarasota 3-0 Sept. 16.

  • Sarasota
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Veronica Hernandez records trash findings with Michael Comes during the Young Professional Group's clean up of Overlook Park in 2014.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 17, 2015
Sarasota Calendar 9.17.15

Sarasota events for the week of September 17.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
File photo. A condominium in The Tower Residences tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 17, 2015
Condominium in Tower Residences sells for $2,025,000

The following residential real estate transactions took place between August 31 and September 4.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
An estimated 700 meals were prepared for the 40th Annual Pioneer Day Picnic last year.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 17, 2015
Rotary Club cooks up Pioneer Picnic tradition

Swamp cabbage takes center stage at the club's 41st annual picnic.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Jon Thaxton makes friends with a scrub jay while taking notes in the wilderness.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 17, 2015
This week in history 9.17.15

A glimpse of the way things were from the archives.

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  • Neighbors
The Bobby Jones Golf Club Study Committee is split on whether the course should return to its historic 1925 design.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 17, 2015
Should Bobby Jones restore its historic design?

A study committee agrees the course needs a major capital investment. But there are differing views on how it should look — and no answer for how much it may cost.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Although a segment of First Street is closed for construction, businesses in the area are excited to reap the benefits of the project.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 17, 2015
First Street improvements highlight a growing area

As the city works on a project designed to make a segment of First Street near Cocoanut Avenue more walkable, businesses in the area are excited by the changes — and by the growth surrounding them.

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The clear cutting of neighborhood lots is one of the ongoing problems with trees in the city, residents say.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 17, 2015
City staff advances conversations regarding enhanced tree protections

With strong backing from neighborhoods, the city of Sarasota will explore amending city codes to make regulations regarding urban trees more stringent.

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Courtesy Memory Portraits by Gigi.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 17, 2015
Baby bloopers

Sarasota parents' baby-photo snafu goes viral.

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