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Turtle Inc. Founder Lexi Mariash and Jenny Townsend
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  • Amanda Morales
  • June 20, 2015
Turtle Inc. putts for Mote

More than 100 people were in attendance for the first annual Turtle Inc. Mini-Golf Tournament Saturday morning at Evie’s Family Golf Center.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
10K Overall winner Danny Ching paddles along the course.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • June 20, 2015
SUP Championship splashes at Siesta Key

Competitors lined up along the shoreline with board and paddles in hand before racing into the waters for the Sarasota SUP Championships Saturday, June 20 at Siesta Key Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 19, 2015
FYI Friday: Longboat Key aims to silence boaters

This week's FYI Friday features news about complaints on Longboat Key about rowdy boaters, downtown Sarasota sign issues and more!

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 19, 2015
Sarasota County budget set to fall 6%

Sarasota County’s preliminary budget for next fiscal year is slated to decrease roughly 6% over the previous year, but staff have estimated a 5% increase in general fund expenditures.

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Indian Beach/Sapphire Shores resident Jono Miller spoke about tree preservation at Wednesday's Save Our Sarasota meeting.
    By
  • David Conway
  • June 19, 2015
Save Our Sarasota works to empower residents to protect trees

At the group's first meeting Wednesday, residents questioned city staff and other leaders about the ways they could help cut down on growing problems threatening tree preservation.

  • Sarasota
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File photo. Broc and Kai Hudson competed in the 2014 Sarasota SUP Race Series.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • June 19, 2015
Weekend Best Bets: Sarasota SUP Championships

The Sarasota SUP Race Series is now a single race called the Sarasota SUP Championships. The races will still take place on Siesta Key Beach with several divisions for racers to compete Saturday, June 20.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Kettle of Fish performed at Van Wezel’s Friday Fest on the Bay.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • June 19, 2015
Van Wezel's Friday Fest on the Bay

Van Wezel hosted Friday Fest on the Bay featuring Kettle of Fish on Friday, June 19, at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Alex McMullen serves the ball during team competition June 11.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 19, 2015
Cougars dig into summer

Cardinal Mooney held its annual summer volleyball camp June 8 through June 11 for girls entering fourth through ninth grade.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Forty Carrots teacher Amanda Walker teaches students about the science behind rivers in the outdoor sandbox.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • June 18, 2015
Forty Carrots grows with building purchase

Forty Carrots Family Center will expand with the $277,770 purchase of a building on Floyd Street across from its current location on Tuttle Avenue. The former real estate office will be renovated in time for the 2015 school year to expand individual child

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Developer Jay Tallman says the city's approval of a density increase in the Rosemary District is a boon for builders.
    By
  • David Conway
  • June 18, 2015
Q&A with Jay Tallman

The developer of a major Rosemary District housing project discusses density, homelessness and the future of a burgeoning part of the city.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 18, 2015
Letters to the Editor 6.18.15

Mixed-use would be great option for shopping center; Tree task force will help neighborhoods retain character.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Riverview High catcher Justin Cohen signed with the Miami Marlins for a reported $540,000.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 18, 2015
Local players fulfill professional dreams

Three Sarasota area baseball players were selected during Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft June 8 through June 10.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Residents Barbara Campo and Jude Levy are working to unite residents concerned about the disappearance of trees from Sarasota's streets, neighborhoods and parks — including Links Plaza, where black olive trees were removed earlier this year.
    By
  • David Conway
  • June 18, 2015
Save Our Sarasota regroups to focus on tree preservation

A decade after beginning a push for a downtown green space policy, Save Our Sarasota is re-forming to address new citywide concerns about trees.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The tall trees that line Tahiti Park have sustained damage when large trucks travel down narrow streets, residents say.
    By
  • David Conway
  • June 18, 2015
Residents search for road to tree protection

Neighborhoods like Tahiti Park are pushing for restrictions on large trucks on their streets, which they say are damaging their canopy trees.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Louise Kennedy Converse, owner of Artisan Cheese Co., is hopeful the city will establish new regulations allowing for the use of A-frame signs like the one outside her store.
    By
  • David Conway
  • June 18, 2015
City, businesses search for downtown sign compromise

For some, a conversation about businesses placing signs in the public right-of-way has become an opportunity to stand up to a frequent foil of the city.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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