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  • May 21, 2015
OUR VIEW | Smackdown of Bridget

After rookie School Board member Bridget Ziegler posted her rationale for a vote on social media, her colleagues delivered a thinly veiled rebuke. The message: Watch your mouth, missy.

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  • May 21, 2015
Cops Corner: Sarasota 5.22.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Sue Jones, an Ohio resident who is vacationing in Sarasota, snaps a picture of Unconditional Surrender Wednesday morning. Photo by Amanda Morales
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  • David Conway
  • May 21, 2015
Unconditional Surrender owner advocates for upgrades

The man who donated the statue to the city is pushing officials to make improvements to the area surrounding the landmark.

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The interior of the former Bullet Hole has been torn up, but the future of the Paddy Wagon Irish Pub — one of three proposed nightlife tenants in the 1500 block of Main Street — is unknown at the moment. Photo by David Conway
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 21, 2015
City halts plans for Main Street bar

Concerns about crime, noise and the proliferation of bars led the Planning Board to reject plans for Paddy Wagon Irish Pub.

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Photo by Jessica Salmond
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  • David Conway
  • May 21, 2015
Craft brewers tap into booming industry

With Sarasota’s first production breweries passing their one-year anniversaries — and a third preparing to open soon — the future is bright for the local craft beer scene.

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NORTHERN EXPOSURE. Denise LaViolette reads her Sarasota Observer in front of Kingston City Hall in Ontario, Canada.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2015
IT’S READ EVERYWHERE

Headed on a great trip? Make sure to take your Observer along! Snap a photo of you holding your Observer on vacation, then submit it and you could win travel tickets, courtesy of Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

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Dan and Tootie Kennedy receive a plaque to commemorate their contributions to the Sarasota Military Academy. Photos by Amanda Morales
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  • Amanda Morales
  • May 21, 2015
Students honor SMA co-founder with ceremony

After 46 years, Dan Kennedy is finally graduating from high school — as an educator.

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    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • May 21, 2015
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY | May 21

A glimpse of the way things were from the Pelican Press archives.

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Photo by Alex Mahadevan
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 21, 2015
WHAT'S HAPPENING | Week of May 21, 2015

County will revisit options for planned Kimpton hotel site; Siesta Center sells for $4.6 million

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Cinderella and Prince Charming meet at the royal ball played by Ella Wicks and Nick Rich, respectively.
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  • Amanda Morales
  • May 20, 2015
Southside Elementary enchants with musical Cinderella

Parents enjoyed an evening of music, dance and magic with the Southside Elementary School production of Disney's Cinderella Kids Wednesday, May 20 at The Players Theater.

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Courtesy photo. Newly appointed principals for Fruitville, Lakeview and Tatum Ridge elementary schools.
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  • Amanda Morales
  • May 20, 2015
Three new elementary school principals appointed

With the school year coming to a close Superintendent Lori White announces that three elementary schools will be appointed new principals. Pending approval by the School Board of Sarasota County, Fruitville, Lakeview and Tatum Ridge elementary schools

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    A time to celebrate |
  • May 20, 2015
Just Married: Tom McKean Thomas Jr. and Lauren Elizabeth Pritchard

Tom McKean Thomas Jr. and Lauren Elizabeth Pritchard were married Dec. 27, at The Founders Club.

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In addition to the 150 hotel rooms, the Kimpton proposal included a first-floor restaurant with frontage on Main Street and Washington Boulevard.
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  • David Conway
  • May 19, 2015
County to revisit options for planned Kimpton Hotel site

After the developer of a proposed Kimpton Hotel failed to close on a sale agreement, the county plans to remarket land at the corner of U.S. 301 and Main Street.

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 19, 2015
Has traffic affected tourism in Sarasota County?

During a presentation from the Tourism Development Council Tuesday, Sarasota County Commissioner Christine Robinson criticized “the rumor mill” about local traffic woes affecting tourism.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 19, 2015
Former Sarasota County teacher faces grand theft charges

Sarasota County deputies arrested former Sarasota County School District science teacher and Cheesecake Factory waiter Douglas O’Connell for grand theft and fraudulent use of personal information Friday, after he allegedly stole credit card information fr

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