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Lilli Hernler sits by the pool at her Silver Oaks home, which overlooks the now-vacant cattle pasture.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • April 20, 2015
Silver Oaks residents to protest Palmer Ranch development buffer

The Palmer Ranch community hopes to gain traction with the Sarasota County Commissioners.

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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 19, 2015
Lynches celebrates the end of an era

Lynches Pub & Grub commemorated the past and looked ahead to the future on April 19. Regular customers and well-known faces came to the party, where Jason Burns officially took over the restaurant from former owners Chris and Ethna Lynch.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 19, 2015
Painters and jewelers and sculptors, oh my! Artists take over St. Armands

Artists of varying kinds of media gathered at the Paragon Fine Art Festival on St. Armands Circle on April 18 and 19.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Co-Chair Beth Cannata, Mike Hurney and Co-Chair Robyn Schmitt
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • April 18, 2015
Celebrate Freedom!

Selah Freedom hosted 'Celebrate Freedom!' an interactive evening of food and music on Saturday, April 18, at Michael's Wine Cellar.

  • Black Tie
Carol White Bold, Larry Bold, Katie Couchot and Nelda Thompson
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • April 18, 2015
2015 Greenfield Prize Award Dinner

Guests attended the 2015 Greenfield Prize Award Dinner honoring Bobby Previte on Saturday, April 18, at Michael's On East.

  • Black Tie
Edan Armistead and Adriana Buchanan
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  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • April 18, 2015
Kids' Black Tie

More than 200 guests attended UCP's first annual Kids' Black Tie event on Saturday, April 18, at Sailor Circus.

  • Black Tie
Kennan Wilson hugs a tree that he helped decorate with his mother Gina.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • April 18, 2015
Families embrace nature at Children's Garden

In anticipation of Earth Day parents and children spent the afternoon taking in nature at the Hug-A-Tree event at the Sarasota Children's Garden April, 18.

  • Sarasota
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Minnah Stein and Emma Kanego weigh a bucket of air potatoes they collected.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • April 18, 2015
SRQ Volunteens host weekend service events

The SRQ Volunteens pitched in at Phillippi Estate Park rounding up buckets of air potatoes with the Sarasota Bay Guardians Saturday, April 18.

  • Sarasota
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Marcel Srur, John Welch and Ken Bregg
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • April 17, 2015
Cinema Tropicale

Guests attended Sarasota Film Festival's Cinema Tropicale on Friday, April 17, at Michael's On East.

  • Black Tie
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 17, 2015
FYI Friday: April 10 - April 17

This week's FYI Friday features news about Morton's Gourmet Market moving into Siesta Key Village, a fatality on Longboat Key and more!

  • Sarasota
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The former mayors gathered for an event at the Federal Building Thursday morning.
    By
  • David Conway
  • April 17, 2015
Former mayors rally against partisanship in city election

At an event Thursday, 10 former Sarasota mayors spoke in support of two sitting City Commissioners and against the intrusion of political parties into the nonpartisan commission race.

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Jane Seymour at Sarasota Film Festival’s ‘At Lunch with…Jane Seymour’ event on Friday, April 17, at Sarasota Yacht Club.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • April 17, 2015
At Lunch with…Jane Seymour

Guests attended Sarasota Film Festival's 'At Lunch with...Jane Seymour' event on Wednesday, April 17, at Sarasota Yacht Club.

  • Black Tie
(Courtesy of Cliff Roles) Ringling College of Art and Design President Larry Thompson uses an excavator to kick off construction of the new library.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 17, 2015
Work starts on new Ringling College library

Ringling College of Art and Design President Larry Thompson this morning donned a hardhat, strapped into an excavator and kicked off demolition of the site where the school’s new $16 million will sit.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rep. Doug Holder, Frank Patti and Bill Aubuchon
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • April 17, 2015
Sarasota Republican Club hosts Buchanan

The Sarasota Republican Club hosted the monthly dinner meeting featuring guest speaker Rep. Vern Buchanan on Thursday evening at Marina Jack's Restaurant.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Siesta Market will close May 31.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • April 17, 2015
Morton's Gourmet Market to fill Siesta Market spot

Todd Morton says the new store will open this summer.

  • Sarasota
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