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Shawn Pierson, Friends of Bobby Jones Golf Club president, said he believed the master planning process endorsed by the City Commission would generate wide public input on the future of the course. File photo
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  • September 18, 2014
Master plan could give Bobby Jones course new life

The City Commission signaled its interest in producing a comprehensive vision for the future of the course, built in 1927.

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  • September 18, 2014
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Stickney Point motels sell for $1.5 million; Sarasota School Board adopts final budget; Wallenda to walk tightrope across Chicago skyscrapers

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Jo. Photo by Harriet Sokmensuer
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  • September 18, 2014
Your Neighbor | Jenny Jo

Since rediscovering the hula-hoop as an adult, Jo has started a hula-hoop program called Hoops of Fun.

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Karin Shillus submitted this sunset photo, taken by the John Ringling Bridge.
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  • September 18, 2014
Weather: Sarasota

Do you love taking photos? We want your best photos of sunrises, sunsets, nature, etc. Submit your local weather photos for a chance to have your photo published in the paper! See all of the winning photos each week by visiting The Observer's Facebook page.

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This home at 1310 Tangier Way has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,393 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.45 million. Photo by Amanda Morales
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  • September 18, 2014
Casey Key home sells for $6.2 million

A home on Casey Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

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Suzanne Atwell and Sarah Pappas
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  • September 17, 2014
Reception honoring Thomas Buchter

Reception honoring Thomas Buchter

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Marie Avery, Amy Worth and Kimberly Mills
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  • September 17, 2014
Women's Council of Realtors Fashion Show

Women's Council of Realtors Fashion Show

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  • September 17, 2014
Water festival exhibitor applications available

Does your club or local business plan on attending the Sarasota Bay Water Festival? The deadline for exhibitor applications to have a tent is Wednesday, Oct. 1.

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The Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County has lifted the no-swim advisory at north Lido Beach.
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  • September 17, 2014
County lifts no-swim advisory for north Lido

Sarasota County health officials received test results Monday, that showed the water quality on north Lido Beach met state and federal standards.

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Sarasota County deputies are looking for a white male in his 30s with tattoos on both arms in connection with a Sept. 6 vehicle burglary on Siesta Key.
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  • September 17, 2014
VIDEO: Deputies seek suspect in Siesta condo crimes

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has released surveillance footage of a man suspected of burglarizing a car at the Siesta Gulf View condominiums this month.

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The bananas foster is a Cafe L'Europe classic dessert prepared tableside en flambe.
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  • September 17, 2014
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Cafe L'Europe

This week we went in the kitchen at Cafe L'Europe, with owner Betsie Coolidge, while servers prepare two signature tableside dishes, shrimp Pernod and bananas foster. Get the recipes and watch an instructional video in this week's 'In the Kitchen.'

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  • September 17, 2014
Fast times at Plymouth Harbor

Don Wallace posed for us behind a slick pair of wheels Sept. 12, at the Plymouth Harbor Wellness Center ribbon-cutting ceremony.

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Three Things: The Good Old Days
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  • September 17, 2014
Three Things: The Good Old Days

Sarasota back in the day was a world unto itself - off the beaten path, a quirky resort peopled by eccentric bohemians, circus folk and no-nonsense natives.

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  • September 17, 2014
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Neal home sales on the rise, adds employees; WCI starts construction on carriage home models; LWR olive oil shop celebrates anniversary

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The city is investigating the feasibility of a call from some St. Armands stakeholders to build two parking garages on the island.
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  • David Conway
  • September 16, 2014
Parking study to examine two-garage plan

At today's St. Armands Business Improvement District meeting, Parking Manager Mark Lyons said the city was updating a study aimed at addressing parking shortages around the Circle.

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