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The 13-story Sarasota City Center sold for $36.5 million.
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Children's First honors longtime board member Jo Rutstein and the Goldsteins commit financial gift to Selby Gardens.

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Temple Sinai celebrates Passover

Congregants gathered at Temple Sinai to mark the beginning of Passover.

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Sarasota school bus crash damages traffic light

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The county is competing with Boca Raton to woo the digital marketing firm.
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The county approved a $144,000 incentive package to attract a digital marketing company that’s committed to hiring 72 full-time employees within five years.

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Church of the Redeemer celebrates Palm Sunday

Parishioners gathered outside the chapel for Church of the Redeemers traditional palm procession.

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St. Martha Catholic School gets cookin'

St. Martha Catholic School hosted its sixth annual Cajun Crawfish and Seafood Festival on April 9.

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Newtown Alive gives residents a Taste of Newtown

The Newtown Alive project put on a block party to dedicate Newtown's newly installed historic markers.

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Temple Sinai thanks its religious school teachers

Temple Sinai hosted a Shabbat L'Morim at Temple Sinai on April 7 to recognize its religious school teachers and the retirement of longtime religious school director Sue Huntting.

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Guests and participants mingle before the Joey Gratton Championship

The tennis tournament benefits the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota County.

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A walk in the park

After years of tending to their park, three Gillespie Park leaders are dedicating their efforts to making the park a home for the neighborhood's youngest residents.

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Sarasota weather page photo: April 6

Richard Bottorff captured these birds having lunch in the bay at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

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This Harbor Acres home recently sold for for $2,993,000.
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Harbor Acres home sells for $2,993,000

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