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Merchants handed out candy to trick-or-treaters in Siesta Key Village in 2014.
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Patricia Orzechowski submitted this photo of a net being cast at sunset on Nokomis Beach.

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The Army Corps is currently going through the state review process as it seeks approval to move forward with plans to renourish Lido Beach.
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The Riverview High volleyball team kept its season alive with a 3-0 victory against Orlando Olympia in the Class 4A-Region 2 quarterfinals Oct. 28.
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The Riverview High volleyball team swept Orlando Olympia 3-0 Oct. 28.

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Sarasota High improved to .500 on the season with its district victory versus North Port Oct. 23.

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This 2005 rendering from the Isaac Group depicts phase two of Pineapple Square, a mixed-use commercial and residential project.
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Vue developer revives plans for Pineapple Square

The Kolter Group is contracted to purchase land for a mixed-use project on State Street, submitting new plans for a development originally proposed nearly a decade ago.

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A unit at Sarasota Bay Club tops all real estate transactions.
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Sarasota Bay Club unit sells for $1.9 million

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Dan Smith, chairman of the Bobby Jones Golf Course Study Committee, addresses the crowd at a town hall meeting Oct. 8.
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Commission approves Palmer Ranch apartments

The Spanos Corp.’s modified plan for three-story buildings didn’t go far enough for neighbors’ approval.

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Conversation with Mark Pritchett

The president and CEO of the Gulf Coast Community Foundation discusses some problems facing nonprofits post-recession, and strategies looking forward.

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Courtesy photo. Trevor Taylor with his children Austin and Madison.
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Bring Your Own Pumpkin

Brothers Zackary and Jett Manooshian throw annual B.Y.O.P. or Bring Your Own Pumpkin party Sunday, Oct. 25.

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Alex Breslin, the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz, holds Java Chip who is dressed as a flying monkey. Dan Plonsky is dressed as a flying monkey as well and is holding Danny, a squirrel monkey.
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  • October 29, 2015
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Sarasota and Siesta Key events for the week of Oct. 29.

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