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The school district is predicting 938 new students next year.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • March 19, 2015
School Board predicts increase in teacher vacancies for the fall

The school board is considering a status-quo budget for 2015-2016 to allow a focus on staffing.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Siesta Key Wastewater Treatment Facility, located on Oakmont Place, off of Midnight Pass Road, emits a distinct odor.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • March 19, 2015
Commissioners pump more money into Siesta Key station

The $25 million Siesta Key pump station project, scheduled to be completed in 2016, was delayed to coincide with a Phillippi Creek septic project.

  • Sarasota
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Courtesy Photo. The Sarasota Garden Club’s Gardens in Paradise Tour through will showcase local home gardens.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 19, 2015
Garden Club to spend the day in paradise

The Sarasota Garden Club is expanding the Gardens in Paradise Tour in its second year to include six private gardens.

  • Sarasota
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Pine Shores Presbyterian Church youth group members present the $19,256 check to All Faiths Food Bank Chief Operating Officer John Livingston and Director of Donor Relations Aundria Castleberry.
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  • Amanda Morales
  • March 19, 2015
Souper stars

A session of packing food and presenting a check for $19,256 to All Faiths Food Bank were part of the final steps in the Souper Bowl of Caring project the youth group participated in this year.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2015
Everyone knows U.S. and Western governments won’t stop the Islamic jihadists

Islamic states and jihadists who attack and murder Westerners and other disbelievers are motivated to do so by their religion, Islam. Everyone paying attention knows this (including those pretending not to).

  • Sarasota
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2015 Celebration Luncheon honorees Cookie Boudreaux and Sherry Watts
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  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • March 18, 2015
Celebration Luncheon Honoree Luncheon

Girls Inc. hosted its Celebration Luncheon Honoree Luncheon to introduce and induct this year’s honorees on Wednesday, March 18, at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota. 

  • Black Tie
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 18, 2015
Whitney Beach celebrates St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick’s Day came a day late at Whitney Beach’s annual Conservancy Party on March 18.

  • Longboat Key
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Tramm Hudson is stepping up to fill the vacancy left in the At-Large Seat 2 board position. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • March 18, 2015
Sarasota Memorial board appoints Tramm Hudson to vacancy

Hudson has lived in Sarasota since 1986.

  • Sarasota
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Eileen Ishmael and Sally Karanzas sell raffle tickets before the fashion show.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 18, 2015
St. Michael Women’s Guild dines in style

The ladies of the St. Michael The Archangel Catholic Church hosts their annual fashion show and luncheon March 18 at Michael’s on East.

  • Siesta Key
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Colony Beach & Tennis Resort tennis courts are part of a recreational lease dispute that now involves sanctions being levied against Colony Lender LLC.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 18, 2015
Sanctions on the docket for Colony Lender

The Association will argue lawsuits should be dismissed. Colony Lender vows to appeal.

  • Longboat Key
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St. Armands Circle merchants are concerned about parking shortages, particularly during peak season.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 18, 2015
Circle leaders stress urgency on garage

St. Armands Business Improvement District members want the city to hit the gas pedal toward a new parking structure.

  • Sarasota
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Courtesy photo The Concession, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Course designed in partnership with Tony Jacklin, was founded and opened in 2006 on 520 acres at 770 Lindrick Lane, bordering Manatee and Sarasota counties. The course’s name commemorates the gestur
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 18, 2015
Back-to-Back championships

The Concession Golf Club hits two holes-in-one with the NCAA Division 1 golf championships.

  • East County
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 18, 2015
Cops Corner

East County Cops Corner

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 18, 2015
Beach permitting: what a waste

All of this points to two places that can change the process— the Legislature and Congress. Speeding up beach permitting for the affluent town of Longboat Key isn’t likely to register high on the agendas of our representatives, Rep. Jim Boyd in the Legisl

  • Longboat Key
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GRITS founder Elizabeth Lanier helps Dyana Goss with her shooting form.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 18, 2015
GRITS targets Ancient Oak for new chapter

The women’s-only shooting group aims to make rounds in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
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The overpass, as Schroeder-Manatee Ranch officials suggest, would dead end into Cattlemen Road, somewhere north of the southern boundary of the lake at Nathan Benderson Park.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 18, 2015
Traffic solution

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch unveils its preferred route for an I-75 overpass between University and Fruitville.

  • East County
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Andria Cucci, front, is recovering well from a optional double mastectomy after learning she was at high risk for developing breast cancer. Her friends and relatives, including Kathleen Cucci, Alexa Najmy and Maria Smith, are organizing an April 12 fundra
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 18, 2015
Pink and proactive

Sisters Andria and Lauren Cucci are defying their odds of developing breast cancer thanks to BRACAnalysis testing.

  • East County
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CinéBistro is another step closer to opening in Westfield Southgate Mall with a permit from the city of Sarasota for a $297,000 demolition of the former Saks Fifth Avenue, while nearby redevelopment continues to take shape.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 18, 2015
City issues permit for Saks demolition

CinéBistro is another step closer to opening in Westfield Southgate Mall with a permit from the city of Sarasota for a $297,000 demolition of the former Saks Fifth Avenue, while nearby redevelopment continues to take shape.

  • Sarasota
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Manatee County Commissioners approved a request for proposals for vendors seeking to operate a canoe/kayak rental business out of Jiggs Landing.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 18, 2015
County seeks vendors for Jiggs Landing

A vendor would provide canoe/kayak and other rentals, as well as boat tours of the river.

  • East County
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 18, 2015
Jack Duncan takes mayor’s seat

Mayor Jack Duncan and Vice Mayor Terry Gans will lead the Longboat Key Town Commission after Monday’s statutory meeting.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 18, 2015
Q&A: Stephen Spotte

Read our candid Q&A with marine scientist Stephen Spotte.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Dorothy Quint has visited a range of countries, such as Turkey and Thailand.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 18, 2015
Q&A: with Dorothy Quint

Travel enthusiast Dorothy Quint talks religion, community and the power of an open mind

  • East County
  • News
Heather Junqueira is working on a new method of early cancer detection — using a dog’s sense of smell to sniff out cancer.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 18, 2015
Group sniffs out new method for early cancer detection

Heather Junqueira is putting her money where her dogs’ noses are in hopes of creating a new technique to detect cancer.

  • East County
  • News
Brandi Witman has always had a love for teaching, even when she was a child.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 18, 2015
Gullett teacher named Educator of the Year

As a child, Brandi Witman knew she wanted to be a teacher. After just four years teaching at Gullett Elementary, she received the Educator of the Year award.

  • East County
  • News
This home at 454 Partridge Circle has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,080 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.79 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 18, 2015
Bird Key home sells for $1.79 million

The sale of a Bird Key home is the top transaction in this week's real estate.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 17, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 03.12.15

Cops Corner: Longboat Key

  • Longboat Key
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David and Nada Farr both wore as much green as they could find.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 17, 2015
Glenridge goes green for St. Patrick's Day

It was all about the green for the theme of the St. Patrick's Day party at The Glenridge March17.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
On March 13, Longboat Key Detective Sgt. Bob Borque drove to the Mobil Longboat Key Mart to uncover a credit-card skimmer after he realized a device allowed a Key resident’s credit-card information to be stolen.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 17, 2015
Skimmer swipes card info at Mobile station

Longboat Key police plan to pump license-plate camera information and surveillance videos to find out who’s responsible for the high-tech heist.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 17, 2015
Club Longboat aces St. Patrick’s Day

Thirty-two Club Longboat owners and renters took a break from St. Patrick’s Day festivities to play in the condominium’s annual mixed doubles tennis tournament on March 17.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 17, 2015
Gulfshore and Twin Shores celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

The streets of Gulfshore and Twin Shores were filled with green, laughter, music and cheer during the residences’ annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 17.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Barb Rannigan, literacy coach, Mary Kay Henson, program donor, Barbara Shirley, Alta Vista principal, and Dehea Smith, assistant principal, attended the meeting.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • March 17, 2015
Alta Vista Elementary reports positive growth in summer education program

Administration presented an update to the Sarasota County School Board today.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • March 17, 2015
Orioles team up with Selby

Orioles will sport green baseball caps for Go Green day in a partnership with Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Robert Smith brings 20 years of emergency management experience to his new role as the county's Public Safety Director.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • March 17, 2015
County hires new safety official

Robert Smith plans to utilize past emergency management experience as Manatee County's new Public Safety Director

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 17, 2015
Al Purmont Insurance announces three new hires

Marketing Manager and Executive Assistant, two Commercial Lines Account Managers added.

  • Sarasota
  • Business
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • March 17, 2015
Sarasota County approves USF contract for Water Atlas website

The county's water atlas was created in 2003.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The voter turnout in the Sarasota City Commission election eclipsed 21% for the first time in at least six years, but young and non-white voters were underrepresented in the city and town of Longboat Key elections.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 17, 2015
Youth vote 'depressing' in municipal elections — again

The Sarasota City Commission and Longboat Key Town Commission elections failed to bring out more than 6% of registered voters under 55 years old.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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