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David Conway Jeff's Neighborhood Grill and Bar still features the salad options offered at its predecessor, but the new managers said they'll be more flexible with their menu.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 23, 2014
Jeff's Salad reopens with new name, menu

Jeff's Neighborhood Grill and Bar opened Saturday under new management and with a new philosophy.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2014
Our view

The 'unseen' of incentives

  • Sarasota
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File photo Tom Barwin
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  • David Conway
  • January 23, 2014
Citizens eyed for input in Barwin's review

In advance of City Manager Tom Barwin's first evaluation, the City Commission is debating whether to formally include input from prominent citizens in the process.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2014
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
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Riverview High senior center midfielder Katy Mixon led the Lady Rams in both goals and assists this season.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 23, 2014
Taking charge

Katy Mixon played varsity soccer at Riverview High for four years. Now she'll take her talents to the University of West Georgia.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Jacqueline Kulle scored 21 points to lead the Cardinal Mooney girls basketball team to a 39-31 victory over The Out-of-Door Academy Jan. 17 and the top seed in the Class 3A-District 10 tournament.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 23, 2014
High five moments of the week

The top five sports moments of the week.

  • Sarasota
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The Cardinal Mooney High girls soccer team captured the Class 2A-District 11 title with a 4-1 victory over DeSoto County Jan. 16.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 23, 2014
District champions

The Mooney girls soccer team captured its fourth district title in five years with a 4-1 victory over DeSoto County. Jan. 16.

  • Sarasota
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Matt Hueston, right
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  • Jen Blanco
  • January 23, 2014
Sidelines

ODA Boys Middle School Soccer; Steinfeld wins at Ippolito tournament; Sailors grapplers take fifth place; Registration underway for seniors

  • Sarasota
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  • Jen Blanco
  • January 23, 2014
Just the Stats

The week in sports by the numbers.

  • Sarasota
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Bird naturalist Matthew Press (right) and his father, David, look for birds at the Celery Fields.
  • By Randi Donahue
  • January 23, 2014
Celery Fields naturalists provide birds-eye view

In its second season, the Celery Fields Bird Naturalist Program offers visitors a chance to educate others about the thousands of bird species that visit the park daily.

  • Sarasota
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Tereza Krskova, 13, taught her Acro Fit students the Macarena.
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  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • January 23, 2014
Student Spotlight: Terza and Gabriela Krskova

NewGate students Terza and Gabriela Krskova, of Pilsen, Czech Republic, are living abroad in Sarasota for a year. They share what they've learned while interning.

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Photo courtesy of JC Studios Photography
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2014
Occasions

Christina Louise Russell and Adam Weston Cameron were married Nov. 9 in Knoxville, Tenn.

  • Sarasota
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Harriet Sokmensuer Unit AN-502 at 6512 Midnight Pass Road has two bedrooms, three baths and 2,143 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,825,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 23, 2014
Condominium in Crescent sells for $1,825,000

A condominium in Crescent tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

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Mariette Favre submitted this sunset photo, taken near Turtle Beach.
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2014
Weather: Sarasota

Mariette Favre submitted this sunset photo, taken near Turtle Beach.

  • Sarasota
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Maryann Armour and Melody Suzor
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  • Black Tie Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Voices Over the Bay Luncheon featuring Key Chorale

Voices Over the Bay Luncheon featuring Key Chorale

  • Black Tie
Event host Tanya Waxler dresses for the occasion.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • January 22, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: River Club Life Social

Sombrero's, Spanish cuisine and bright, multicolored pieces of clothing filled the River Club Life Social Jan. 22, at Mexicali's State Road 70 location.

  • East County
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Mary Ann Muccio and Carol Messerly
    By
  • Kelsey Grau
  • January 22, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Harry's Continental Kitchen Wine Tasting

On Wednesday, Jan. 22, Harry's Continental Kitchen held a wine tasting on its restaurant patio that benefited the Save Our Seabirds Organization. Guests enjoyed a large sampling of wines along with hors d'oeuvres and live entertainment.

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The School Board took its first step in planning the 2014-2015 budget at a Jan. 21 work session.
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • January 22, 2014
School Board anticipates first balanced budget in years

Rising property values will allow the district to increase spending and accrue a budget surplus during the 2014-2015 school year without raising millage rates.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • January 22, 2014
Fatal accident on Midnight Pass Road

Preliminary reports indicate that one person was killed Wednesday morning in a vehicle collision with a pedestrian at the southern end of Midnight Pass Road.

  • Siesta Key
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    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • January 22, 2014
Fatal accident on Midnight Pass Road

Preliminary reports indicate that one person was killed Wednesday in a vehicle collision with a pedestrian at the southern end of Midnight Pass Road.

  • Siesta Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
VIDEO: Siesta Key beach project groundbreaking

Stakeholders and Sarasota County commissioners came out to the beach Wednesday, to break ground on the $21.5 million beach renovation.

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School Board members, County Commissioners, City Commissioners and SMA Board of Directors used gold shovels for the groundbreaking.
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • January 22, 2014
SMA holds groundbreaking ceremony for SMA Prep

The middle school will serve sixth-, seventh-and eighth-grade students and offer the International Baccalaureate's Middle Years Program.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Pair focuses eagle eyes on babies

Longboat Key photographer Mary Lou Johnson snapped photos of the nest that holds the Key's youngest bald eagles earlier this month.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Judy and Alan Fishbein
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Couple stirs the pot at Food Festival

Longboat Key residents Alan and Judy Fishbein were key ingredients to the success of Temple Sinai's Jan. 12 Jewish Food Fest.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Marsh
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Island Chapel honors Rev. Jim Marsh's memory

The late Rev. Jim Marsh died in 2008, but his legacy lives on at Longboat Island Chapel.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Key bell ringers and donors help the Salvation Army

Once again, bell ringing proved lucrative on Longboat Key: The kettle brought in $8,462.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 22, 2014
Fire rescue stops vehicle fire

Firefighters are responding to a vehicle fire at the intersection of University Parkway and Interstate 75.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Don't forget to submit your love story

How did you know you had found the one?

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo Peter and Sherry Tracy, Paul Reamer and Dean Congbalay
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Key residents make fearsome foursome

A foursome from Longboat Key came from behind to win a three-session knockout match Friday, Jan. 17, at the Sarasota Sectional Bridge Tournament.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Longo set free

Manatee County's resident manatee, Snooty, bid farewell to the last of his two roommates Jan.16.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Horses need home

Napier's Log Cabin Horse and Animal Sanctuary is seeking new homes for several companion horses - horses too small to be considered full-size horses and too large to be called ponies.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • January 22, 2014
Olympic figure skaters to visit local ice rink

United States Olympic Figure Skating Team members Felicia Zhang and Nathan Bartholomay will be available for a local meet-and-greet.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Funding families

The Lakewood Ranch-based Payton Wright Foundation assisted 600 families of children affected by brain cancer last year, with bills such as mortgages and transportation needs.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The forums, new this school year, are a way for the district to promote transparency.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • January 22, 2014
District hosts community engagement forum

The Manatee County School District rolls out its second community engagement forum tonight, in a meeting of district staff and the public.

  • East County
  • News
On busy days, cars crowd North Shell Road, making it difficult for residents to enter and leave their driveways. (File photo)
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • January 22, 2014
County plans parking fix for North Shell Road

Sarasota County staff presented plans to improve parts of the Siesta Key street during a meeting with residents Tuesday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Salute! Ristorante, in downtown Sarasota, offers authentic Italian cuisine along with a vast wine selection.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Salute! Ristorante

This week we went in the kitchen at Salute! Ristorante with co-owners Marco Guadagnini and chef Laszlo Bevardi, as Bevardi prepares their agnolotti pasta dish. Get the recipe and watch an instructional video in this week's 'In the Kitchen.'

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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