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GreyHawk Landing resident Jack Ranalli came to oppose the rezone application.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 16, 2020
Manatee Planning Board supports possible car dealership

The advisory board is giving a split recommendation to Manatee County Commissioners.

  • East County
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    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 16, 2020
Lido Key home sells for $3.35 million.

Residential real estate sales for Dec. 16-27.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • January 16, 2020
Make-A-Wish welcomes home family from cruise

Make-A-Wish Southern Florida hosted its Cooking For Wishes luncheon on Jan. 15.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Phyllis Siskel matched a fundraising campaign of $41,000.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 16, 2020
Thanks to donor match, Sarasota Military Academy raises $82,000

Phyllis Siskel offered a donor match of $25,000, but when students and staff raised $41,000, she raised her limit.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
Siesta Key resident Jim Wallace speaks during a Florida Department of Transportation meeting. Brynn Mechem
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 16, 2020
County poised to take over Stickney Point Road as Siesta residents raise concerns

At a Florida Department of Transportation meeting, Siesta Key residents implored FDOT staff to maintain jurisdiction over the road.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 16, 2020
Sarasota weather page photo: January 16

Jeannie Sparks captured this wood stork in Celery Fields on a cloudy afternoon.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 16, 2020
East County weather page photo: January 16

Gordon Silver photographed this small gator resting on the shoreline of a pond in Del Webb.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 16, 2020
Longboat Key weather page photo: January 16

Yilan Monroe captured an image of these seagulls in flight on Lido Beach.

  • Longboat Key
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Sarasota's Mary Tucker, a freshman at Kentucky, has a chance to make the U.S. Olympic Rifle Team. Photo courtesy UK Athletics.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 16, 2020
Prose and Kohn: Shooting her shot

Former SMA athlete has an eye on the Olympics

  • Sarasota
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Tyler Beasley.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 16, 2020
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Tyler Beasley

The ODA boys basketball guard talks his mid-range game and his emphasis on making smart decisions.

  • Sarasota
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Nathan Benderson Park (File photo)
    By
  • Adrian Moore
  • January 16, 2020
Bending the numbers for Benderson Park

How trustworthy are indirect economic benefits?

  • Sarasota
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City Manager Tom Barwin said the city offered the orchestra the opportunity to move into the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall once a new bayfront performing arts center opens, but the orchestra preferred to relocate.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 16, 2020
Property owners pitch Fruitville land as potential orchestra home

City leaders are hopeful the orchestra will be interested in a site east of downtown, but the orchestra is not sharing whether it will consider the property.

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Barrier island leaders said the addition of a third left-turn lane onto Gulfstream Avenue noticeably improved the flow of traffic last year.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 16, 2020
St. Armands Circle leaders seek traffic changes

Stakeholders believe a U.S. 41 roundabout project is negatively affecting traffic off of the barrier islands.

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Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 16, 2020
Cops Corner: Sarasota 1.16.20

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
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Nancy Gornto and Mary Jane Tolpa.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 15, 2020
St. Mary, Star of the Sea Women's Guild brings in 2020

The group got together for the first time this decade to gather supplies for babies.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Brendan Lavell
  • January 15, 2020
Dinner and a show — and learning: Sephardic weekend comes to Longboat temple

Temple Beth Israel hosted Rabbi Rifat Sonsino, a Turkish Sephardi, for a weekend of hands-on learning about Sephardic Judaism

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 15, 2020
Longboat Key Republicans Club holds first meeting of 2020

The event featured two speakers and brought friends together in the new year.

  • Longboat Key
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Police and fire units work the scene of a 2019 crash in which a cyclist was killed.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 15, 2020
Can Gulf of Mexico Drive be safer?

Longboat Key leaders begin to look at what can be done on state highway after five fatalities since May 2018.

  • Longboat Key
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Mote hopes to open the aquarium at Nathan Benderson Park by 2023.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 15, 2020
Sarasota County offers $20 million commitment for Mote aquarium

To dedicate $20 million toward the Nathan Benderson Park project, the County Commission wants to reallocate money budgeted for tourism promotion.

  • Sarasota
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  • Eric Garwood
  • January 15, 2020
Postcards herald beginning of town survey

Results of town-wide query expected in April.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 15, 2020
Colony case nears second anniversary

Trial scheduled for April in the proceedings that ultimately will decide how oceanfront acreage will be sold.

  • Longboat Key
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A couple has cordoned off "their" section of beach, restricting public access.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 15, 2020
Homeowners' blocked beach access leaves many questioning legality of actions

A couple roped off a section of beach near Siesta Key Beach Access 1, which many residents say is unfair.

  • Siesta Key
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Jennifer Santora, a third grade teacher at B.D. Gullett Elementary School, helps Caley Ochoa with a math problem.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • January 15, 2020
East County teacher's passion rewarded

Gullett Elementary teacher finalist for Manatee County's Educator of the Year

  • East County
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 15, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: It's a gusher!

Police reports from around the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Damage caused by feral pigs in Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 15, 2020
Letters to the Editor in Lakewood Ranch

Feral Pigs aren't so cute when they aren't tearing up land in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Thomas Gallen, a fourth grader at Braden River Elementary School, jumps with excitement to see he's been placed in the Reveur house.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • January 15, 2020
East County schools make room for house system

House program strengthens school community at Tara and Braden River elementary schools.

  • East County
  • News
ODA point guard Zi Burns believes the team needs to work on its ball control in order to become a state contender.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 15, 2020
Prose and Kohn: Fire Burns in ODA sophomore guard

The Thunder have received a boost in ball control with her arrival.

  • East County
  • Sports
Readers frequently pointed out the traffic bottlenecks in St. Armands Circle as something the'd like to fix -- if they had the power to do so.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 15, 2020
Kings of the road: What if you wore the crown?

Readers let us know where they stand on solutions to perennial roadway backups.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Ray Taranto and Bryan Veith are helping put together The Junior Tour Powered by Under Armour.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 15, 2020
New national junior golf tour has events in East County

The Junior Tour, sponsored by Under Armour, will have three coed age divisions.

  • East County
  • Sports
This African grey parrot was loose in the Summerfield Park neighborhood for at least three days before being caught.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 15, 2020
Returned flight for African grey parrot in Lakewood Ranch

Strawberries, hug lure escaped parrot from wild in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
    In Memoriam |
  • January 15, 2020
Michael Edward Grossberg

Michael Grossberg, 75, was a native of Brooklyn and retired respiratory therapist from Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California, where he worked for 36 years before coming to the Sarasota/Bradenton area in 2009 and marrying Susan Goldfarb in 2012, hi

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Angelo LaFrese.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 15, 2020
East County Athlete of the Week: Angelo LaFrese

The Lakewood Ranch wrestler talks transitioning from football and working on his conditioning.

  • East County
  • Sports
East County's Dan and Rebecca Powers are excited to perpetuate the memory of their late son, Matthew Powers, with a new scholarship focused on children who participate in the band program at Lakewood Ranch High School.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 15, 2020
Scholarship to honor student who died in accident

New scholarship in Manatee County honors legacy of band student Matthew Powers.

  • East County
  • News
Issy Monroe, an eighth grader at Carlos E. Haile Middle School, loves spending time with Napoleon. Monroe will show Napoleon at the Manatee County Fair.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • January 15, 2020
No fear of steer for East County student at Manatee County Fair

East County Future Farmers of America students prepare to show their animals at the fair.

  • East County
  • News
Clockwise from left: Willis A. Smith Construction President and CEO David Sessions, Fawley Bryant Architecture co-owners Stu Henderson and Steve Padgett and Willis Smith Vice President Nathan Carr are just getting started.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 15, 2020
Willis Smith right at home with library project in Lakewood Ranch

Willis Smith right at home with Manatee County library project in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Hoyt Architects of Sarasota created this rendering of “Town Center Park,” site of the former Amore restaurant near Publix.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • January 15, 2020
The keys to a town center on Longboat

If Longboat Key commissioners are convinced the town needs a town center, they face two tough decisions: giving subsidies to developers and what to do about density.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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