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  • March 23, 2017
Sarasota weather page photo: March 23

Matthew Press captured this shot of a snowy plover on Siesta Key Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
This home at 680 Longview Drive in Longboat Shores tops all real estate transaction for the week of March 6-10.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 23, 2017
Longboat Shores home sells for $680,000

Real estate transactions for March 6-10.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The home at 2823 Casey Key Road sold recently for $3,472,500.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 23, 2017
Casey Key Road home sells for $3,472,500

Real estate transaction for March 6-10.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2017
East County weather page photo: March 23

Jeannie Sparks captured this photo of a male anhinga by a marsh pond in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2017
Longboat Key weather page photo: March 23

Cindy Leder captured this sunset from The Beaches condos on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System COO Lorrie Liang and Jewish Family & Children’s Service of the Suncoast CEO Heidi Brown discuss plans to expand each organization’s cancer services.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 23, 2017
JFCS ramps up cancer programs with SMH partnership

Jewish Family & Children’s Service of the Suncoast has teamed up with Sarasota Memorial Health Care System to expand wellness programs for those affected by cancer.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota sports roundup: 03.23.17
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 23, 2017
Sarasota sports roundup: 03.23.17

Sarasota sports roundup: 03.23.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Lydia Franklin admires her father Richard' s new fire department badge.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 23, 2017
Five Longboat firefighters get their badges

Ceremony culminates a year of training for department's newest members

  • Longboat Key
  • News
East County sports roundup: 03.23.17
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 23, 2017
East County sports roundup: 03.23.17

East County sports roundup: 03.23.17

  • East County
  • Sports
The vacant lot at center is the site Mote wants to sell. Voters nixed a development plan.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2017
At what point is it taking?

Development rejection by Longboat voters is just another part of an ominous trend.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The vacant property at the center is the property owned by the Mote Scientific Foundation, a not-for-profit that would have benefited from the sale of the site to Brista Homes.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2017
At what point is it a taking?

Longboat’s density restrictions have created what looks like an unreasonable burden.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2017
How the Bert Harris Act works

Ronald Weaver updated the Bert Harris Act in 2007.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2017
Letters to the editor

Readers sound off on Sarasota issues

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Kelly Carson
  • March 23, 2017
Letters to the editor

Tolls, election, growth and the arts

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Nahman L' Hrar poses with his portraits of Kofi Annan and Felipe Calderon.
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • March 23, 2017
A tale of two portraits

Ringling Town Hall student artist Nahman L'Hrar created two portraits. The second portrait was presented to its subject March 22. The first has yet to meet its subject.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • March 23, 2017
If the suit fits

Fitness competitors spend months perfecting their physiques. When it comes to dressing them for the stage, there are few better than June Blaustein.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Phil Pagano, executive director of the Sarasota Farmers Market, intends to relocate the event because of safety concerns.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 23, 2017
State Street merchants push to keep farmers market

The Sarasota Farmers Market plans to move some vendors from State Street to First Street, but some businesses are fighting to preserve the current layout.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Les Urbanski with Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown, who won a raffle at the March 10 fundraiser and donated his winnings.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 23, 2017
City staff rallies support for co-worker

City staff organized a fundraiser to help support Les Urbanski and his family following his cancer diagnosis.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Two dogs, Liebchen and Dennis, run around Sapphire Shores Park free of leashes. The city considered regulations that would require leashes in all parks.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 23, 2017
City unleashes conversation on dogs in parks

Sarasota is considering changing its park rules to require dogs to stay on a leash, but some pet owners think officials are barking up the wrong tree.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota High junior Steven Colon pitches against Charlotte.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 23, 2017
Sarasota baseball tournament is truly a Classic

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Kinga Aletto and Lauren McMahan are headed to the Junior Olympics in April.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 23, 2017
SMA juniors prepare for air rifle Junior Olympics

The pair also has an eye on a more distant target.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Brooks Larson.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 23, 2017
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: 03.23.17

Sarasota Athlete of the Week: 03.23.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Mike Welcer.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 23, 2017
Sarasota High Five Moments: 03.23.17

Sarasota High Five Moments: 03.23.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
    By
  • Niki Kottmann
  • March 22, 2017
Mayors’ Feed the Hungry celebrates 30 years

The organization’s 30th anniversary celebration was held on March 22 at Harvest Church.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • March 22, 2017
Booker High School Gospel Choir performs at Christ Church

The choir club treated Christ Church members to a performance following the church's monthly dinner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sarasota County emergency personnel begin picking through the rubble after a car crashed through the front of a south Sarasota business last Thursday.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 22, 2017
Car crashes into Sarasota gym

The owners of Personalized Fitness & Massage Center estimate about $40,000 in damage to their South Tamiami Trail business.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A bald eagle keeps watch over its nest on the Lorraine Road extension in Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Berkley Mason
  • March 22, 2017
For PETE's sake, road project delayed

Is major projects’ delay just a big pile of bird droppings?

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 22, 2017
Felipe Calderón talks trade in Sarasota roundtable

Former Mexican Pres. Felipe Calderón shared his thoughts on Pres. Donald Trump, the proposed border wall and — most important according to him — trade.

  • Sarasota
  • News
(Courtesy) Sprouts Farmers Market will open in south Sarasota next mont.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 22, 2017
Sprouts Farmers Market to open in Sarasota

The grocery store will open its doors in Pelican Plaza April 12.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • March 22, 2017
Former Mexican President Felipe Calderon talks Mexican-American relations

The 56th President of Mexico Felipe Calderon spoke at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in the final installment of the 2017 Town Hall Lecture Series.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Jo-To Japanese Restaurant will close its Siesta Key Village location March 31.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 22, 2017
Jo-To Japanese Restaurant to close on Siesta Key

The Village restaurant will serve its last meals March 31.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
SANCA President Bob Sullivan stands in front of the new finish tower, which only needs windows and cosmetic work to be complete.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • March 22, 2017
Finish tower nears completion in Sarasota

The finish tower will put Nathan Benderson Park among the best rowing facilities in the world.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • March 22, 2017
RCLA announces 2018 Town Hall lineup

As the 2017 series comes to a close, Ringling College Library Association looks releases the 2018 Town Hall Lecture lineup.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Mayor Terry Gans shakes hands with outgoing town commissioner Phill Younger on Monday.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • March 22, 2017
Gans re-elected mayor of Longboat Key, Zunz named vice mayor

The Town Commission welcomed back Jim Brown and bid farewell to Phill Younger.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Greenbrook resident Mikaela Boelkins, 14, is promoting the use of green lights in Lakewood Ranch around Memorial Day. The lights will be placed in coach lamps, lights attached to the garage.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 22, 2017
Veterans awareness gets a green light

Students overcome HOA restrictions for veterans awareness project.

  • East County
  • News
Synergy Lighting crews are starting the installation at the northern end of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, south of State Road 70.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 22, 2017
LED fixtures create brighter future in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch CDDs could save more than $230,000 collectively with LED lighting.

  • East County
  • News
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