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  • December 31, 2016
Sarasota families celebrate New Year's Eve downtown

Residents and visitors soak up the remaining hours of 2016 before the Pineapple Drop in Downtown Sarasota.

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Daily code enforcement fines for noncompliance add up to more than $49,000 for a Longboat Key homeowner.
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  • December 31, 2016
Top Story — October: Longboat homeowner faces $49,106 fine for code violations

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The 18-story Jewel is more than a year behind schedule, as the developer and contractor trade lawsuits.
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  • December 31, 2016
Top Story — October: Downtown Sarasota condo sidelined by lawsuits

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After being banned from building on Anna Maria Island, Shawn Kaleta has started generating concerns from Siesta Key property owners.
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  • Anna Brugmann
  • December 31, 2016
Top Story — October: Controversial builder draws complaints on Siesta

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Seven days after the ten-year anniversary of her father’s death, Cardinal Mooney volleyball’s Annie Shaw walked onto the court for her Senior Night celebration.
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  • December 31, 2016
Top Story — October: Cardinal Mooney volleyball player's Senior Night is made unforgettable

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  • December 30, 2016
Top Story — September: Hurricane Hermine draws out Sarasota surfers

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Following complaints from downtown Sarasota merchants and residents, the motorcycle festival is moving almost entirely out of the city and expanding its presence elsewhere in the region.
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  • December 30, 2016
Top Story — September: Thunder by the Bay relocates to Lakewood Ranch

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Town staff has outlined three major courses the commission could take to address concerns about underground utility funding.
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  • December 30, 2016
Top Story — September: Longboat navigates undergrounding crossroads

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  • Matt Walsh
  • December 29, 2016
3 words to live by for 2017

Last year at this time, wisdom was our word — that Americans would have wisdom in the voting booth

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A fire tore through storage sheds at the gulf front property Sunday night, causing two propane tanks to explode.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • December 29, 2016
Top Story — August: Explosions rock Sandpiper Inn on Longboat Key

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Motion might have been prompted by family housing four Bayside College students.
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  • December 29, 2016
Top Story — August: Mill Creek homeowners vote down regulations

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Riders test out the "rhythm section" of the renovated BMX track at the Youth Athletic Complex.
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  • December 29, 2016
Top Sarasota sports moments of the year

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Renovations are underway for Michael’s On the Bay event venue within Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
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  • December 29, 2016
Top Story — August: Michael’s On East expands in Selby Gardens

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  • December 29, 2016
The year in Sarasota sports photos

A look back on 2016.

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Braden River graduate earns spot on Dolphins' cheerleading squad.
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  • December 28, 2016
Top Story — July: Braden River graduate makes Dolphins cheerleading squad

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Kim Kessler’s family has lived in the house at 690 Fox St. for more than four decades.
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  • December 28, 2016
Top Story — July: Village residents cry fowl following peacock removal

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Business owners leaving St. Armands Circle think the character of the tourist district is changing. What does that mean for shops in the area?
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  • December 28, 2016
Top Story — July: St. Armands Circle merchants question restaurant ratio

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  • Katie Johns
  • December 28, 2016
Longboat Key Obituaries

William Wipperfurth, Barry Bakal and James Hamilton died.

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Becky Sirigotis of Michael Saunders and Co., Chamber Board Chairman Tammy Halstead and Georgina Clamage of Michael Saunders and Co. at August' s Networking at Noon.
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  • December 28, 2016
Your Calendar: Networking at Noon

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  • December 28, 2016
Just Married: Ashley Levine and J.P. Clayton

The couple was married at the Biltmore Estate on Oct. 28.

  • Sarasota
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The Lakewood Ranch boys soccer team four-peats. Photo by Jen Blanco.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • December 28, 2016
Top East County sports moments of the year

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  • East County
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Sarasota entrepreneur Jesse Biter may have been painted as the villain in the Bravo TV show, but he insists reality TV isn’t necessarily real.
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  • Mark Gordon
  • December 28, 2016
Top Story — July: Jesse Biter reflects on ‘Below Deck’ appearance

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Richard Gonzmart says the successor to Pattigeorge’s ‘won’t be anything we do now.’ He envisions patrons dining on a glass floor and watching fish.
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  • Matt Walsh
  • December 27, 2016
Top Story — June: Pattigeorge’s new owner: ‘It’s my destiny’

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Schroeder-Manatee Ranch files suit to evict fledgling professional football league.
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  • Jay Heater
  • December 27, 2016
Top Story — June: Lakewood Ranch developer sues Major League Football

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Following a lengthy legal clash, L.A. Fitness is slated to open in the former Dillard’s department store at Westfield Southgate Mall.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 27, 2016
Top Story — June: Westfield, Benderson and Dillard’s settle lawsuit

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  • December 26, 2016
Top Story — May: Players Theatre announces move from Sarasota to Lakewood Ranch

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • December 26, 2016
Top Story — May: Siesta Key lures Darwin Santa Maria

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • December 26, 2016
Top Story — May: Group organizes to oppose Floridays project

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • December 25, 2016
Top Story — April: Daiquiri Deck to open south Siesta location

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  • December 25, 2016
Top Story — April: Rowing toward Rio

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Paul Reubens chats with Conan O'Brien Thursday.
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  • December 25, 2016
Top Story — April: Pee-wee talks Sarasota on Conan

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 24, 2016
Dear Santa, how great are these letters?

Local elementary students pour our their hearts to Kris Kringle.

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  • News
Amanda Broadway has opened a personal assistant business in Lakewood Ranch.
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  • Jay Heater
  • December 24, 2016
For Lakewood Ranch business owner, saving time is personal

Side of Ranch: Jay Heater

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • December 24, 2016
Top Story — March: Gulf Gate lures young entrepreneurs

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 24, 2016
Top Story — March: Longboat Key medical center sets opening date

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  • Jay Heater
  • December 24, 2016
Top Story — March: Major League Football's inaugural season in doubt

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