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T H E O B S E R V E R ’S TS G U I D E TO T H E A R AND SOCIETY
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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 41, NO. 29
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Seasonal smiles turn up
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019
PUBLIC AT WORK
YOUR TOWN
Volunteers spend a day beautifying a town building. SEE PAGE 1B
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Anne Hanley and Diane Brown were among the customers who celebrated Gabriel Garcia’s (center) birthday.
Autumn brought angst, but winter is looking good. PAGE 3A
Birthday thanks When Lazy Lobster customers Diane and Tom Brown, Bea and Dave Erickson and Anne Hanley found out the birthday of their favorite waiter, Gabriel Garcia, was on Valentine’s Day, they decided to make his day a little special. The group went to the restaurant for dinner but brought Garcia, cake, candy and a gift card.
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“We’re completely full and above last year. We had a very good January.” — Peg Pluto, Wicker Inn manager
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Larry Greenspon
Katie Johns
Barbara Livingston surrounds fresh plants with soil. Thirty volunteers from the Longboat Key Garden Club and the Sleepy Lagoon neighborhood gathered Feb. 23 to spruce up the landscaping of the Longboat Key Public Works Department.
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It’s no perfect circle
70 years of Sarasota Orchestra. INSIDE
David Conway
A roundabout is proposed to replace the intersection at Gulfstream Avenue and U.S. 41 on Sarasota’s bayfront.
Consultant questions data in plan for U.S. 41 in Sarasota. PAGE 2A
Donation in progress Guests at the Jewish Federation of SarasotaManatee got a sneak peek Feb. 24 at the coming Larry Greenspon Family Campus for Jewish Life in Sarasota. In June, Greenspon, a Longboat Key resident, donated the initial gift for the refurbishment of the 32-acre campus. On Sunday, supporters saw renderings of the new entrance, meeting rooms and configuration of the Hershorin Shiff Community Day School that will move to the campus in 2021. Jewish Federation CEO Howard Tevlowitz said renovations will begin later this year and will continue into 2022. There are 100 volunteers working on varying aspects of the renovations ranging from construction to educational programs on the Holocaust and Israel, Tevlowitz said.