Osprey News

It's a constant game of scanning the room to find the hottest look, most-elegant look, most-creative look and anything else that we happen to fancy - such as cutest pregnant ladies and loveliest sisters - and beating other photographers to you.

The Cheshire cat-like grins on the faces of faculty, students and staff at four Sarasota County District schools Tuesday were no mystery, thanks to the statewide publication of school rankings by the Florida Department of Education.

Call it a new boom on the South Trail. Palmer Ranch Holdings LLC Vice President Justin Powell confirmed for the Sarasota Observer this week that Palmer Ranch is under contract with Taylor Morrison, which wants to purchase approximately 100 acres off Palmer Ranch Parkway, near where the property comes to a dead end on the east side of Honore Avenue.

When the Community Redevelopment Agency meets Feb. 7, an overhauled downtown Sarasota streetscape plan that costs $4.4 million will be up for consideration.

Saying how pleased they were with the 14 applications they had received, the Sarasota County Commission Tuesday appointed three new members to the Sarasota Planning Commission.

Just before two o'clock Tuesday afternoon, the Newt Gingrich bus rolled into Dolphin Aviation to a whole lot of fanfare.

The manager of Oscar Scherer State Park in Osprey is troubled by three proposed projects: the Energy Economic Zone near the intersection of Interstate 75 and State Road 681; the Town Center, also near I-75/S.R. 681; and the relocation of the I-75/Central Sarasota Parkway interchange.