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Unconditional Surrender gets final reprieve

Unconditional Surrender gets final reprieve

January 7, 2010

The owner of the bayfront sculpture will have until the end of the month to respond to the city's copyright-lawsuit concerns or else it will be removed before summer.

Alleged Ponzi schemers appear in court

Alleged Ponzi schemers appear in court

January 6, 2010

Sarasota couple John and Marian Morgan faced a federal judge in Tampa a day after being extradited from Virginia.

Five Points to be four-way stop

Five Points to be four-way stop

January 5, 2010

A weeklong construction project will put the traffic lights out of order temporarily.

TOP STORY, DEC.: Commissioners vary on city manager review

TOP STORY, DEC.: Commissioners vary on city manager review

January 4, 2010

The mayor and the vice mayor appeared to have opposite views of how City Manager Bob Bartolotta performed last year, while the other three commissioners fell somewhere in between.

TOP STORY, November: Police chief keeps job

TOP STORY, November: Police chief keeps job

January 3, 2010

Chief Peter Abbott was suspended for two weeks without pay for his role in the investigation of the videotaped kicking of a handcuffed suspect. The officer who kicked the suspect was fired.

TOP STORY, October: Commission OKs citizen panel

TOP STORY, October: Commission OKs citizen panel

January 2, 2010

The City Commission axed City Manager Bob Bartolotta’s proposal to hire a consultant to investigate the police department. Commissioner Terry Turner said the move was a micromanagement of Bartolotta.

TOP STORY, September: Vendors to control farmers market

TOP STORY, September: Vendors to control farmers market

January 1, 2010

The City Commission ruled Sept. 9 that the Downtown Farmers Market vendors would run the market instead of the Downtown Partnership. The partnership’s chairman said the change was an insult to those who’ve worked to make the market a success.

TOP STORY, August: Merchants issue rallying cry

TOP STORY, August: Merchants issue rallying cry

December 31, 2009

Spurred by the announcement that Sarasota News and Books was closing, downtown merchants planned to gather in Five Points Park to urge locals to support downtown businesses.

10 to Contend in 2010

10 to Contend in 2010

December 30, 2009

These 10 people will influence the course Sarasota in 2010.

TOP STORY, July: SEC: Morgans boast about fleeing to Europe

TOP STORY, July: SEC: Morgans boast about fleeing to Europe

December 30, 2009

SEC investigators acquired an e-mail in which John and Marian Morgan claimed to still be working on investments, which a Tampa judge had forbidden.



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