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  • May 15, 2014
New face

Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota welcomes John Irvin as its new religious educator director.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2014
Budding artists

The Chapter No. 115 of Ikebana International invited children to honor their mothers with workshops Saturday.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2014
Spring fling

The Bay Island Siesta Neighborhood Association held its annual Spring Fling May 8. More than 60 members attended the party, which Garrett and Stephanie Puzzo hosted.

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Centenarian sisters, Ruth Branum, 104,  Rubye Cox, 110 and Sarasota resident Rose Shloss, 101
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  • May 15, 2014
Sisterly love

Sarasota resident Rose Schloss, 101, recently returned from a trip of a lifetime.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2014
Sing for spring

The Allegro Music Academy recently held its spring recitals.

  • Sarasota
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Kathleen Carmichael, Joy E. Van Buskirk, Doreen Dziepak, Ingrid Roylance, Linda Robinson, Book Club Chairwoman Connie Bulawka and Caroline Ryan
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2014
Paper hearts

Members of the Church of the Redeemer's Heart to Heart Book Club held its final book club meeting of the year May 5.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Private security guards already monitor some areas of downtown, including Pineapple Square businesses.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 15, 2014
Downtown leaders beef up patrol

As merchants and property owners attempt to fight homelessness issues, the Downtown Improvement District moves toward increasing security downtown.

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  • May 15, 2014
News Briefs

Sarasota Police reveal details of drug operation; FDOT shifts Siesta Key lanes for Stickney Point Bridge work; Siesta seawall project moves ahead with work

  • Sarasota
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The Lift Station 87 project site, which sits adjacent to the Central Park condominiums, will soon be torn apart once again as the city looks to build an above-ground building in Luke Wood Park.Photo by David Conway
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 15, 2014
Lift station work keeps residents on edge

As the Lift Station 87 project has been repeatedly delayed and reworked, residents of the Central Park condominiums have had to deal with the fallout.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • David Conway
  • May 15, 2014
County looks to expand mosquitofish program

The county's Mosquito Management department uses more than just pesticides to control the insect population.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2014
Letters to the Editor

To send in your Letters to the Editor, email them to Jessica Luck at [email protected]. Letters pertaining to local issues receive priority. Letters may be edited for grammar and length.

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  • May 15, 2014
Our View

Downtown Security

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  • May 15, 2014
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 15, 2014
Return to Form

A bicycle accident nearly five months ago has given Pine View School junior Triston Waiss new appreciation for life and the water.

  • Sarasota
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  • Jen Blanco
  • May 15, 2014
Sidelines

Area players named to all-star team; Registration for i9 basketball underway; Blazers fall in region semis; Rams to hold golf tourney

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