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Josie Iturrino is in favor of letting businesses play live music to attract new customers.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2013
Man on the Street: Residents sound off on Sarasota's noise ordinance

Residents respond to the newest updates on Sarasota's downtown noise ordinance. Watch our video to hear what they had to say.

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Writer Marty Fugate has an infinite, sometimes terrifying, and hilarious knowledge of an imagined future, which he occasionally turns into science fiction anthologies.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2013
Sept. 12: Daily Headlines

Today's Stories: School Board to dish out 3% raises; Siesta Key seawall project put on hold; Deputies find two men with loaded weapons; Town attorney announces maternity leave; Out of this World

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Booker High School's new Law Academy is set up like a real courtroom.
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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • September 12, 2013
Van Wezel partners with Booker High Law Academy

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall will begin workshops with Booker High Law Academy in October to teach them about law through theater with 'Chicago: The Musical.'

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Bay Island Park is on the island side of the Siesta Key north bridge, and often attracts fishermen.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 12, 2013
Siesta Key seawall project put on hold

The Bay Island seawall replacement project has been put on hold until Nov. 1.

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Town attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale is expecting a baby in November and will be on maternity leave until January.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 12, 2013
Town attorney announces maternity leave

Former town attorney David Persson will fill in when the town's new attorney is on maternity leave.

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Brian Kennelly, president of Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty, a Schroeder-Manatee Ranch subsidiary, spent seven years with the company.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • September 12, 2013
LWR Commercial Realty president leaving company

Brian Kennelly, president of Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty, will be leaving Schroeder-Manatee Ranch (SMR) at the end of September to take a job with The Starling Group.

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The apparatus has a 75-foot ladder and 500-gallon water tank. (Courtesy Longboat Key Fire Rescue)
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 12, 2013
Longboat Key Fire Rescue gets new apparatus

The new ladder truck went into service earlier this week.

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  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2013
Cutting edge

The Selby School at Community Haven, 4405 DeSoto Road, will host a ribbon cutting Monday, Sept. 16.

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Bob the Bobcat joined in on the school assembly.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2013
Success story

Bailey's Buddies, a nonprofit devoted to fighting canine cancer, announced the distribution of funds to a canine family in need.

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Bargaining employees in the Sarasota County School District will receive a 3.25% raise if the new bargaining agreement is approved.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 12, 2013
School Board to dish out 3% raises

The School Board of Sarasota County and the Sarasota/Classified Teachers Association reached an agreement Wednesday, Sept. 11.

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Terri and Michael Klauber. Photo by Stephanie Hannum.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2013
Special surprise

Terri Klauber was surprised to walk into her own surprise party on Saturday, Sept. 7.

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Behind the scenes of the Coastal Living photo shoot featuring Melissa Brown, Bryan Kasm, Steve Schwacke and Diana Kelly. Photo by Stephanie Hannum
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2013
Designer touted in Coastal Living

Although attention from the press is nothing new for Diana E. Kelly and her classic line of shoes, the most recent feature on the pages of Coastal Living was especially exciting.

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After a 90-day period during which the SPD focused on sound enforcement, Chief Bernadette DiPino suggested the end of the special sound detail, leaving noise regulations in the hands of regular patrol officers.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 12, 2013
Residents, businesses sound off on downtown

After the City Commission threatened harsh punishments for downtown noise violations, the owner of one nightclub is calling for a more measured discussion.

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  • Nolan Peterson
  • September 12, 2013
Budget puts recession in the past

The 2014 Sarasota County budget passed its first public hearing Monday, moving the proposed spending plan one step closer to final approval.

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  • David Conway
  • September 12, 2013
CRA extension committee looks forward

The Downtown Community Redevelopment Area Study Committee discussed big-picture issues Tuesday, calling for a grand vision to facilitate the CRA's effectiveness.

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