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  • By Joe Hendricks
  • April 26, 2013
City Attorney Bob Fournier comments on panhandling ordinance

City Attorney Bob Fournier comments on panhandling ordinance

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  • By Sarah Felder
  • April 26, 2013
Learning to cook with grains at Whole Foods Market Sarasota

Learning to cook with grains at Whole Foods Market Sarasota

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  • By Joe Hendricks
  • April 26, 2013
GoTonight.com a win-win-win for music lovers, venues and local bands

GoTonight.com a win-win-win for music lovers, venues and local bands

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Angela Gischer dances with Jesse Miller
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • April 26, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Night of the Stars

More than 500 people took part in the Night of the Stars prom at Woodland Community Church. The theme for this year's prom was Arabian Nights.

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Kevin and Missy Cooper celebrate a backyard makeover
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • April 26, 2013
April 26: Daily Headlines Video

Top Stories: Development could cost the city; Weekend Best Bets; and Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

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Penthouse M at L'Ambiance sold for $6.75 million today.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • April 26, 2013
Record sales recorded on Key

A L'Ambiance condo sold for $6.75 million, and a Country Club Shores sold for $3.8 million.

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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • April 26, 2013
Sarasota County Academic Olympians persevere

Six students from Sarasota County made it to the Division 1 semi-finals at the Florida Commissioner's Academic Challenge in Orlando.

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  • Josh Siegel
  • April 26, 2013
Weekend Best Bet: Lakewood Ranch Communities' Moonlight Movie

Moviegoers can bring chairs and blankets and sit down in front of a huge inflatable screen showing "Hotel Transylvania" at the Moonlight Movie hosted by Lakewood Ranch Community Activities.

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Amanda Lopez and Sarah Tenaglia
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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • April 26, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: First Presbyterian First Roots

First Presbyterian Church hosted their First Roots parent fundraiser Thursday, April 26 at Michael's On East to raise money for the preschool. First Presbyterian hosts the Butterfly Ball, a family event, every year but this time wanted to have something just for the adults Approximately 120 guests enjoyed refreshments, bid in a silent auction to raise money for preschool scholarships and new playground equipment. First Presbyterian Preschool has 74 students.

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Jenny Loy and Tracy Topjun
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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • April 26, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: First Presbyterian First Roots

First Presbyterian Church hosted their First Roots parent fundraiser Thursday, April 26 at Michael's On East to raise money for the preschool. First Presbyterian hosts the Butterfly Ball, a family event, every year but this time wanted to have something just for the adults Approximately 120 guests enjoyed refreshments, bid in a silent auction to raise money for preschool scholarships and new playground equipment. First Presbyterian Preschool has 74 students.

  • Sarasota
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SPARCC President and CEO Olivia Thomas with board member Susan Kelley
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  • Katie Hendrick
  • April 26, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: SPARCC Designer Donation Party

The ladies of SPARCC, the Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center, hosted a designer donation party Thursday, April 25, at the Longboat Key Club and Resort's Harbourside Dining Room. Saks Fifth Avenue stylists gave makeup demonstrations for the women who donated items for SPARCC's fall sale to benefit outreach programs for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

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  • April 26, 2013
Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

Enjoy this week's movie reviews by Popcorn Bob.

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  • Nick Friedman
  • April 26, 2013
WEEKEND BEST BET: Bust a move at SRQ Dances 2013

In honor of National Dance Week, the Sarasota-Manatee Dance Alliance has partnered with the West Coast Civic Ballet to launch SRQDances2013.

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Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium will hold its Party on the Pass at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at the Mote Aquarium courtyard, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway. File Photo.
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  • Katie Hendrick
  • April 26, 2013
WEEKEND BEST BET: Party on the Pass

Fundraiser benefits Mote Marine's dolphin, whale and sea turtle hospitals.

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 26, 2013
Deputies arrest woman for unlicensed surgery

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office charged a 44-year-old woman for treating a cosmetic surgery patient without a license.

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