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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 21, 2013
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 21, 2013
SIDELINES

Thunder walk off with win; SCS baseball perfect; Orioles to host clinic

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 21, 2013
JUST THE STATS

4 - The number of goals Max Provost scored to lead The Out-of-Door Academy boys lacrosse team to an 8-6 victory over All Saints Academy March 13.

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This home in Harbor Acres at 1452 Hillview Drive has five bedrooms, five baths, one half-bath, a pool and 6,728 square feet of living area. It sold for $7 million. Photo by Yaryna Klimchak.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 21, 2013
Home in Harbor Acres sells for $7 million

A home in Harbor Acres tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Mollie Nelson, of Sarasota, sold her home at 1452 Hillview Drive to Mark Standish, of Sarasota, for $7 million.

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Kathleen Ellis regularly volunteers in the library at
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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • March 21, 2013
Your Neighbor: Kathleen Ellis

Books surround Kathleen Ellis in the Sarasota Bay Club Library, where she volunteers on a weekly basis.

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Krista Pappas submitted this photo of a sunset at the park near Boulevard of the Arts
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 21, 2013
Weather Photo: THE DOCK OF THE BAY

Krista Pappas submitted this photo of a sunset at the park near Boulevard of the Arts and Tamiami Trail.

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Ellis Greene with Elaine Meshad and Macy Meshad, 8
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 20, 2013
Children's Rainforest Garden Reception

Children's Rainforest Garden Reception

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Leno delivers award to Gold Coast Eagle Distributing

Longboat Key resident John Saputo's Gold Coast Eagle Distributing was among 15 out of 675 distributors to receive the award.

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    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • March 20, 2013
Lakewood Ranch gun club gets approval

Manatee County Hearing Officer Lori Dorman officially approved a special permit for the long-debated gun club in Lakewood Ranch when she issued her final order yesterday.

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River Club Plaza takes shape — read more about it in today's headlines!
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • March 20, 2013
March 20: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Deputies find dead man near Pinecraft Park; Longboat Key mayor, vice mayor remain seated; Rick Mills swears in as Manatee County School District superintendent; River Club Plaza takes shape

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Susan Zalkim, Karen MacIntosh, Phyllis Osbaldeston and Norma Gregson
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 20, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: St. Mary's Women's Guild Fashion Show

The St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church's Women Guild held a fashion show Wednesday, March 20 at the Longboat Key Club & Resort's Harbourside Dining Room. The event benefitted Catholic charities.

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Bobbi Goldwater, Graci McGillicuddy, Jane Weinman and Joanne Forch
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 20, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Operation Kindness

Roughly 70 men and women participated in the sixth Operation Kindness fundraiser Tuesday, March 19, at the Longboat Key Club & Resort. The event, which benefitted the Wounded in Action Family Foundation, included a tennis round robin followed by refreshments, raffles and live and silent auctions.

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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 20, 2013
Man arrested for car burglaries near Family Park

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested an 18-year-old man for burglaries in a neighborhood near Family Park at 10:10 p.m. last night.

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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 20, 2013
Bank robbery suspect head butts Sarasota officer

Sarasota Police arrested a man March 19, for two robberies among other charges.

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Judge Tom Gallen and Rick Mills
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • March 20, 2013
Rick Mills officially becomes Manatee superintendent

Rick Mills was sworn in as Manatee County School District superintendent, in a ceremony this morning.

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