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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 20, 2012
Sarasota County discusses Comp Plan

County staff will meet with two developers to work out problems in the 2050 Comprehensive Plan. Staff will also update construction fee data.

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  • September 20, 2012
News Briefs

State funds sought for beach renourishment; Lead emerges in bronze statue theft

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Alec Zec prepares for his final season playing hockey for the Sarasota Rampage.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • September 20, 2012
CHARGING AHEAD: Alec Zec

Mooney senior Alec Zec begins his final season with the Sarasota Couny high school hockey team Sept. 21. This will be his fourth season with the Rampage.

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  • September 20, 2012
News Briefs

Domestic-partner ordinance up for vote; Natural environment tops resident survey; Sarasota Memorial earns national honor

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 20, 2012
Siesta condo owners could see rise in insurance

A change in Citizens Property Insurance Group's policies could leave Siesta Key condo owners exposed.

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Scientists believe female manatees race to shallow waters to evade males that want to mate.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 20, 2012
Mating manatee herd lands on Siesta

Mote Marine laboratory staff and volunteers tried to keep onlookers from getting too close to the approximately nine-member herd.

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A condominium in the Gulf and Bay Club at 5790 Midnight Pass Road has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,335 square feet of living area. It sold for $605,000. Photo by Alex Mahadevan.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • September 20, 2012
Gulf and Bay Club condo sells for $650,000

A condominium in Gulf and Bay Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. James Zink, of Indianapolis, sold his Unit 302 condominium at 5790 Midnight Pass Road to Thomas and Suzanne McGee, of Kansas City, Mo., for $650,000.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • September 20, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • September 20, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Reese Vita

Cardinal Mooney sophomore Reese Vita has been playing football since he was 4 years old.

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  • September 20, 2012
JUST THE STATS

4 -  The number of touchdowns Cardinal Mooney quarterback Reese Vita threw in the Cougars' 41-7 victory over Lake Placid Sept. 14.

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  • September 20, 2012
SIDELINES

Lady Thunder win district season opener; Riverview tops rival Sarasota; Cardinal Mooney sweeps Bradenton; Lady Rams take win at runner's invitational; Sarasota tops North Port

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Unit PH201 at Rivo at Ringling has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,373 square feet of living area. It sold for $770,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 20, 2012
Three-bedroom Casey Key home sells for $1.6 million

A home on Casey Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Scott Dreffin, of Cleveland, Ga., and Desi Dreffin, of Osprey, sold their home at 4027 Casey Key Road to Stephanie Caradonna, trustee, of Osprey, for $1.6 million.

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Lindsay Murphy took this sunset photo on Siesta Key Beach.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 20, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Lindsay Murphy took this sunset photo on Siesta Key Beach.

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Charlotte Lynn took this sunset photo near Historic Spanish Point in Osprey.
    By
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  • September 20, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Charlotte Lynn took this sunset photo near Historic Spanish Point in Osprey.

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Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • September 19, 2012
Sept. 19: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

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