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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 23, 2012
County budget grows to contain Key noise

Sarasota County will add overtime hours for a code-enforcement officer specializing in sound analysis, but all weekend violators are on notice.

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The revitalization of Pensacola included widened sidewalks and new restaurants and shops. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 23, 2012
Pensacola: Signs of Strength

The city of Pensacola altered its governing structure in 2009 after a tumultuous, and somewhat leaderless, decade. Now the city thrives under a strong mayor.

  • Sarasota
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Interim City Manager Terry Lewis has instructed the police command staff to walk downtown for two weeks to see the issues firsthand.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 23, 2012
Aggressive vagrants anger commissioners

The Sarasota Police Department has been told to curtail a growing, aggressive population of homeless people downtown.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 23, 2012
Staff will work on Laurel Park development concept

Laurel Park residents want to be able to give public input when projects are constructed on the outskirts of their community.

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  • August 23, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Invest in a cleaner Siesta beach; Think for yourselves; Stand your ground; 'That' or 'those'?

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A mailer sent out to nearby residents earlier this month with a juxtaposed rendering of a massive shopping center looming over a parking lot didn’t sit well with the Sarasota City Commission Monday night.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 23, 2012
Commission chooses Benderson project

The Sarasota City Commission picked a $1.4 million offer for prime commercial space on Fruitville Road. The offer is half what a competing developer offered to pay.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 23, 2012
SCOPE formulates new city research tool

A new website will allow current and future city and county residents access to multiple layers of data about population available from government and neighborhood sources.

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  • August 23, 2012
News Briefs

Municipalities watch Tropical Storm Isaac; GWIZ to undergo two-month renovation; Sunshine lawsuit settlement delayed

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 23, 2012
County approves rezoning of parcel to prepare for sale

Sarasota County Commissioners approved the rezoning of a 2.2-acre tract of land, which may reach the private sector midway through 2013 - or not at all.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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This home at 825 Tropical Circle in Siesta Beach has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 5,904 square feet of living area. It sold for $3.3 million. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 23, 2012
Siesta Beach home sells for $3.3 million

A home in Siesta Beach tops all transactions in this week's real estate. John Walter and Lorry Eible, of Sarasota, sold their home at 825 Tropical Circle to Timothy Ng, of Sarasota, for $3.3 million.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2012
Our View: Destined to mediocrity?

Congratulations to the citizens of Pensacola. They had the courage to recognize and admit their city was going nowhere, and that it needed a leader, a champion, to raise it up.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Think for yourselves; Stand your ground; 'That' or 'those'?; Preserving history; Feeling disenfranchised

  • Sarasota
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Jeremy Smith took this photo of cumulonimbus clouds deveoping before a storm at Turtle Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Jeremy Smith took this photo of cumulonimbus clouds deveoping before a storm at Turtle Beach.

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