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  • By Rod Thomson
  • July 12, 2012
My View: City sadly fiddles with registry

Talk about fiddling while Rome burns. The city of Sarasota is facing a series of crises threatening to escalate further.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 12, 2012
News Briefs

Downtown parking times disputed

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Unit 1800 at Beau Ciel, 990 Blvd. of the Arts, sold for $5.6 million. File photo.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • July 12, 2012
Four-bedroom Beau Ciel condo sells for $5.6 million

A condominium in Beau Ciel tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Sarasota
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 12, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Colleen O'Bryant

Colleen O'Bryant, a Sarasota native, is relatively new to BMX, but she is already skilled on her bike.

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Ann Picard submitted this sunrise photo, taken in Palmer Ranch.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 12, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Ann Picard submitted this sunrise photo, taken in Palmer Ranch.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • July 11, 2012
July 11: 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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Gold Coast Eagle Distributing, donated $500 toward the care of a sick dolphin being treated at Mote Marine Laboratory. Courtesy photo.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 11, 2012
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Gold Coast Eagle aids sick dolphin; Tree, plaque remember Ina Gross

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 11, 2012
Library Foundation receives grant

The newly formed Library Foundation for Sarasota County has received a $10,000 grant from the Gulf Coast Community Foundation to raise public awareness about the county's nine Sarasota County libraries.

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Visit Sarasota is working with the Siesta Key Village Association to modify "Number 1 Beach" signs for long-term use.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 11, 2012
Visit Sarasota thinks big

Visit Sarasota will partner with the newly formed U.S. marketing campaign called Brand USA to target European tourists.

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"Sparkey" the turtle crawls back to the Gulf after she dug a nest, filled it with eggs and covered it. Courtesy photo.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 11, 2012
Laborious Fourth of July

On the Fourth of July, Country Club Shores residents David and Sharron Schar and the Reynolds family went to the beach between the Privateer and Beachplace to watch Siesta Key's fireworks from a distance.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 11, 2012
Bud Collins misses Wimbledon

This year's Wimbledon was the first one Bud Collins had missed in 44 consecutive years.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 11, 2012
From Daisies to Brownies

Members of Daisy Troop 888 from Tara Elementary stepped up their role in Girl Scouts, as they made the leap from Daisies to Brownies during a special ceremony last month at the Peridia Golf and Country Club.

  • East County
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  • July 11, 2012
Publix donates to Meals on Wheels

Through its 2011 holiday Food for All point-of-purchase fundraiser, local Publix stores collectively raised more than $30,000 to benefit Meals on Wheels Plus.

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Guests of the Tara Golf and Country Club were treated to a cluckin' good time June 30, as the club hosted its first Wing Night.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 11, 2012
Wing Night is a hit at Tara

Guests of the Tara Golf and Country Club were treated to a cluckin' good time June 30, as the club hosted its first Wing Night.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 11, 2012
Our View: Lessons from Lenobel

When you reflect on the 12 and a half years that Hal Lenobel served as a Longboat Key mayor and commissioner, you can see there were two distinct phases of his tenure - the mayoral phase and the statesman phase.

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