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The stretch of Main Street from U.S. 41 to the Five Points roundabout will be renovated for $1.35 million.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 24, 2012
Approved at last

The Downtown Improvement District Board of Directors will use an internal city loan to help pay for a Main Street streetscape project that will be constructed in the next two years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A downtown Street Teams group of six people picked up litter Wednesday morning around City Hall.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 24, 2012
Street Teams pick up momentum

A Salvation Army program gives the homeless an opportunity to re-enter the workforce by helping to keep the city clean.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Premier Sotheby’s International Realty is listing 12 bayfront acres at the end of Sarabay Road that look out onto Casey Key. The listing price is $7.49 million. Photo courtesy of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 24, 2012
Osprey mobile-home park nears extinction

Twelve bayfront lots overlooking Casey Key are being sold together or in pieces. One of the lots harbors what's left of a dwindling mobile-home park.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 24, 2012
Attorney addresses DID concerns

City attorney Robert Fournier attended a Downtown Improvement District meeting to assuage concerns of board members who recently approved a Main Street project.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 24, 2012
City amends public trespass ordinance

The city wants to amend an ordinance that will give future tresspassing violators written, as opposed to verbal, warnings.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 24, 2012
FULL STORY: Sarasaota Police Chief Hollaway retiring in fall

Sarasota Police Chief Mikel Hollaway will retire in October after serving 30 years with the department.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • May 24, 2012
Memorial Day parade will honor heroes with ceremony

Downtown Sarasota will be bathed in red, white and blue, Monday, May 28, for the annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony.

  • Sarasota
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Midnight Pass is the often-disputed inlet separating Siesta Key and Casey Key. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 24, 2012
County commission approves new pipeline

The commission unanimously approved a new water main pipeline running from Siesta Key to Casey Key.

  • Sarasota
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As with most problems a non-profit organization faces, funding is the highest hurdle the chamber meets as sole bankroller of the event. Stock image.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 24, 2012
Fireworks funding sees explosive start

The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce has raised more funding this year than it did in 2011 for the Fourth of July fireworks show.

  • Siesta Key
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In Sarasota County, commercial property owners must keep sounds at or below 75 decibels when measured from the real property line between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 24, 2012
County eyes ways to quiet sound saga

Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid has asked for a budget option to add a code enforcement officer on Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
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Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid learned the virtue of preparedness in his days as an Eagle Scout.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 24, 2012
County prepares for 2012 hurricane season

In a year when forecasters are predicting fewer hurricanes in the Atlantic than 2011, Sarasota County officials don't want residents to let their guard down this season.

  • Siesta Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 24, 2012
Our View: Noise issue is one of choices

The latest ruckus over noise levels in Siesta Key Village brings to mind that old Rodney King line from the Los Angeles riots: "Can't we all just get along?"

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rod Thomson
  • May 24, 2012
My View: Neither racism nor guns is the problem

The media are determined to make a traditional liberal, anti-gun narrative out of the Trayvon Martin shooting and will cobble together any items necessary to keep the flames fanned.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 24, 2012
News Briefs

Hines joins commission race; Commission extends sunset for Village permits

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Steve Queior and Fred Piccolo
  • May 24, 2012
My View: We're back on high ground

We think the chamber's Sarasota Tomorrow has re-ignited the business community's voice in Sarasota's future.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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