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  • May 10, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Crossing situation is an accident waiting to happen

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • May 10, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • May 10, 2012
Neighbors: Bob Zahn

Bob Zahn worked for 42 years as a telephone lineman in Indiana before retiring to paradise on Siesta Key in 1989.

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Steve Rasmussen submitted this photo, taken near Point of Rocks on Siesta Key.
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  • May 10, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Steve Rasmussen submitted this photo, taken near Point of Rocks on Siesta Key.

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Lynn Edwards submitted this sunset photo, taken at the confluence of Phillippi Creek and the Intracoastal Waterway.
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  • May 10, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Lynn Edwards submitted this sunset photo, taken at the confluence of Phillippi Creek and the Intracoastal Waterway.

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  • May 10, 2012
JUST THE STATS

6 - The point differential in the Cardinal Mooney baseball team's loss to Calvary Christian May 2 in the FHSAA Class 3A-Region 3 Tournament. The Cougars lost to the Warriors 8-2.

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  • May 10, 2012
Observer Team Spotlight

This week's Sarasota Observer team spotlight is Jack Schemmel.

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This Siesta Cove home, which has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,568 square feet of living area, sold for $435,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • May 10, 2012
Sarasota Beach home tops sales

A home in Sarasota Beach tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

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Courtesy photo.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • May 10, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Nick Celestino

Nick Celestino, 18, celebrated a major victory last when he won the 2012 Sarasota City Men's Championship May 6, at Bobby Jones Golf Club.

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A Ritz Carlton condominium, which has one bedroom, one-and-one-half baths and 1,408 square feet of living area, sold for $682,500. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 10, 2012
Oaks II home tops transactions

A home in Oaks II tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Donald and Joanne Osbourne, Osprey, sold their home at 542 Dove Pointe to Edward and Lucy McCullough, of Franklin, Tenn., for $875,000.

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  • By [email protected]
  • May 9, 2012
Observe This: Today's Top Stories

Observe This: Today's Top Stories

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  • May 9, 2012
GUEST FASHION EDITOR: SUE AND COURTNEY WISE

GUEST FASHION EDITOR: SUE AND COURTNEY WISE

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  • May 9, 2012
MillerBrady Fine Art Gallery Hosts Opening

MillerBrady Fine Art Gallery Hosts Opening

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  • May 9, 2012
Neighbors: Kenneth Blake

The man behind the mural wants the community to give it a chance.

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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • May 9, 2012
May 9: 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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