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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • February 9, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Debra Jacobs, executive director of The Patterson Foundation
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • February 9, 2012
Patterson Foundation focuses on partnerships

During the first of seven scheduled sessions, Patterson Foundation Executive Director Debra Jacobs outlined Tuesday the specific partnerships and projects of the organization, with an emphasis on its guiding philosophy.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Brent Parker stands at the Sarasota bayfront, which his Sarasota Vision project hopes to one day connect to Main Street via a pedestrian walkway. Parker is a resident of Golden Gate Point.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • February 9, 2012
Neighbors: Brent Parker

A Sarasota architect has a unique vision for the future of downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Janice Howle has many fond memories of the hundreds of children she raised on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • February 9, 2012
Neighbors: Janice Howle

Janice Howle, better known as Miss Janice, opened the Key's first day-care center in 1950.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
This home at 528 Beach Road has two bedrooms, three baths and 2,016 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.5 million. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 9, 2012
Sarasota Beach home sells for $2.5 million

A home in Sarasota Beach tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Mi Playa LLC sold the home at 528 Beach Road to Resia L. Rinker Revocable Trust for $2.5 million.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Ed Schmidt is one of the co-coordinators of the Beach Ambassadors.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • February 9, 2012
Siesta Key Beach Ambassadors harbor passion for education

The organization helps visitors learn more about the area.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Nicole Parisi submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 9, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Nicole Parisi submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key beach.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Unit 1506 at The Tower Residences, 35 Watergate Drive, has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,799 square feet of living area. It sold for $950,000. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 9, 2012
Tower Residences unit sells for $950,000

A condominium in The Tower Residences tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Justin Flagg
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • February 9, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Justin Flagg

Justin Flagg is one of the newest faces of CrossFit in Sarasota County. Flagg moved from Huntington Beach, Calif., to Sarasota with his wife, Stacy, and two little girls, Sloan and Hayden, in October 2011.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Richard Chen submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 9, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Richard Chen submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Keely Carney
  • February 9, 2012
TWIS Interview: Elijah Wood

TWIS Interview: Elijah Wood

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Kristi Bundrant, Betsy Shindlebower and Cindy Stuhley
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • February 8, 2012
Historic Spanish Point Annual Luncheon 'Pearls and Palate Pleasers'

Historic Spanish Point Annual Luncheon 'Pearls and Palate Pleasers'

  • Black Tie
Senior guard Tre Bryant finished with a team-high 23 points.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • February 8, 2012
Pirates cruise to playoff berth

The top-seeded Braden River High boys basketball team cruised to a 62-40 victory over fifth-seeded Charlotte in a Class 7A-District 11 semifinal tonight.

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    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • February 8, 2012
FEB. 8: Daily Headlines Video

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

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Captain Conservation shows off his superhero pose as Jordon King, 9, looks on, Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Bayhaven Elementary.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • February 8, 2012
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Captain Conservation captivates students at Bayhaven

FPL's Captain Conservation paid a visit to Bayhaven Elementary, Wednesday, Feb. 8, to talk to the students about the importance of energy conservation.

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