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  • Observer Staff
  • June 23, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the East County Observer archives.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 23, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Sarasota Observer archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Longboat Key Mayor Jim Brown is asking elected officials to create an amendment to a house bill.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2011
Longboat requests amendment assistance

The town of Longboat Key is urging its elected officials to help create an amendment that still would allow the town to make density modifications.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
More than 30 people were lined up outside the Jimmy John's at 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 23, 2011
Cheap lunch draws huge crowd in Sarasota

Jimmy John's gourmet sandwich shop offered $1 sub sandwiches.

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Ashley Groff and Matt Smith say despite his rare disease, their son, Jaymesun, is as strong and active as any other toddler.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 23, 2011
Son Shine

With their 14-month-old son newly diagnosed with a rare terminal disease, a Sarasota couple pursues a cure that has so far eluded doctors and scientists.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 23, 2011
Panhandling outlawed near parking meters

Following reports of people being asked for money while using the downtown meters, the city quickly outlaws the practice.

  • Sarasota
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Ruth and Elmer Berkel
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 23, 2011
Sarasota: Our Town

Picture this: a Fourth of July photo-op; Isn't she lovely?; Every little thing she does is magic; Director of film featured in Diversions changes title; 'Boat Tea' celebrates Suncoast Grand Prix Fest; Some like it hot

  • Sarasota
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Rodney Langley, a homeless man, yells at two downtown residents, “You don’t want a piece of me.”
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 23, 2011
Tempers flare over homelessness

A former mayor's act of civil disobedience during a City Commission meeting leads to cursing, rude comments and threats of violence in the commission chambers.

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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 23, 2011
Businesses owners sound off on meters

Downtown merchants are becoming increasingly vocal about parking meters since 459 parking spaces became metered spaces last month.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 23, 2011
Sarasota Briefs

City Commission enacts tobacco ban at parks; Wayfinding sign system scrapped; City fine-tunes its noise ordinance

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Merrill
  • By David Merrill
  • June 23, 2011
My View: More money is no answer

Rod Thomson's recent editorial, "Reforms, Not Money, Working," was spot-on. His argument that money hasn't led to increased test scores in our educational system is true both at the international level and at our local level.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Thomson
  • By Rod Thomson
  • June 23, 2011
My View: Setting the vote straight

There are some issues that have been so badly reported, where the bias is so entrenched and the media agenda so intertwined in news stories, that it is difficult to unravel things enough to make a cogent argument. Everyone's mind appears already made up with insufficient information.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 23, 2011
Our View: Keep cutting, maintain reserves

As local governments work through their annual budget seasons, they all face the same thing: the fifth year of declining revenues.

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  • Opinion
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 23, 2011
Park to receive playground

The city revealed details of a playground that will be nearly an acre in size at the underutilized Payne Park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Unit 4 condominium at 534 Beach Road, on Siesta Key, has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,731 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.62 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 23, 2011
Casey Key home sells for $3.1 million

A home on Casey Key tops all real-estate transactions from June 6 to June 10. Tammis Day, of Sula, Mont., sold the home at 135 N. Casey Key Road to Roso LLC for $3.15 million. Built in 1974, it has five bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,681 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $4.5 million in 2006.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
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