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  • Loren Mayo
  • March 11, 2010
Get ready to get your Irish on at Shamrock Festival

The Shamrock Festival will take place from noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 13, at Hillview Street.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 11, 2010
Stray kitten needs a home

A cat found in Arlington Park about two weeks ago is in need of a good home.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 11, 2010
Sarasota Crew takes home 30 medals at regatta

More than 130 Sarasota Crew rowers recently traveled to Miami to compete in the Miami International Regatta, bringing home 12 gold and gold-plated medals, seven silver medals and 11 bronze, for a total of 30 medals throughout the weekend-long event.Â

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 11, 2010
New College breaks ground for archaeology lab

More than 150 faculty, students, staff and visitors celebrated Monday, March 8, as New College of Florida held a traditional golden-shovel ground breaking for the college's new Public Archaeology Lab.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 11, 2010
GOP clears up e-mail confusion

Although the Republican Party of Sarasota County did not take an official position on the school-tax referendum, e-mails from its former spokesman left many confused.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Allison Banko
  • March 11, 2010
My View

Voting yes on the 1-mill referendum is a no-brainer

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 11, 2010
Letter to the Editor 3.11.10

Letter to the Editor 3.11.10

  • Sarasota
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  • By Rod Thomson
  • March 11, 2010
My view: More money doesn't boost scores

A lot of Sarasota County voters who go to the polls Tuesday may vote in favor of the extending the school tax for the wrong reason.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 11, 2010
Bartolotta defends self, police chief

City Manager Bob Bartolotta sternly addressed allegations that he is micromanaging the police department and that he and Police Chief Peter Abbott are to blame for low officer morale.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 11, 2010
Our view: The never-ending debate

Many supporters of public education find it heretical for anyone not to support extending the one-mill school property tax in Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 11, 2010
Main Street hotel 'not feasible'

The Benderson development project that would have featured a hotel in the heart of downtown Sarasota will no longer contain a hotel, because of adverse economics.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jay Brady
  • March 11, 2010
Thaxton and McClash clash over Amendment 4

When two Republican county commissioners from adjacent counties faced off over proposed state constitutional Amendment 4 - aka 'Hometown Democracy' - in front of the Lakewood Ranch Democrat Club March 9, the audience knew to expect an unusual exchange.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 11, 2010
Google searches for test community

A program from the global Web company seeks a community in which to test a consumer Internet service that would be up to 100 times faster than existing services.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 11, 2010
Pineapple Antique Show hits the road

First United Methodist Church will hold its 34th annual Pineapple Antique Show and Sale March 11 through March 13, at the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 11, 2010
Lovebirds take a second shot at amour

Henry Denker's comedy, 'The Second Time Around,' tells the story of four adult children who go comically crazy when their widowed parents meet, fall in love and decide to 'shack up' -instead of getting married.

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