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  • Robin Roy
  • February 4, 2010
City fights Payne Park vandals

After spending more than $20,000 to replace 10 lights that were vandalism targets, city workers will strengthen the lights in Payne Park to make them harder to break.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • February 4, 2010
Osprey chamber under discussion

Members of the former Osprey Revitalization Committee feel their village is ripe for its own pro-business chamber of commerce.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
News Briefs 02.04.10

Don Tipton, a volunteer chaplain for the Sarasota Police Department, spoke out against what he feels has been an unfair characterization lately of Sarasota's police officers.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • February 4, 2010
SWEET GIG: The art of bonsai

Former master gardener Julie Trigg spends her days digging up future bonsai tree champions.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
OUR VIEW: The populist panders for votes

Cynics that we are, we can't help but look at Gov. Charlie Crist's tax-cutting proposals last week as another example of Florida's Head Populist scrambling to buy votes.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Rod Thomson
  • February 4, 2010
MY VIEW: The Tebow abortion revelation

The furor over the planned Tim Tebow ad in the Super Bowl is a revealing act by the modern pro-choice movement.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
Oh my gaudy

Of all the ostentatious items that make their rounds at antique shows, this Louis Vuitton toilet seat takes the cake - and disposes of it, too.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
Get pumped for event

The Go Red for Women movement is asking communities nationwide to show their support for women and the fight against heart disease - the leading cause of death among women - by dressing in red.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
Fish camp now in session

If boiled peanuts, pickled shrimp and buttermilk fried chicken tickle your fancy, head over to Owen's Fish Camp today for the fish shack's first day of business.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
Fairy godmothers wanted

Every girl should attend her prom dressed like a princess.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
Business Observer 02.04.10

Sarasota resident Barbara Ackerman, of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, achieved more than $32 million in closed home sales volume for 2009.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
Cops Corner 02.04.10

A man said a thief stole several items from his backyard and that during the robbery the burglar overturned a stand-up freezer filled with $2,000 worth of meat.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 4, 2010
Sarasota Beach home sells for $1.2 million

Salerno Development LLC sold the home at 456 Canal Road to Marc and Beth Orlando, of Mason, Ohio, for $1,187,500.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 4, 2010
Commission approves setback changes in Cascades

The changes will allow the homebuilder to construct larger homes on existing lots if customers desire them.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • February 3, 2010
For Tiny's owner, a huge celebration

Many of the more than 200 people that attended a memorial service Saturday, Jan. 30 for Susan "Susie" Vaught were her friends from Tiny's of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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