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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • January 10, 2013
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • January 10, 2013
News Briefs

City names new finance director; Fugitive captured after 24 years on the run; Commissioners approve P.F. Chang's main sign

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Jesse Biter purchased the buildings at 1564 and 1560 Main Street for $4.07 million. File photo.
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  • Roger Drouin
  • January 10, 2013
Entrepreneur eyes additional downtown land

Jesse Biter recently purchased two buildings fronting 200 feet of Main Street, and he is already looking ahead to his next investment.

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The Anti-SRQ Walmart Direct Action Planning Committee tarred and feathered a Wal-Mart smiley face prior to the meeting at City Hall. Photos by Rachel S. O'Hara.
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  • Roger Drouin
  • January 10, 2013
Commissioners agree to hold Walmart appeal

The appeal against the proposed Ringling Boulevard Walmart becomes the fifth appeal in five years.

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  • Nick Friedman
  • January 10, 2013
Institute for the Ages focuses on Sarasota's older demographic

Opened six months ago, the offshoot of SCOPE is ready to launch its inaugural study geared toward the aging population.

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Some Laurel Park residents are concerned with large developments. File photo.
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  • Roger Drouin
  • January 10, 2013
Commission forwards Laurel Park buffer

The Planning Board will vote on the proposal next. If approved, it would change the development process for projects proposed near Laurel Park.

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Bryan Moon stands with his son, Christopher, holding a collection of 22 dog tags recovered from the remains of MIA airmen in Papua, New Guinea.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • January 10, 2013
No Man Left Behind

Two British-born Sarasota men are heading up the most successful civilian-led MIA recovery group in the country.

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    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • January 9, 2013
Notice to approve issued for gun club at Lakewood Ranch

Manatee County Hearing Officer Lori Dorman issued a notice of intent to approve a special permit application for the proposed Ancient Oak Gun Club in Lakewood Ranch.

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Join Emily Walsh for the Daily Headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • January 9, 2013
Jan. 9: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Two Killed in East County crash; Fugitive captured after more than two decades on the run; One year later: Ranch murder remains unsolved; Commercial property near the Longboat Key Publix is in demand

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2013
Goodwill Manasota trucks robbed

More than $5,000 in tools was stolen from three Goodwill trucks in the organization's Sarasota facilities parking lot Tuesday night.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2013
Longboat Key Town Planning and Zoning Board to hold public meeting

A public hearing will be held 9 a.m., Jan. 15, regarding proposed amendments to Longboat Key Town Code Ordinance 2012-26.

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    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • January 9, 2013
Sarasota man charged with multiple burglaries

Nine burglaries took place primarily west of I-75 over the past two weeks.

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Joe Bondi, pictured in May 2012, vacationed on the Key since childhood.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 9, 2013
Longboat Key resident Joe Bondi dies

Joe Bondi, 76, father of Attorney General Pam Bondi, was a former professor and Temple Terrace mayor who lived part-time on Longboat Key.

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Richard Verboys was arrested in Pennsylvania.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • January 9, 2013
Sarasota fugitive captured after 24 years on the run

Sarasota authorities have captured a fugitive who in 1988, was convicted in Sarasota County of Lewd and Lascivious Battery on a Child for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 9, 2013
Two killed in East County crash

Lisa Kay Gunn, 40, of Bradenton, and Nadine Hoffman, of Sarasota died in the crash.

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