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Chris Brown purchased the building at 1718 Main St. for $2 million and the building at 1734 Main St. for $800,000. Courtesy photo.
  • By Sean Roth
  • November 15, 2012
Beach Club owner buys Main Street buildings

Local business owner Chris Brown purchased two Main Street office building for $2.8 million.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • November 15, 2012
Clickbooth marketing firm settles $2M case with FTC

Clickbooth co-founder John Lemp says he sought to avoid long litigation.

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Developer Jim Bridges described the architecture of “The Queue,” which could break ground as early as March, as urban modern, with lots of glass and an open look.
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  • Roger Drouin
  • November 15, 2012
Modern townhomes proposed for downtown

The project requires a Planning Board and City Commission vote to move forward.

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  • Roger Drouin
  • November 15, 2012
Sarasota County to trap Lido Key raccoons

The raccoon population at Ted Sperling Park, on Lido Key, has grown increasingly brazen: the result of being consistently fed by people.

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  • Roger Drouin
  • November 15, 2012
Zoning change could impact neighborhoods

The change could ease restrictions for non-conforming properties.

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • November 15, 2012
'Dead' buses bound for Sarasota County

Palm Beach County plans to sell Sarasota diesel buses with at least 500,000 miles each to buffer the county's fleet.

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Siberian sturgeon is raised sustainably on a farm in eastern Sarasota County for its caviar. Caviar is created when the roe, or eggs, from sturgeon are salted, which cures the roe and preserves the delicate eggs.
  • By Kumar Mahadevan
  • November 15, 2012
My View: Take a closer look: aquaculture and caviar

When Mote Marine Laboratory's namesake, William R. Mote, retired from the shipping and transportation business he created, he decided that he wanted to give something back to the sea.

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  • November 15, 2012
News Briefs

Bed taxes show record year for tourism; Siesta Chamber seeks board members; Siesta bicycle thefts continue this month

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The Siesta Key Seven used the Grand Canal as part of their drug ring, which was aided by the shade from heavy mangrove thickets. File photo.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • November 15, 2012
The Siesta Seven

A massive drug ring operated from the island in the 1970s by other South Florida criminals.

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Rick Hotton draws one of his Holy Molé Cartoons.
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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • November 15, 2012
Art leads cartoonist on journey

Rick Hotton never set out to be a cartoonist; it naturally came to him.

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  • Observer Staff
  • November 15, 2012
News Briefs

Palm garage receives green building award; Planner honored by planning association; Social Security offices to close early

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  • November 15, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

McFarland and Associates opens in Sarasota; Autumn to develop new local assisted-living campus; Sarasota native opens CAM by Stacia Inc.; Sarasota Airport Holiday Inn wins Torchbearer Award

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Join Emily Walsh and Alex Mahadevan for the daily headlines
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • November 14, 2012
Nov. 14: Daily Headlines Video

Join Alex Mahadevan and Emily Walsh as they report on a Siesta Key stabbing, Bullock's first year, Lakewood Ranch's new irrigation water and more!

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • November 14, 2012
Woman stabs Siesta hotel manager

Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested a woman after she attacked a Siesta Key Bungalows employee with a light fixture and threatened bystanders.

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  • Observer Staff
  • November 14, 2012
HOW LONGBOAT VOTED

The following is a breakdown of how Longboaters voted in the Nov. 6 general election, complete with absentee and early voting numbers.

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