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  • By Jeffrey Weisman
  • June 7, 2012
My View: Clearing the decks

Do little annoyances in your daily life bother you? They do me.

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Fire Chief Henry Behrens stands atop the new Armstrong LaFrance fire truck in 1912 on South Pineapple Avenue. Photos courtesy of the Sarasota County History Center.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 7, 2012
A walk through time

The Sarasota City Commission will vote Monday, June 18, on whether to approve a permanent exhibit to be displayed in the Sarasota City Commission Chambers.

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The following rendering shows how a roundabout at U.S. 41 and 10th Street would look. Courtesy rendering.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 7, 2012
Roundabouts receive tentative approval

Sarasota city commissioners want to approve the landscaping of two U.S. 41 roundabouts along the bayfront at 10th and 14th streets because they feel they are 'signature pieces' that will act as the 'gateway of the city.'

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 7, 2012
Wal-Mart plans second Sarasota location

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to build its second location within city limits. An application has been proposed for the Ringling Plaza site.

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The Sarasota County Jail is exceeding capacity, promoting discussions about the need for a new facility again.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 7, 2012
Sarasota County may be in need of a new jail

The Sarasota County Commission was informed at a May budget workshop that the county jail is overpopulated with its average 967 daily inmates in May.

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  • June 7, 2012
News Briefs

Chamber hopes poker night draws a full house

  • Siesta Key
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Sarasota County settled on a location for the new emergency operations center on Porter Road east of Interstate-75, bucking any doubt about getting a $1 million grant extension. Courtesy of Sarasota County.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 7, 2012
Extension granted for new emergency operations center

The plans for a new emergency operations center in Sarasota County will move forward with a $1 million grant from the federal government.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 7, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • June 7, 2012
News Briefs

Sarasota High School meetings set

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Jacob Madden, with CogPower Automotive in Sarasota, wants to bring QR code marketing technology to the used-car business. Photo by Lori Sax.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 7, 2012
Queue It Up

Modernizing an industry can be tricky. A young Siesta Key entrepreneur is giving it a shot.

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Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • June 6, 2012
June 6: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 6, 2012
Siesta Key Association talks bridge, fireworks

The Siesta Key Association will gather for its final spring meeting on Thursday, June 7, and discuss the north bridge construction and fireworks laws and safety.

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Officers Kurt Denver and Carmen Woods, which were already in the area on patrol, rushed to the scene and got there as the child's father was pulling the infant out of the pool.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 6, 2012
Sarasota Police save infant from drowning

Two police officers patrolling the Arlington Park neighborhood rushed to the scene of a drowning and performed CPR on an infant that fell in a pool.

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A public hearing about an overlay district for Whitney Beach Plaza will be continued at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at Town Hall. File photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 6, 2012
Overlay discussion delayed

Now you know: The Longboat Key Town Commission will continue its overlay discussion for Whitney Beach Plaza Thursday, June 21.

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Based on the town's current millage rate of 1.8872 mills, the town would generate $8,362,000 in ad valorem revenues, or $137,000 less when compared to a year ago.
  • By Robin Hartill and Kurt Schultheis
  • June 6, 2012
Town manager presents balanced budget

The budget presented does not include tax hikes for residents and cost-of-living-adjustments and merit increases for employees.

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