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Additional information on the settlement is available online at www.nationalmortgagesettlement.com.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 2, 2012
Sarasota hosts mortgage discussion

Sarasota County will host a panel of attorneys to discuss a mortgage agreement reached with the county's largest banks.

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Lauren Augello
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  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 1, 2012
Neuro Challenge Cause 4 Fashion Parkinson Gala

Neuro Challenge Cause 4 Fashion Parkinson Gala

  • Black Tie
At-large Commissioner Phillip Younger was appointed to the commission in 2010.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 1, 2012
Younger now home, recovering

At-large Commissioner Phillip Younger was discharged over the weekend from Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

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Join Mallory Gnaegy for today's headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • March 1, 2012
March 1: 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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Arron Leer and Susan Roberts
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  • Nick Friedman
  • March 1, 2012
Brookside teacher makes learning fun

Susan Roberts' students have built robot bugs, rockets and five-gallon showers - all in the name of science.

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Anka Dierbach, Karin McLoughlin, Anna McBride, Annelie Gustke, Ulla Heitmann and Ingril Holzberg are all German.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 1, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Opera Guild Fashion Show & Luncheon

Opera enthusiasts gathered Feb. 29, at the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club as the Bradenton Opera Guild hosted a fashion show and luncheon fundraiser.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
David Meyersburg with Frank Rodriguez
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 1, 2012
PHOTO GALLEY: Chabad Gala

Chabad of Bradenton & Lakewood Ranch hosted its Annual Gala Cocktail Evening and Auction event Feb. 29, at the ballroom of the Polo Grill and Bar.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Participants began a January workshop by sharing thoughts and ideas for the north end in small groups.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 1, 2012
PIC to hold north-end revitalization forum

The public is invited to the forum, which will focus on a community-based, north-end planning effort.

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Sarasota City Commissioner Shannon Snyder said a bold decision to cut the budget could be the elimination of the Sarasota Police Department
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 1, 2012
Police department to be axed?

A proposal to eliminate the Sarasota Police Department arose during City Commission budget discussions this week.

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Residents and merchants have complained for months about the parking meters downtown.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 1, 2012
Residents, merchants say 'We don't want them'

Sarasota residents and merchants took over a city parking-management forum last week, continuing to call for the removal of downtown parking meters.

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Downtown Improvement District Operations Manager John Moran showed these photos of pummeled plants and bushes during and after the Presidents Day weekend art fair. Courtesy of DID.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 1, 2012
Downtown merchants eager to protect landscaping

City merchants say they are tired of pedestrians using their flowerbeds and bulbouts during weekend events as if the plants were pathways.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 1, 2012
Commissioners unhappy with hotel proposals

Three out of five Sarasota city commissioners are unhappy with conditions proposed by two developers for a downtown hotel project.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 1, 2012
Sarasota County Circuit Court ruling favors Marina Jack

County Property Appraiser Bill Furst has lost a court battle to force Marina Jack to pay $1.5 million in property taxes.

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The home at 993 S. Orange Ave. is one of five historic homes on this year’s tour. Photo courtesy of Giovanni Lundardi
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • March 1, 2012
Sarasota alliance to host annual historic home tour

The tour features five unique homes in Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
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Dr. Beach tells a national TV audience in late May about his selection of the Siesta Public Beach. Photo by Norman Schimmel.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • March 1, 2012
The Sand Man: 'Dr. Beach' comes to Siesta

Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman was a professor at the University of Maryland when he created the Top 10 U.S. Beaches list and earned the title, 'Dr. Beach.'

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