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  • July 28, 2011
Seventh-graders keep tabs on campaign

Modeled after the movie, "Paperclips," seventh-graders at Temple Sinai launched a campaign to make the deaths of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust more tangible.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 28, 2011
Hair designer employs more than one creative channel

On the Diane K Salon & Spa website, hair designer/colorist John-Norman Tuck's bio says that: "Tuck loves to paint masterpieces with his clients' hair."

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  • July 28, 2011
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Road vacated for Selby Gardens project; City street resurfacing begins this week; Patterson Foundation pledges its support

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The city of Sarasota will move and remove some parking meters by October 1 in an attempt to appease downtown business owners.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 28, 2011
Commission moves around meters

City commissioners agreed to move meters around and remove some altogether to appease business owners.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 28, 2011
City ratifies Teamsters' Union three-year contract

A compromise on pensions allowed the city to come to terms on a new three-year contract agreement.

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  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • July 28, 2011
Summer brings honors, possibilities for CB's

The Siesta Key business has found itself in the national spotlight at the same time it weighs plans for a site it just bought on the Key.

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The sign would read, “Drive Safely. In Memory,” and also feature the name of the deceased.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 27, 2011
County adopts roadside memorial-marker policy

To memorialize people killed in car crashes, families can ask the county to create a personalized memorial sign to place near the site of the accident.

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Sarasota city commissioners postponed a hiring freeze Tuesday at City Hall.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 27, 2011
City postpones hiring freeze

The Sarasota City Commission agreed to postpone a potential hiring freeze until September so some crucial open positions can be filled.

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A turtle nest at 4795 Gulf of Mexico Drive will be excavated tomorrow.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • July 27, 2011
Nest opening to take place tomorrow

A Longboat Key turtle nest will be excavated at 8 p.m. tomorrow.

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    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • July 27, 2011
Restaurant, intersection vandalized on north end of Siesta

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office is investigating vandalism that occurred either late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning on the north end of Siesta Key.

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  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • July 27, 2011
TEDB board officially ceases to exist

By a unanimous vote of the County Commission July 26, the Sarasota County Tourism and Economic Development Board ceased to exist.

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The plaza originally was envisioned to have retail shops below with professional space above, but the concept never really came to fruition.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 27, 2011
The New Deals

With banks finally foreclosing on units in San Marco Plaza, business owners have begun snatching up spaces at reduced prices and increasing traffic to the plaza.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 27, 2011
Ranch IDA adopts budget

Ranch CDDs 1, 2, 4 and 5 will adopt budgets next month.

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As associate pastor of worship arts, the Rev. Alan Keith Martin was one of the most visible leaders at Woodland — The Community Church.
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • July 27, 2011
'Until I See You Again'

The Rev. Alan Keith Martin, 53, served as associate pastor of worship arts at Woodland -- The Community Church, for more than six years. He died July 15 of cancer.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 27, 2011
Stoneybrook Golf Club, CDD spar

The golf club is facing a more than 500% increase in Community Development District assessments and is seeking reductions.

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