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  • Loren Mayo
  • November 10, 2009
Photo of the day: Soldier salute

Can you guess where in Sarasota this holiday photo was taken Tuesday, Nov. 11?

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 10, 2009
FDOT schedules road construction meeting

The Florida Department of Transportation will host a public information meeting next week to inform barrier island residents about upcoming construction projects.

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  • Observer Staff
  • November 10, 2009
Freedom plans Veterans Day celebration

Freedom Elementary School will honor the men and women who have served and are serving the country with the annual Let Freedom Ring Courtyard ceremony this Thursday.

  • East County
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  • Robin Hartill
  • November 10, 2009
Obituary: Jewell Bailey

Bailey, 89, was a former Longboat Key resident.

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  • Robin Roy
  • November 10, 2009
DID to resurrect park-improvement plans

Six designs have been submitted to make significant improvements to Five Points Park, but each one has been rejected. The DID board believes it's time to reintroduce those plans to the community.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 10, 2009
Parade planned for Veterans Day

The event will be held tomorrow at Rossi Park in Bradenton.

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  • Robin Roy
  • November 9, 2009
Sheriff announces plan for better customer service

Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight releases his five-year strategic plan. He says it's the first time in the agency's 88-year history that such a plan has been formulated.

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  • Robin Roy
  • November 9, 2009
UPDATE: County commission axes tree ordinance

Developers and builders lined up to oppose a proposed ordinance that would have required developers to get special permission to remove "baby" grand trees, which are about half the size of grand trees.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 9, 2009
Ida likely will cause beach erosion

Longboat Key officials warn of wind gusts, severe thunderstorms, potential flooding and rip currents as Tropical Storm Ida churns by in the Gulf of Mexico.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • November 9, 2009
Hospital recognizes two physicians

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System medical staff selected Dr. Kenneth Hurwitz as the hospital's physician of the year and bestowed a lifetime achievement award to Dr. Bernard Feinberg Oct. 27.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • November 9, 2009
Philanthropist Janet Kane, 83, dies

The Siesta Key resident was an avid supporter of the Sarasota Family YMCA Foundation, Forty Carrots Family Center, Animal Rescue Coalition and Asolo Repertory Theatre.

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  • Observer Staff
  • November 9, 2009
Manatee planners to outline development goals

Manatee County Planning Department officials Tuesday will deliver a set of recommendations on the future of the development review process and the face of the community in unincorporated Manatee County.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 9, 2009
Barbecue shop robbed at gunpoint

The Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q in the East County was robbed late Sunday night.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • November 9, 2009
Sea turtle tagged by Mote to be released in Dry Tortugas

The adult female turtle was injured by a shark bite and will return to the wild with three flippers.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 9, 2009
Three car burglars arrested

The juveniles may be responsible for the 21 unlocked vehicles that were entered into Oct. 30.

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