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  • November 16, 2009
Sheriff collects 277 pounds of unused prescriptions

Residents turned in unused and expired prescription drugs during the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office's first Operation Medicine Cabinet.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • November 13, 2009
Save Our Seabirds to hold Bird Day celebration

The bird-rescue facility opened in November 2008 on Ken Thompson Parkway.

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  • November 13, 2009
City to expand historic structure survey

Sarasota hires a contractor for $30,000 to add up to 350 buildings to its list of historic places.

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  • Robin Roy
  • November 13, 2009
County sued over missing public records

An anti-spring-training stadium group files suit against the county and a company it hired for baseball negotiations after that company lost public records relating to those negotiations.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 13, 2009
File of Life project under way

Longboat Key Firefighter David Kyle is accepting orders for File of Life magnets, which are used by firefighters in an emergency situation for critical information about a patient.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 13, 2009
Farmer's market opens for business

The farmer's market on Lakewood Ranch Main Street reopens Nov. 14.

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  • November 13, 2009
Galvano to address Republican Club

Florida Rep. Bill Galvano will be the keynote speaker at the Lakewood Ranch Republican Club meeting today.

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  • November 13, 2009
Downtown residents provided transient-crime solutions

Police give members of the Downtown Sarasota Alliance tips to help rid the city of transient crime.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • November 12, 2009
Sculpting group leases Bayfront Park space

The group currently has seven sculptors and will work on the first floor of the recreation center.

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  • November 12, 2009
Propeller club honors Rep. Ron Reagan

The Port Manatee Propeller Club honored Florida State Rep. Ron Reagan with its highest honor as Maritime Person of the Year during ceremonies Nov. 12 at the Bradenton Yacht Club.

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  • November 12, 2009
SMR nominated for philanthropy award

The Lakewood Ranch developer will find out if it is Corporate Philanthropist of the Year on Nov. 17.

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  • November 12, 2009
Village Bikes moving to Main

Village Bikes will be moving from its location in Lake Osprey Plaza to a spot on Lakewood Ranch Main Street Dec. 1.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 12, 2009
Sewage project begins in Village

A $600,000 wastewater restoration project is being performed on three roads on the north end of Longboat Key. The work is expected to last through May 2010.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 12, 2009
Dairy Queen to reopen

The State Road 70 Dairy Queen location is expected to be in business before the end of the year.

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  • November 12, 2009
Downtown Partnership joins Chamber of Commerce

The Partnership will become a unit of the Chamber and will have a new name — Downtown Sarasota Council.

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