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  • October 16, 2014
Letters to the Editor

To send in your Letters to the Editor, email them to Deputy Executive Editor Jessica Luck at [email protected].

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This home at 220 Tenacity Lane has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,467 square feet of living area. It sold for $3.25 million. Courtesy photo
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  • Adam Hughes
  • October 16, 2014
Sarasota Beach home sells for $3.25 million

A home in Sarasota Beach tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

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Cardinal Mooney sophomore Maddie McNally helped lead the Lady Cougars to an 8-0 district record and the No. 1 seed in the Class 3A-District 10 tournament. Photo by Jen Blanco
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  • Jen Blanco
  • October 16, 2014
Killer instinct

Cardinal Mooney sophomore outside hitter Maddie McNally leads the Lady Cougars with nearly 200 kills so far this season.

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Buffett
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  • Jen Blanco
  • October 16, 2014
High Five Moments of the Week

The top five sports moments of the week.

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Mongeon
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  • Jen Blanco
  • October 16, 2014
Football Friday

The Observer recaps the week in football.

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The city is working to update its master plan for Payne Park, and hopes to engage with the public to help guide the management of all city parks. File photo
    By
  • David Conway
  • October 16, 2014
City seeks feedback on parks

With parks in Sarasota subsisting on basic maintenance, city staff members hope to better gauge the needs of the public - and could consider alternate funding methods to meet those needs.

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There is currently a 72-hour limit on parking spaces in the lot. Photo by Jessica Salmond
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  • Jessica Salmond
  • October 16, 2014
SKA pursues ordinance for municipal lot

After one vehicle was left in the parking lot for a month, the Siesta Key Association decided the lot needed heavier restrictions.

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Galina Koshkareva and her partner, Inna Bazilevych, opened World of Women Boutique in Siesta Center Oct. 8.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • October 16, 2014
Siesta Center houses two new businesses

After more than a year of empty spaces in the building, Siesta Key Sweet Shop and World of Women Boutique recently opened.

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The wooden pedestrian bridge, which spans over a pond, is part of a longer trail at Arlington Park. Photo by David Conway
    By
  • David Conway
  • October 16, 2014
City staff wants to bridge gap in aesthetics

The construction of a pedestrian bridge at Arlington Park is on hold, as a conflict between the desires of residents and city staff has arisen.

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  • Observer Staff
  • October 16, 2014
News Briefs

Work starts on downtown Taco Bus, bowling alley; Sam Snead's set to reopen; SCAT adds evening hours for mall routes

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Kameron Partridge Hodgens said she will take her first few weeks as executive director to learn about the 18 nonprofit groups operating on the Glasser Schoenbaum campus. Photo by David Conway
    By
  • David Conway
  • October 16, 2014
New Glasser Schoenbaum director looks forward

Kameron Partridge Hodgens, the new executive director of the Glasser Schoenbaum Human Services Center, joins the organization with an eye toward the future - and toward boosting the public's awareness of the nonprofit institution.

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  • Jessica Salmond
  • October 16, 2014
CONA presses candidates for Sarasota 2050 stances

The Sarasota County Council of Neighborhood Association candidate forum for County Commission Districts 2 and 4 focused heavily on rooting out the candidates' opinions on Sarasota 2050.

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Ron Soto, president of the merchants group and owner of Soto's Optical. Photo by Jessica Salmond
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  • David Conway
  • October 16, 2014
'Downtown Cares' aims to curb panhandling

If you see donation boxes labeled 'Downtown Cares' inside businesses in the heart of the city in the coming weeks, then the Sarasota Downtown Merchants Association's campaign to raise public awareness about panhandling is working.

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Josh and Kristina Hagen take photos of their son Alexander among the pumpkins at Fruitville Grove.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • October 16, 2014
Pumpkins are ripe for the picking at patches

You can find pumpkin-flavored anything these days, but nothing tops the real thing.

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Kathy Schwartz submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 16, 2014
Weather: Sarasota

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