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Sarasota

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2014
Our View

Downtown Security

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2014
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
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Courtesy photo
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 15, 2014
Return to Form

A bicycle accident nearly five months ago has given Pine View School junior Triston Waiss new appreciation for life and the water.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 15, 2014
Sidelines

Area players named to all-star team; Registration for i9 basketball underway; Blazers fall in region semis; Rams to hold golf tourney

  • Sarasota
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  • Jen Blanco
  • May 15, 2014
Just the Stats

The week in sports by the numbers.

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Courtesy photos Cardinal Mooney senior Cassidy Marryott, pictured with Sarasota Crew coaches Kirby Gant and Marty Beyer, will row for UCF this fall.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 15, 2014
Moving On Up

Cardinal Mooney rower Cassidy Marryott and Sarasota wrestler Tobias Baker both recently signed athletic scholarships.

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Lambert
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • May 15, 2014
Your Neighbor: Debra Lambert

Lambert, owner of Picasso's Moon, a yarn shop in downtown Sarasota, recently hosted the third annual Art Yarn Fiber Festival.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2014
Business Observer

After-hours vet opens in Rosemary; Harbor Retirement plans new facility; Bernhardt joins Blalock Walters, P.A.

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File photo Unit 1704 at 1350 Main St. has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,208 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.7 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 15, 2014
Bay Island Shores home sells for $2 million

A home in Bay Island Shores tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Jan Shoemaker Means submitted this sunset photo, taken during the Siesta Key drum circle.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2014
Weather: Sarasota

Jan Shoemaker Means submitted this sunset photo, taken during the Siesta Key drum circle.

  • Sarasota
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Lucia and Steve Almquist
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • May 14, 2014
In Celebration

In Celebration

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Eileen Barber and Cherie Major
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • May 14, 2014
SPARCC Auxiliary Spring Luncheon

SPARCC Auxiliary Spring Luncheon

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Although the area isn’t a hotbed of criminal activity, some members of the Casey Key Association feel the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office isn’t giving the island the attention it deserves.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 14, 2014
Casey Key residents tackle trespassing issues

At this month's Casey Key Association meeting, residents bemoaned a lack of assistance from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office in dealing with a recurring problem.

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File photo St. Armands leaders look forward to an ordinance regulating seasonal events in the heart of the Circle, which they say add congestion without offering any benefits to Circle stakeholders.
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 14, 2014
St. Armands businesses await events ordinance

Stakeholders on St. Armands Circle say April's St. Armands Fine Art Festival reinforced the need for a seasonal restriction on special events in the area.

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Kenny Barr. File photo
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 14, 2014
Barr dished out friendship, community support

Longtime restaurateur Kenny Barr died May 8. He was 73.

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