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Joshua Riley admitted to detectives during a polygraph test, that he performed sexual acts with the victim from the time she was an infant.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • December 28, 2013
Web Year in Review: July 2013, Police arrest man charged with incest

The Sarasota Police Department has charged a 22-year old man with capital sexual battery and incest for acts committed on a 14-year-old victim

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The Laurel Park Overlay District allows for more neighborhood input.
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  • David Conway
  • December 28, 2013
Year in Review: July 2013, Neighbors gain oversight

After a year of discussion, the City Commission approves the Laurel Park Overlay District. The district requires public hearings before the approval of nearby large developments.

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We asked Pedro Reis of Circus Sarasota what's next for Nik Wallenda.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • December 27, 2013
Video Year in Review: June 2013, Sarasotans answer what's next for Wallenda

Residents gathered to watch Nik Wallenda make history by crossing the Grand Canyon on a high wire. We asked some watch partygoers what's next for Nik Wallenda.

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Nik Wallenda made history Sunday, June 23, when he walked a 2-inch-wide cable suspended 1,400 feet above the Grand Canyon’s Little Colorado River Gorge. 
(photo courtesy of Cliff Roles)
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 27, 2013
Web Year in Review: June 2013, City to welcome Wallenda home with parade

The parade will begin at U.S. 301 and Main Street and precede the Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix's Festival Parade of Boats. The parade will end at Gulfstream Avenue.

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Peoria has recently adopted a form-based code.
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  • Roger Drouin
  • December 27, 2013
Year in Review: June 2013, New code will bring new vision

A form-based code would specify the density, height, scale and design of projects in a certain area providing what Commissioner Susan Chapman calls a 'more objective' development map.

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Courtesy from Temple Emanu-El. Allison Kramer and Rachel Towe knead their challah dough.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 26, 2013
Happy Challah-Days!

Temple Emanu-El teenagers baked challah together, Sunday, Dec. 15.

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  • December 26, 2013
Submissions

Send in your favorite holiday moments to be included in our Jan. 9 issue.

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Todd Craven conducted the singalong.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 26, 2013
Do-Re-Mi

The Church of the Redeemer held its annual Messiah Singalong Sunday, Dec. 15.

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  • December 26, 2013
Out of this world

Erica Aultman and her third-grade Ashton Elementary class won first place in their category at Community Youth Development's fifth annual Gingerbread Festival Dec. 13 through Dec. 15.

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  • December 26, 2013
'All I want ... '

Sen. Nancy Detert sat on Santa's lap Dec. 19 during the Chairman's Circle Lights in Bloom preview at Selby.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 26, 2013
Community commitment

Laurel Oak Country Club received the Isignia Award for December.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 26, 2013
Pack mentality

The Boy Scout Pack 50 of Sarasota showcased its holiday cheer Dec. 16 when its members sang Christmas carols and handed out homemade ornaments to the residents of Bay Village.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 26, 2013
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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David Conway. High-density apartments could come to this Rosemary District parcel.
  • By David Conway
  • December 26, 2013
Rosemary explores higher density

The proposed Rosemary Residential Overlay District would allow for higher-density housing developments in the area, which the city believes will spur much-anticipated growth.

  • Sarasota
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David Conway. Project Manager Robert Garland discusses the Lift Station 87 project with residents.
    By
  • David Conway
  • December 26, 2013
Lift station update highlights design details

The new engineering team for the troubled project said it has developed plans that will avoid problems the prior engineers could not surmount.

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