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  • Nick Friedman
  • September 11, 2013
Requiem for a pub crawl

Requiem for a pub crawl

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Students from Booker High School and Sarasota Military Academy shared their thoughts on how 9/11 is remembered and taught in the classroom
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 11, 2013
VIDEO: Children of 9/11

The Observer interviewed students, teachers and a military veteran on how 9/11 is remembered and taught in the classroom. Watch our video to hear what they had to say.

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  • Jen Blanco
  • September 11, 2013
Sarasota Christian nets win

The Sarasota Christian volleyball team defeated Southeast 25-12, 25-8, 25-22 Sept. 9.

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  • Jen Blanco
  • September 11, 2013
Sarasota boys and girls finish one, two

The Sarasota High boys and girls cross country teams record first- and second-place finishes, respectively, at the Fort Myers Optimist Invitational Sept. 7.

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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 11, 2013
ODA swings past Southeast

The Out-of-Door Academy boys golf team defeated Southeast 160-234 Sept. 9, at Tara Preserve Golf Course.

  • East County
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Deputies and discovered James Wiggs, 49, and Talvick Morton, 24, in possession of two accessible fully-loaded firearms.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 11, 2013
Deputies find two men with loaded weapons

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested two men with past felony convictions early this morning.

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U.S. News & World Report ranked New College of Florida in the top 100 of several categories in 2014 college ratings.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 11, 2013
New College gets high ranking

U.S. News & World Report ranks New College of Florida No. 5 national public liberal arts college for second consecutive year.

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Sarasota County Fire Chief Mike Tobias and Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Col. Steve Burns place a wreath of flowers next to the 9/11 memorial plaque at the Sarasota County Police Department.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • September 11, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Honoring 9/11

The Sarasota Police Department, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office and the Sarasota County Fire Department joined together Wednesday, Sept. 11, to remember the attacks of 9/11 and to remember the nearly 3,000 people who died that day.

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The spirit of the Ringling era lives on in a historic Indian Beach home.
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • September 11, 2013
Home of the Month: Lovely Landmark

The spirit of the Ringling era lives on in a historic Indian Beach home.

  • Arts + Culture
The cover of the Sept. 13, 2001 issue of the Longboat Observer.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 11, 2013
Our view: 9/11: 2,977 + 4

Perhaps it's good that Sept. 11, 2001, continues to evoke emotions of sadness, anger and a sickness in our stomachs. We are not forgetting. Those who witnessed it never will.

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  • Observer Staff
  • September 11, 2013
Out of this World

Out of this World

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The Out-of-Door Academy junior Desmond Lindsay participated in the 2014 Power Showcase Home Run Derby.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 11, 2013
Baseball: Giving Back

The Out-of-Door Academy junior Desmond Lindsay was one of 20 players from across the country selected to participate in the 2014 Power Showcase Home Run Derby.

  • East County
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Lauren Maxey is a senior at Out-of-Door Academy and plays on the volleyball team.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 11, 2013
Athlete of the Week

Lauren Maxey is a senior at Out-of-Door Academy and plays on the volleyball team.

  • East County
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USA Today article cites Sarasota as "possibly the cultural capital of Florida."
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 11, 2013
Sarasota gets nod from USA Today

Columnist says Sarasota is "possibly the cultural capital of Florida," in a Sept. 10 article.

  • Sarasota
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Emergency personnel transported a white male in his early 30s to Blake Memorial Hospital by ambulance after he crashed his motorcycle on 12th Street.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 11, 2013
Motorcycle accident forces 12th Street closure

The Sarasota Police Department is investigating a motorcyclist crash that occurred near Springfield Avenue last night.

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