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Sarasota

The numbers are in, and Sarasota’s tourism industry is looking good.
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • August 9, 2013
Another banner year for Sarasota tourism

Sarasota County tourism revenue grew by more than 10% last year, continuing a trend in the industry's growth that has economic benefits for the area.

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USTA Florida Section Foundation Executive Director Linda Curtis, volunteer tennis instructor Maxine Spitzer and Girls Inc. Executive Director Robin Rose with some of the Girls Inc. Summer Camp attendees.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 9, 2013
Girls Inc. girls 'raise a racquet'

Linda Curtis, from United States Tennis Association Foundation, stopped by Girls Inc. of Sarasota County Friday, Aug. 9, to see the girls in action at the new 'Girls Raise a Racquet' tennis program.

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Deacon David Bumstead calls Sarasota "a very generous and compassionate community.”
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • August 9, 2013
Church of the Redeemer welcomes new deacon

Deacon David Bumstead says the Sarasota community welcomed him and his wife, Beka, with open arms.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sarasota City Manager Tom Barwin has rounded out his leadership team with the promotion of Stacie Mason to human resources manager
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 9, 2013
Barwin appoints human resources director

Sarasota City Manager Tom Barwin has promoted Interim Human Resources Director Stacie Mason to the permanent position.

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Salvation Army area commander Ethan Frizzell leads the audience in prayer following a town hall meeting about the organization’s strategies to combat homelessness.
    By
  • David Conway
  • August 8, 2013
Salvation Army discusses homelessness strategies

At a town hall meeting Wednesday evening, Salvation Army leader Ethan Frizzell talked about the need for the community to work together to fight homelessness.

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Diane Stabile, Peggy Morris, Katin Tugendhat and Linda Honeycheck
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 8, 2013
Sarasota Newcomers Luncheon

Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino spoke at the Sarasota Newcomer's August Luncheon at the Longboat Key Club on Thursday, August 8.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Mounds of foliage, cleared from the site of a planned retention pond, will be shredded and sent to an electric plant in Miami.
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • August 8, 2013
Beach drainage project makes headway

An area has been cleared at Siesta Beach to make room for retention pond and stormwater filtration plant.

  • Siesta Key
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Police Chief Bernadette DiPino began her eighth month on the job in August.
    By
  • David Conway
  • August 8, 2013
Trust 'chief' on DiPino's mind

Though Police Chief Bernadette DiPino has taken heat from inside and out of the department, she remains focused on community-based policing.

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    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • August 8, 2013
Residents organize high school reunion

Two Lakewood Ranch women are hoping to organize graduates of Miami Senior High School, in Miami, who live in the Sarasota/Bradenton for a reunion luncheon.

  • Sarasota
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Hunter Leeming
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • August 8, 2013
Siesta Key native competes in Austria

Brown University junior and Siesta Key native Hunter Leeming competed in the Under 23 Rowing World Championships July 24 to July 28, in Linz, Austria, as part of Team USA.

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The Iwo Jima statue
  • By Harold Ronson
  • August 8, 2013
My take on why the Iwo Jima statue effort had to be abandoned

I am the veteran of the Iwo campaign who proposed donating the Iwo Jima statue to Sarasota. And I want to thank the Observer newspapers for your generous and thoughtful coverage of that effort, and make clear why it had to be abandoned.

  • Longboat Key
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Oma McCall and Phil King
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • August 8, 2013
Memory lane

It had been 35 years since Oma McCall, of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, and Phillip King, of The Glasser Schoenbaum Human Services Center, had seen each other.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 8, 2013
OUR VIEW: How districts compare

Everyone likes to see how he compares to his peers. That's especially so in education. It's no mystery, then, why consumers see so many publications produce national rankings of colleges and universities.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The Florida Retirement System covers more than 600,000 state and local employees, with about 500,000 using the traditional pension plan.
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • August 8, 2013
Sarasota County avoids pension quagmire

Unfunded pension liabilities aren't a concern for Sarasota County due to a statewide pension program that ranks among the best in the country.

  • Siesta Key
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Siesta Key Association board members Catherine Luckner and Michael Shay discuss a proposal to dredge Big Pass.
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • August 8, 2013
SKA wants independent look at Big Pass plans

Concerns prompt the Siesta Key Association to hire a third-party coastal engineer to review a proposed dredging project for Big Pass.

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