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A contractor must remove three oak trees and a cabbage palm (denoted in red) as part of the Hudson Bayou water quality improvements.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 31, 2013
Water quality project requires tree removal

Spectrum Underground will remove four trees in Laurel Park as an unscheduled part of the Hudson Bayou water quality improvements.

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Art Falls was a retailer on Longboat Key for more than 28 years. His relationship on the island began in 1978 with the Sea Stable.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 31, 2013
Art Falls meant business for 28 years

Longtime Key businessman and community supporter Art Falls died July 27 - exactly one month before his 87th birthday.

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    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • July 31, 2013
Iwo Jima icon could still call Sarasota home

Plans to bring the Iwo Jima monument to Southwest Florida have new life thanks to a pair of area businesses.

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Linguine fra diavolo, which means "brother devil" in Italian, refers to a spicy tomato sauce.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 31, 2013
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Caragiulos

This week we went in the kitchen with co-owner Mark Caragiulo of Caragiulos for linguine fra diavolo. Get the full recipe in this week's In The Kitchen.

  • Arts + Culture
Witnesses found a painter pinned between a building and a machine before 10 a.m. this morning.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 31, 2013
July 31: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Man dies while painting Sarasota Military Academy; Sarasota Chalk Festival to cover more ground in fewer days; Setting the barre high; School board adopts tentative budget and millage rate

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Gianluca Mastroianni, 5, loves to play on the AWE Early Literacy Learning Station. He demonstrates the games he plays to library staff and board members.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • July 31, 2013
Selby dedicates new early literacy learning stations

Sarasota County Libraries add 10 new AWE Early Literacy Learning Stations to eight Sarasota County Libraries.

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The millage rate will rise slightly over last year, to 7.790.
    By
  • David Conway
  • July 30, 2013
School board adopts tentative budget and millage rate

At a public hearing, the Sarasota County School Board voted to adopt its tentative 2013-14 budget and millage rate, which increased slightly over last year.

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Sarasota Orchestra President and CEO Joseph McKenna said the orchestra has deferred a number of maintenance projects due to poor economic conditions over the past five years.
    By
  • David Conway
  • July 30, 2013
City Commission to consider orchestra improvements

The City Commission will hold a special meeting Wednesday morning to discuss $460,000 in facility upgrades to the Sarasota Orchestra building.

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Law enforcement and first responders practiced a response to a shooter and bomb situation today at Riverview High School.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 30, 2013
July 30: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Sarasota County Schools train for emergency situations; PHOTO GALLERY: Cinderella Project Runway; Mosquito Management warns of increased threat; Board plans to buy Iwo Jima statue

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Last year's chalk festival was 10 days. This year it will be six but will include additional street closures.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • July 30, 2013
Sarasota Chalk Festival to cover more ground in fewer days

This year, the Sarasota Chalk Festival will run six days from Nov. 13 through Nov. 18 on Pineapple Avenue, spanning from Orange Avenue to First Street.

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EMT personnel quickly took away actor victims at Riverview High School during the security exercise.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • July 30, 2013
Sarasota County Schools train for emergency situations

Law enforcement and first responders practiced a response to a shooter and bomb situation today at Riverview High School.

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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 30, 2013
Board plans to buy Iwo Jima statue

The newly-formed Iwo Jima Memorial Project plans to purchase the iconic statue for placement in Manatee or Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
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Two men robbed a local 7-Eleven gas station at gunpoint early this morning.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 29, 2013
July 29: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: East County gas station robbed at gunpoint; Key Club receives 30th AAA Four-Diamond Award; Sarasota Sheriff's aviators win award; Elderly woman robbed outside store

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A 29-acre parcel of land on Clark Road (outlined in red) recently sold for $5.5 million — more than $2 million greater than the 2011 transaction of the parcel.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 29, 2013
Sarasota firm makes major land purchase

4900 Clark LLC bought 29 acres of vacant land on Clark Road from an Ohio firm for $5.5 million July 25.

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Sarasota County Mosquito Management takes weekly blood samples from 13 sentinel chicken locations spread throughout the county.
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • July 29, 2013
Mosquito Management warns of increased threat

Sarasota County Mosquito Management offers some practical tips to keep mosquitoes at bay during this unusually active mosquito season.

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