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The "after" of a recently renovated Bird Key home. Photos by Rachel S. O'Hara and Heather Merriman.
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  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 28, 2013
Contemporary Southwest: Before and After

In just six short months, Larry Kabinoff and Deb Knowles purchased, renovated and moved into their temporary home at 443 Bird Key Drive.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Football Preview: Sarasota Sailors

Sarasota High School senior wide receiver Shawn Bane Jr. is hoping to experience a breakout season for the Sailors this fall.

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Helping Hand: Higdon, who maintains a 4.0 grade point average, has aspirations of becoming an orthopedic surgeon. “I broke both of my legs when I was younger, and I saw what my doctor was doing and would ask him questions. He inspired me.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Football Preview: Riverview Rams

Riverview High junior running back Karan Higdon is fully recovered from last season's leg injury and is hoping to cement his position as one of the area's great running backs.

  • Sarasota
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College Credit: White, who has aspirations of playing college football, has already started taking college courses. White plans to study psychology, particularly body language, with the hopes of becoming a police detective.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Football Preview: Booker Tornadoes

Booker senior left tackle Najee White is hoping to secure a starting position in his first season with the Tornadoes.

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Ivy League: Grain Jr. has aspirations of playing college football and is looking into several Ivy League schools, including Dartmouth College, Amherst College and Carnegie Mellon University.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Football Preview: ODA Thunder

David Grain Jr. won the Most Improved Player Award two years ago. Now, The Out-of-Door Academy senior wide receiver is hoping to lead the ODA Thunder back to the postseason.

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CHEESEHEAD: The majority of Mike Bello's family is from Wisconsin, so he grew up watching Brett Favre.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Football Preview: Cardinal Mooney Cougars

Cougars senior center Mike Bello has lost 105 pounds since moving up to varsity at the end of his sophomore year.

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High-wire artist Nik Wallenda, second from the right, receives an award from the Sarasota County Commission Tuesday.
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • August 27, 2013
County cuts emergency-reserve fund to 75 days

The Sarasota County Commission met Tuesday and approved a measure to reduce the emergency-reserve fund from 90 to 75 days - freeing $8 million to use on other projects.

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Brick-pavered parallel parking, scheduled to open this week on Main Street between Palm Avenue and Mira Mar Court, will take the place of diagonal parking on the north side of the street.
    By
  • David Conway
  • August 27, 2013
Holiday weekend delays Main Street construction

The demolition of a segment of Main Street has been pushed back to provide parking downtown over the Labor Day weekend.

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Chandrika Berry, 25, was charged with attempting to buy $1,100 worth of electronics with fraudulent checks at Costco Monday, Aug. 26.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 27, 2013
Deputies arrest Texas woman for Costco fraud

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested Chandrika Berry Aug. 26, after she tried to buy electronics with fraudulent checks.

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Sarasota Police have identified a body found in Big Pass early Tuesday, Aug. 27.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 27, 2013
UPDATE: Dead body found in Big Pass

The Sarasota Police Department has launched an investigating after finding the body of a Sarasota County contractor on a sandbar in Big Pass.

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The firm founded by world-famous economist Arthur Laffer will study development policies in Sarasota County.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 27, 2013
County hires famed economist's firm for study

Laffer Associates signed a $90,000 contract Aug. 20, to study fiscal neutrality in Sarasota County.

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Community members can drop off donations at any Goodwill locations.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • August 27, 2013
Mayor proclaims September Hunger Action Month

Mayor Shannon Snyder encourages community members to donate food for Hunger Action Month in September.

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Cardinal Mooney quarterback Reese Vita threw a pair of touchdown passes.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • August 26, 2013
Cougars roll to Classic win

The Cardinal Mooney High football team cruised to a 49-7 victory over Bradenton Christian in its Kickoff Classic Aug. 23.

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Deputies arrested 20-year-old Katelyn Kemp scheme to defraud and grand theft Aug. 19.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 26, 2013
Deputies arrest two women for retail theft

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office charged two women for month-long retail-theft scheme.

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Sarasota County Area Transit will begin searching for a new operations manager this week.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 26, 2013
SCAT loses manager to private sector

Sarasota County Area Transit Operations Manager Greg Brackin announced his resignation Monday, Aug. 26.

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