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  • By Amanda Heisey
  • June 13, 2013
June 13: Daily Headlines Video

Top Stories: Study will sketch Circle garage plans; Ford plans $2.5 million expansion; Fish Fry hooks new location; Camp Spotlight: Selby Gardens Camp Lookout

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Temple Emanu-El Director of Religious Education Sabrina Silverberg and students Katie Hurwitz and Abbie Jo Mount display the blue boxes used to collect tzedakah donations.
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 13, 2013
Charitable lesson

Temple Emanu-El Religious School donated its tzedakah - which means charity of righteousness in Hebrew - for the 2012-13 school year.

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Courtesy photo.
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 13, 2013
Mind blowing

Sarasota Christian School sent four teams - the most in Florida - to the Odyssey of the Mind's World Finals May 23 to May 25, at Michigan State University.

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A downtown grocer is one of the missions Andres Duany has accomplished
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  • Roger Drouin
  • June 13, 2013
DUANY EFFECT

In 2000, Andres Duany created a wish list of more than 40 priorities as part of Sarasota's Downtown Master Plan. Thus far, 10 projects have been completed.

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North Adams Lane is one of two possible locations for a parking garage. The current parcel borders the fire station on one side, stores and restaurants on the other and some residential homes.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • June 13, 2013
Study will sketch Circle garage plans

Commercial property owners and residents agree on a preliminary parking proposal.

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  • June 13, 2013
News Briefs

Developer signs intent with Kimpton hotel chain; Iwo Jima monument supporters to make presentation

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • June 13, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

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Frank Atura
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 13, 2013
Our View: Capitalize on the moment

The cloud of euphoria enveloping the Sarasota Ballet this week is well deserved. And it is not over the top to exclaim this tiny (in budget) but extraordinarily talented ballet company, Sarasota's own, reached a historic high in its 26 years of existence this past weekend at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

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Workers place the duplicate statue onto the fountain.  Courtesy photos
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • June 13, 2013
Restoration close to completion

After nine months of work, renovations to the Mable Ringling Memorial Fountain in Lukewood Park are nearing completion.

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The showroom facing U.S. 301 near downtown will get an upgraded, aluminum facade. Courtesy rendering.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • June 13, 2013
Ford plans $2.5 million expansion

The project will go to the city's Development Review Committee June 19, and the dealership hopes to start construction within two to four months.

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  • Roger Drouin
  • June 13, 2013
Gillespie Park grill sparks safety concern

The parks board recommends posting 'charcoal only' signs to dissuade improper and unsafe use of the grill.

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Andras Karpathy, 7, colors a mask made out of plaster. Renaissance artist Arcimboldo inspired the project.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • June 13, 2013
Camp Spotlight: Selby Gardens Camp Lookout

Children concentrated on coloring their Renaissance-inspired plaster masks Tuesday, June 11, at That's Amore!, the first session of the Marie Selby Gardens Summer Camp Lookout.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 13, 2013
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's Cops Corner.

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  • June 13, 2013
Letters to the Editor

What should we believe?; Tyranny still exists

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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • June 13, 2013
Hidden In Plain Sight: 'Sarasota Half in Dream'

Derek Murphy and Mitchell Zemil set out to uncover what lies beneath Sarasota's surface in their documentary, 'Sarasota Half in Dream.'

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