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Janice Hamlin, right, helped Carol Bernasconi with her arrangement.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 22, 2012
January Year in Pictures: Sarasota

Enjoy some of our picks for best pictures of January 2012.

  • Sarasota
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The Lift Station 87 project shown in this photo from July. On July 10, City attorney Robert Fournier informed the Sarasota City Commission that the project was at a standstill and off schedule. Photo by Kurt Schultheis
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • December 21, 2012
City works to put Lift Station No. 87 on track

The long-delayed $12.5 million sewer lift station will replace an aging station near Hudson Bayou.

  • Sarasota
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Join Alex Mahadevan for the Daily Headlines
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • December 21, 2012
Dec. 21: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Area schools on high alert after threats; $1 million project to filter polluted runoff; MTO reveals new mural; Error delays impact fee update

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota High principal Jeff Hradek estimated that attendance was about 50% Friday, a makeup day after finals at the school. Image courtesy of Google images.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • December 21, 2012
Increased security at Sarasota High after threat

Additional police officers are on SHS campus today.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • December 20, 2012
Dec. 20: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Plane crash leaves pilot unscathed; Main Street building under contract; Marina Towers residents want event moved; Hunters kill 39 hogs in pilot hunt

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The plane was pulled out of the water with the help of Sea Tow, The Sarasota Police and Beach Patrol.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • December 20, 2012
Plane crash leaves pilot unscathed

The plane lost power at about 1,000 feet; the pilot walked away from the crash.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • December 20, 2012
Both sides debate downtown noise regulations

DSCA president calls for a "charette" workshop to have a conversation on the topic.

  • Sarasota
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Sarasota High School’s Ian Grubb, No. 19, breaks away from a group of Sarasota Military Academy players Wednesday, Dec. 19, at Sarasota High School.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • December 20, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: SHS v. SMA boys and girls soccer

Sarasota High School hosted Sarasota Military Academy for both boys and girls varsity soccer games Wednesday, Dec. 20, at Sarasota High School. The night was extra special for the Sarasota High School seniors who were honored during Senior Night in between the boys and girls games. The Sailors were victorious in both games with the girls beating the Eagles 2-0 and the boys crushing their opponents 8-0.

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Erich Bartels of Mote Marine Laboratory places nursery-grown coral fragments at an outplant site offshore of Big Pine Key. Photos courtesy of Tum Calver.
  • By Dr. Kumar Mahadevan
  • December 20, 2012
My View: Take a closer look: Mote Marine's studies on Florida's coral habitat

Florida has the only barrier coral reef system in the continental U.S. It's like having the Grand Canyon underwater - a natural treasure that took millions of years to form and deserves our protection.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 20, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Downtown entrepreneur Jesse Biter is working on a deal to purchase up to 10 storefronts on mid-Main Street.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • December 20, 2012
Main Street building under contract

The sale would encompass two buildings for a total of 200 feet of storefront space on Main Street. It would be the third major downtown investment for entrepreneur Jesse Biter in two years.

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The project to ensure cleaner stormwater runoff could begin as early as this spring or summer and would take nine months to complete. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • December 20, 2012
$1 million project to filter polluted runoff

Modular wetlands and bioswales throughout the watershed are designed to filter stormwater into Hudson Bayou.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Thirty thousand event-goers attended Thunder by the Bay last year. File photo.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • December 20, 2012
Petition opposes event location

Some residents say they want the upcoming Thunder by the Bay event moved to another location.

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MTO's newest mural, painted on the wall of Sarasota Fight and Fitness Club, depicts Sarasota Chalk Festival founder Denise Kowal as a boxer.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • December 20, 2012
Street artist, MTO, reveals new mural

School Avenue's Sarasota Fight and Fitness Club is the home of MTO's newest mural.

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This home at 4401 Mangrove Place has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half-baths, a pool and 4,734 square feet of living area. It sold for $3,395,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • December 20, 2012
Home in South Cocoanut Bayou sells for $3,395,000

A home in South Cocoanut Bayou tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Michael McNelis and Elizabeth McNelis sold their home at 4401 Mangrove Place to Todd and Kathleen Pulvino, of Westport, Conn., for $3,395,000.

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