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  • Nick Friedman
  • November 8, 2012
Pine View salutes veterans with yearlong project

This year's community service project idea was formed as a way to give thanks to United States veterans.

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  • November 8, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

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Jim Krill, owner of Sarasota Hardware & Paint Co., poses near the back of the store. Photos by Rachel O'Hara.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • November 8, 2012
COMMUNITY FIXTURE: Jim Krill

With the closures of local businesses, such as the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre, Wolf Camera and Sarasota Hardware & Paint Co., the landscape of downtown business continues to change.

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  • November 8, 2012
News Briefs

Commission rejects DSA funding request; Domestic partnership registry begins; United Airlines returns to SRQ Airport

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  • November 8, 2012
SIDELINES

Mooney runners earn regional berths; Lady Thunder fall in regional quarterfinal; Sarasota Crew wins top honors; ODA wins Headmaster Cup

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  • Roger Drouin
  • November 8, 2012
City to ease Circle parking enforcement

The first change city commissioners want to see is an immediate plan to remove parking 'boxes' on St. Armands Circle.

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  • Roger Drouin
  • November 8, 2012
Former Van Wezel employee files harassment complaint

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission notified the city of Sarasota of the harassment complaint in an Oct. 24 form.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • November 8, 2012
Welcome back: Cops Corner

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  • November 8, 2012
Welcome back: Since you left ...

There's no pop quiz. It's our way of saying: Welcome back.

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  • November 8, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

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After spending his freshman year at Booker, running back Rod Tullis moved to Sarasota last fall and, since then, he’s emerged as a powerful offensive weapon for the Sailors.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 8, 2012
Change of pace

Sarasota High junior running back Rod Tullis needs 75 yards to break the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the season. Tullis will have a final shot to reach his goal Nov. 9, as the Sailors close out their season at home versus Bayshore.

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  • Nick Friedman
  • November 8, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Evan Wilson

ODA Senior quarterback Evan Wilson has been playing football since he was in the third grade. He says his interest in the game was sparked at a young age due to his family's shared love for the sport.

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  • November 8, 2012
JUST THE STATS

5 - The number of touchdowns quarterback Evan Wilson threw in The Out-of-Door Academy's 42-20 victory over St. Stephen's Nov. 2.

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This home at 5628 Cape Leyte Drive has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,558 square feet of living area. It sold for $479,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • November 8, 2012
Two-bedroom home in Siesta Isles sells for $479,000

A home in Siesta Isles tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Theresa Craig, of Plymouth, Mass., sold the home at 5628 Cape Leyte Drive to Richard and Joann Lockard, of Alpharetta, Ga., for $479,000.

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Dean Bowden, artistic director of the Sarasota Medieval Fair
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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • November 8, 2012
Come one, come all to the Sarasota Medieval Fair

Fifty cast members have rehearsed for three months to educate the public about the Irish Battle of Glenn Máma in the year 999, the theme of this year's Sarasota Medieval Fair.

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