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Some Laurel Park residents are concerned with large developments that can be built on lots just outside the communit'’s boundaries. File photo.
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  • Roger Drouin
  • December 6, 2012
City postpones Laurel Park buffer decision

Downtown neighborhood is split on a development buffer zone concept.

  • Sarasota
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Crews used a crane to unload Unconditional Surrender Tuesday, Dec. 4. After being gone from its permanent home for more than six months, the 25-foot-tall sculpture is back. Photos by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • December 6, 2012
Enduring Love

The 14,000-pound sculpture was shipped back in two pieces.

  • Sarasota
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  • Nick Friedman
  • December 6, 2012
Sarasota National Cemetery breaks ground on new amphitheater

The Patterson Foundation and the National Cemetery Administration have partnered on a project, which will serve as national model.

  • Sarasota
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  • Roger Drouin
  • December 6, 2012
Commissioners ease downtown parking restrictions

Monday's vote brings back pre-2011 parking enforcement hours, and an employee permit program is in the works.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 6, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • Roger Drouin
  • December 6, 2012
Alta Vista residents support Walmart appeal

During their Jan. 7 regular meeting, commissioners will discuss whether to hold an appeal hearing.

  • Sarasota
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Dylan White and Jason Sierra have been playing on the diamond together for 14 years. After their last season as teammates, White will head to Miami, and Sierra will head to Vanderbuilt.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • December 6, 2012
BEYOND THE FIELD

Sarasota High first baseman Dylan White and outfielder Jason Sierra will take the field together for the final time this spring.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Fifteen-year-old Daniel Oakley, pictured with his mother Shannon Oakley and grandmother, Michelle Oakley, beat the odds and now he's finding success on the soccer field. Photo by Jen Blanco
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • December 6, 2012
Perseverance pays for SMA soccer player

When Daniel Oakley's mother was seven months pregnant with him, she almost died in a car accident. Now the 15-year-old Sarasota Military Academy sophomore is helping lead the Eagles to their best season in program history.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 6, 2012
News Briefs

Acting chief named in Sarasota; New finance director to be chosen next month

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 6, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
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Read this week's Castaway
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • December 6, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 6, 2012
Our View: Welcome Walmart

The idiom says"'two steps forward, one step back" - a description of how sometimes you make progress then lose a portion of it.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • December 6, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Michael Staikos

Cardinal Mooney sophomore Michael Staikos has been playing goalkeeper since he was 9 years old.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • December 6, 2012
Whispering Sands condominium sells for $764,000

A condominium in Whispering Sands tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Richard Piccolo, of New York, sold his Unit 406 condominium at 20 Whispering Sands Drive to Thyrza Jacocks, trustee, of Sarasota, for $764,000.

  • Sarasota
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This home at 1885 Bougainvillea St. has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,229 square feet of living area. It sold for $530,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • December 6, 2012
Three-bedroom Casey Key home sells for $2,925,000

A home on Casey Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. 1716 CK LLLP sold the home at 1716 Casey Key Road to Robert and Jennifer Trow, of Nokomis, for $2,925,000.

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