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Both women have now been charged with 14 counts of Obtaining Reemployment Assistance by Fraud.
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  • July 20, 2012
Incarcerated Sarasota woman commits fraud with help of daughter

Sarasota deputies have determined 43-year-old Elizabeth Lanoue had her daughter fill out unemployment claims online while she was behind bars.

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  • July 20, 2012
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Rebekah Anderson and Andrea McHugh
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  • July 20, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Tiger Bay Club State Attorney's Office Debate

Members of the Tiger Bay Club gathered for a luncheon Thursday, July 19, during which, candidates for State Attorney's Office Ed Brosky, Peter Lombardo and John Torraco engaged in a heated debate.

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Karen Johnson, Beads FOB owner Marty Montague and Nancy Grecni
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  • July 20, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Beads FOB 19th Anniversary

Beads FOB in Gulf Gate celebrated its 19th anniversary Wednesday, July 18, with an in-store party. Customers stopped by to show their appreciation for the store, which has provided local beaders and crafters with supplies and classes for nearly two decades.

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The work will continue through next week with the installation of a drip irrigation system, before the new vegetation is planted.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • July 20, 2012
South Palm Avenue Revegetation Project wraps up first week

DID's landscaping project will continue to replace vegetation over the next few weeks

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  • July 19, 2012
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Ed Brodsky, Peter Lombardo, and John Torraco, all candidates for the 12th Judicial District State Attorney's Office, trade bards at Michael's on East.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 19, 2012
Claws come out at Tiger Bay lunch

The heated race for 12th Judicial District's State Attorney Office was on display today at Michael's on East.

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Members of the interfaith delegation in Israel.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 19, 2012
Come together

An interfaith delegation composed of 21 representatives from local churches and synagogues, organized by The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee, recently spent 10 days in Israel promoting good will and cultural understanding.

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  • July 19, 2012
Scout's honor

Eagle Scout candidate Alex Ruschau and other members of Boy Scout Troop 14 are volunteering their time to help Wilkinson Elementary students plant a vegetable garden at the school.

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Terry Turner, who earlier in the night voiced support for a "strong city manager" charter amendment, which commissioners unanimously agreed to add to the November ballot, said he only had "a process and procedural problem" with Caragiulo's proposal.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 19, 2012
Caragiulo's proposal snubbed

Commissioner Terry Turner says his motion to table a strong-mayor proposal was strictly 'process and procedural.'

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A dispute between the city’s Public Art Committee, city officials and a steering committee charged with formulating a $55,000 interactive sculpture project downtown is now heading to court.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 19, 2012
City sued for Sunshine Law violation

A Public Art Committee member and Citizens for Sunshine is suing the city for allegedly holding closed-door meetings regarding a public art project.

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  • July 19, 2012
Our View: The anti-American president

He just leaves you breathless, dumbfounded ... enraged.

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  • July 19, 2012
Sea life returns to canals

Manatees are starting to return to Siesta Key waterways after Tropical Storm Debby churned up their habitat.

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  • July 19, 2012
City groups support EDC position

City commissioners will ultimately decide whether a $90,000 a year Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County director position should be placed into the budget for Sarasota County.

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  • Nick Friedman
  • July 19, 2012
Osprey celebrates the opening of its own chamber of commerce

For the first time in nearly 40 years, business owners in the Osprey area are basking in the benefits of their own local chamber of commerce.

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