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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • July 5, 2012
July 5: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

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Red-and-gold sparks lit up the night.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 5, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Fireworks over Sarasota Bay

Fireworks lit up the night as they soared over Sarasota Bay July 4.

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  • Neighbors
The Palm Avenue parking garage's bottom floor space will be designed and built out by three local design and construction firms.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 5, 2012
Palm Avenue restaurant owner selects design firms

The Seidensticker family's latest restaurant venue on the first floor of the Palm Avenue parking garage is scheduled to open in November.

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Sarasota County Commissioner Joe Barbetta wants further government consolidation after staff vacates the sixth floor of the Administration Center. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 4, 2012
Sarasota County wants to shed land

Commissioner Joe Barbetta has made consolidating government services a goal since he was elected. Now he wants the free space created in private hands.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 4, 2012
City commission 'targets' defunct parking meters

The city of Sarasota is posed to lose 90% on the purchase price of 47 parking meter pay stations.

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  • By John Gudritz
  • July 4, 2012
My View: More tourists requires more parking

It was disheartening to read about the reason for the closing of Anna's Deli in Siesta Key Village.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 4, 2012
Letters to the Editor

SRQ was over-expanded

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Pam Nadalini refused to sign the evaluation that listed her management skills as "Below Expectations," choosing, instead, to write a two-page letter to Turner dated Monday, July 2, detailing her concerns with the low marks she received.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 4, 2012
Turner gives Nadalini poor evaluation

Sarasota City Auditor and Clerk Pamela Nadalini refused to sign an evaluation Commissioner Terry Turner submitted last month.

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Search consultant Colin Baenziger, of Colin Baenziger & Associates, told the Sarasota Observer Tuesday he was surprised by the commission's decision.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 4, 2012
Search for new city leader continues

Search consultant Colin Baenziger suggests the city manager salary maximum be raised from $180,000 to $215,000 for the position to attract a wider range of candidates.

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  • July 4, 2012
News Briefs

City plans repairs for Osprey Avenue Bridge; South Shade Avenue temporarily closed; O'Shea takes the helm at New College

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Sonia Pressman Fuentes is a founding member of the National Organization for Women, which has fought for women’s rights since the mid-1960s. In her retirement, she’s continues her efforts as an author and public speaker.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • July 4, 2012
Neighbors: Sonia Pressman Fuentes

Sarasota resident and prominent feminist activist Sonia Pressman Fuentes has dedicated her life to fighting discrimination.

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Sun-N-Fun Vacation Resort offered its services as a donation to SPARCC.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • July 4, 2012
SPARCC finds families temporary homes at Sun-N-Fun Resort

After an extermination left SPARCC without housing, Sun-N-Fun offered free private room and board.

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  • July 4, 2012
Letters to the Editor

SRQ was over-expanded; A good time to consolidate

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 4, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • July 4, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

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