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Sarasota

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 2, 2012
Geology rocks

Sarasota resident and Lafayette College junior Wesley von Dassow is logging extracurricular hours this summer at his internship at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 2, 2012
Happy haircut

From Aug. 1 to Aug. 15, Sarasota residents in need of a haircut will have the opportunity to help a local disadvantaged child.

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  • Neighbors
The Mable Ringling Memorial Fountain in the early 1930s. Courtesy photo.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 2, 2012
Fountain of youth

Help honor the memory of Mable Ringling by making a donation to help restore the memorial fountain built in her name in 1936 in Luke Wood Park.

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Approximately 10% of registered voters — more than 3,300, according to Commissioner Terry Turner — signed petitions to place the amendment on the ballot in November.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 2, 2012
Voters have say on amendment

Voters will now decide the role the city clerk's office plays in the future. But that didn't stop supporters and opponents from making their cases to the commission.

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The Planning Commission approved the amendment to the Comprehensive Plan, with Hudgins as the dissenting vote. But, Sarasota County commissioners may reconsider the project’s cost during budget workshops in August.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 2, 2012
Gulf Gate Library's rebuilding price tag called into question

Sarasota County Planning Commission has asked county commissioners to re-examine the new building's cost.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 2, 2012
Commission stalls on its two-year retainer decision

On Wednesday, Thomas Barwin was told he would have to wait another day before the Sarasota City Commission finalized his city manager contract.

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Steve and Anne Udell pose by their card rack at Southeastern Guide Dogs with their dog, Schmutzie.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • August 2, 2012
Paw-mark moments

Osprey couple's greeting-card company is barking up the right tree.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 2, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Speech takes courage; You are 'dead right'; Strip the mask; Appalled by editorial; Spare us crazy rants

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 2, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
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This home at 604 42nd St. has five bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,607 square feet of living area. It sold for $630,000. Photo by Nick Friedman.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 2, 2012
Four-bedroom Indian Beach home sells for $2.5 million

A home in Indian Beach tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Richard and Caren Lobo, of Washington, D.C., sold their home at 3139 Bay Shore Road to Charles and Nancy Parrish, of Sarasota, for $2.5 million.

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Jeff Hindman took this photo of storm clouds rolling in at Sarasota National Cemetery.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 2, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Jeff Hindman took this photo of storm clouds rolling in at Sarasota National Cemetery.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 2, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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This home at 5232 Shadow Lawn Drive in Siesta Isles has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 1,899 square feet of living area. It sold for $815,000. Photo by Alex Mahadevan.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 2, 2012
Three-bedroom home in Siesta Isles tops transactions

A home in Siesta Isles tops all transactions in this week's real estate. W. David and M. Denise Sanders, of Bristol, Ind., sold their home at 5232 Shadow Lawn Drive to Zoom Thru Zoom to You Inc. for $815,000.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • August 1, 2012
Aug. 1: 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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The Florida Department of Transportation closes one lane of the Siesta Key north bridge at night. A man was hit by a car during construction this morning.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 1, 2012
Construction worker struck on Siesta north bridge

A hit-and-run driver struck a 60-year-old pedestrian early this morning. Police are on the hunt for a suspected burgundy four-door Lexus.

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