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Sarasota

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  • August 23, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Invest in a cleaner Siesta beach; Think for yourselves; Stand your ground; 'That' or 'those'?

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A mailer sent out to nearby residents earlier this month with a juxtaposed rendering of a massive shopping center looming over a parking lot didn’t sit well with the Sarasota City Commission Monday night.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 23, 2012
Commission chooses Benderson project

The Sarasota City Commission picked a $1.4 million offer for prime commercial space on Fruitville Road. The offer is half what a competing developer offered to pay.

  • Sarasota
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 23, 2012
SCOPE formulates new city research tool

A new website will allow current and future city and county residents access to multiple layers of data about population available from government and neighborhood sources.

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  • August 23, 2012
News Briefs

Municipalities watch Tropical Storm Isaac; GWIZ to undergo two-month renovation; Sunshine lawsuit settlement delayed

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 23, 2012
County approves rezoning of parcel to prepare for sale

Sarasota County Commissioners approved the rezoning of a 2.2-acre tract of land, which may reach the private sector midway through 2013 - or not at all.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • August 23, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • August 23, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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This home at 825 Tropical Circle in Siesta Beach has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 5,904 square feet of living area. It sold for $3.3 million. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 23, 2012
Siesta Beach home sells for $3.3 million

A home in Siesta Beach tops all transactions in this week's real estate. John Walter and Lorry Eible, of Sarasota, sold their home at 825 Tropical Circle to Timothy Ng, of Sarasota, for $3.3 million.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2012
Our View: Destined to mediocrity?

Congratulations to the citizens of Pensacola. They had the courage to recognize and admit their city was going nowhere, and that it needed a leader, a champion, to raise it up.

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  • August 23, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Think for yourselves; Stand your ground; 'That' or 'those'?; Preserving history; Feeling disenfranchised

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New College students Maria Phillips, Alan Sachnowski, Kade Needham, Krystaal McClain, Christian Metzger and Sivens Glaude sit on the bayfront dock in July. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • August 23, 2012
Seawall restoration honors past, builds for future

A new seawall, dock and lagoon have restored the waterfront at New College of Florida.

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Brian Becker and his sister, Jen, talk with Young Eagle member Mary Lou McFate and pilot Dan Smith after their first Young Eagles flight.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • August 23, 2012
Taking Flight: EAA Chapter 180's celebrates 60th anniversary

In celebration of its 60th anniversary, EAA Chapter 180 offers free flights to children.

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  • Nick Friedman
  • August 23, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

USF Sarasota-Manatee appoints director of marketing; Premier Sotheby's adds two sales associates; Local chef recognized for creative website; Nu View Salon welcomes organic skin care esthetician

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Unit 1506 at Tower Residences, 35 Watergate Drive, has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,799 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.3 million. File photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2012
Three-bedroom Tower Residences condominium sells for $1.3 million

A condominium in Tower Residences tops all transactions in this week's real estate. 0429 LLC sold the Unit 1506 condominium at 35 Watergate Drive to Roman Rozin, of Sarasota, for $1.3 million.

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Caitlin McMullen took this sunset photo overlooking Sarasota Bay.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Caitlin McMullen took this sunset photo overlooking Sarasota Bay.

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