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  • May 3, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Abramson article hit close to home

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Dean Kalahar, a 40-year Sarasota resident, is an economics teacher at Sarasota High School and author of "Practical Economics."
  • By Dean Kalahar
  • May 3, 2012
My View: Class warfare: polarizing, immoral

The class-warfare attack on the 'rich' is really an argument against free markets, wealth creation and life-saving economic growth.

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  • May 3, 2012
News Briefs

Institute for the Ages names Esselman CEO; City staff investigates St. Armands benches; North Trail coffee shop opens

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • May 3, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • May 3, 2012
Our View: What we need: A leader

One of the pleasures of winter in Sarasota is how this region manages to attract extraordinary speakers and experts.

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  • By Rod Thomson
  • May 3, 2012
My View: Bullies on the block - lawsuits

Too many lawyers curdle the culture and frighten the populace

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • May 3, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Ned Rosenblatt, Brent Layman, Jake Stuart, Ronan Cowan and Tyler Oswald perform at Booker High School’s Death by Chocolate fundraising event. Courtesy photo.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • May 3, 2012
Booker musicians reflect on Berklee jazz festival

This year, the Booker High School Jazz Combo took second place.

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This home at 800 Idlewild Way in Siesta Isles has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,307 square feet of living area. It sold for $990,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 3, 2012
Seagrove condo tops weekly sales

A condominium in Seagrove tops all transactions in this week's real estate. John and Maribel Crowe sold their Unit CH1 condominium at 1100 Seagrove Lane to John and Susan Butler, of Warwick, R.I., for $1,539,000.

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Juliette Beer
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  • Nick Friedman
  • May 3, 2012
Neighbors: Juliette Beer

Juliette Beer has been in the event-planning business for more than 40 years. Her artistic talent, as well as her efforts to build relationships with clients, has earned her a national client base.

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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • May 3, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Ezra Robinson

Ezra Robinson, 18, finished up his third sports season, track and field, last weekend during the state meet in Jacksonville.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 3, 2012
Observer Team Spotlight

Meet this week's Observer Team Spotlight, Andrew Tucker.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 3, 2012
JUST THE STATS

3 - The number of Booker High School track and field seniors who competed for the final time in their high school careers at the 2A state meet last week. Breanna Browning, Ezra Robinson and Cherlinda Polynice all will graduate this year.

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A condominium in Savoy on Palm, which has three bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 3,172, sold for $1,895,000. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 3, 2012
Savoy on Palm condo tops this week's sales

A condominium in Savoy on Palm tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Meirion Jones and Candice Steckler, Osprey, sold their Unit 901 condominium at 401 S. Palm Ave. to George and Ludmilla Malmberg, of Sarasota, for $1,895,000.

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Gabriel Angelo submitted this sunset photo, taken at Island Park in Sarasota.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 3, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Gabriel Angelo submitted this sunset photo, taken at Island Park in Sarasota.

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