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Mike Chaplinsky with Jake and Lexie Alexander
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  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 2, 2012
6th Annual Hearts Afire Benefit

6th Annual Hearts Afire Benefit

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Join Jessica Luck for today's headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • March 2, 2012
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Citizens who need background checks for employment applications, volunteer screenings and other processes will use the new computer-based livescan technology.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 2, 2012
Sheriff's office going digital

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office now has automated the process of fingerprint-based criminal history requests.

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Additional information on the settlement is available online at www.nationalmortgagesettlement.com.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 2, 2012
Sarasota hosts mortgage discussion

Sarasota County will host a panel of attorneys to discuss a mortgage agreement reached with the county's largest banks.

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Lauren Augello
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  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 1, 2012
Neuro Challenge Cause 4 Fashion Parkinson Gala

Neuro Challenge Cause 4 Fashion Parkinson Gala

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Join Mallory Gnaegy for today's headlines.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • March 1, 2012
March 1: Daily Headlines Video

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Arron Leer and Susan Roberts
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  • Nick Friedman
  • March 1, 2012
Brookside teacher makes learning fun

Susan Roberts' students have built robot bugs, rockets and five-gallon showers - all in the name of science.

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 1, 2012
Riverview High musicians recognized

Four students from Riverview High School's Kiltie Band were chosen to join the Florida Music Educators Association 2012 All-State Honor Band in Tampa.

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Sarasota City Commissioner Shannon Snyder said a bold decision to cut the budget could be the elimination of the Sarasota Police Department
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 1, 2012
Police department to be axed?

A proposal to eliminate the Sarasota Police Department arose during City Commission budget discussions this week.

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Residents and merchants have complained for months about the parking meters downtown.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 1, 2012
Residents, merchants say 'We don't want them'

Sarasota residents and merchants took over a city parking-management forum last week, continuing to call for the removal of downtown parking meters.

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Downtown Improvement District Operations Manager John Moran showed these photos of pummeled plants and bushes during and after the Presidents Day weekend art fair. Courtesy of DID.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 1, 2012
Downtown merchants eager to protect landscaping

City merchants say they are tired of pedestrians using their flowerbeds and bulbouts during weekend events as if the plants were pathways.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 1, 2012
Commissioners unhappy with hotel proposals

Three out of five Sarasota city commissioners are unhappy with conditions proposed by two developers for a downtown hotel project.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 1, 2012
Sarasota County Circuit Court ruling favors Marina Jack

County Property Appraiser Bill Furst has lost a court battle to force Marina Jack to pay $1.5 million in property taxes.

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  • By Rod Thomson
  • March 1, 2012
My View: Admit it: Meters are a failure

Hurricanes, traffic, beach repairs, the economy, balancing budgets, crime, bridges. All of these things have at one time or another confounded Sarasota city leaders. But nothing, nothing, causes unending vexation like parking.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 1, 2012
Letter to the Editor

Turner punishing North Trail

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