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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • February 16, 2012
FEB. 16: 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 former Sarasota Police Department building became too small and antiquated and was replaced in 2010 with a new building.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 16, 2012
Police station set for demolition

The old Sarasota Police Department Building is set to be demolished starting next week.

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  • Observer Staff
  • February 16, 2012
SASSY swimmers getting in sync

The YMCA's Sarasota Aquatics Synchronized Swimming will hit the pool from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday, at the Selby Aquatics Center, to perform a routine members have been practicing since September.

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  • February 16, 2012
Temple celebrates Tu B'Shevat

Temple Beth Sholom students marked Tu B'Shevat, the celebration of the New Year for trees, Wednesday, Feb. 8.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 16, 2012
More hotel details emerge

A city committee still is weighing the merits of two, competing proposals for a Palm Avenue hotel site next to the garage.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 16, 2012
Merchant creates downtown detour plan

With the approval of city staff, a downtown Sarasota merchant has created visible detour signage and parking signs for motorists' use starting this weekend.

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Flying Sliders features a variety of gourmet sandwiches with a flying-saucer theme. Photos by Rachel O'Hara.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • February 16, 2012
Food trucks offer lunch alternatives downtown

A new downtown-dining concept is drawing workers and tourists to a previously vacant lot on Ringling Boulevard.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 16, 2012
Palmer Ranch park takes shape

The first part of The Culverhouse Nature Park to be finished this spring will be an entrance off McIntosh Road.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • February 16, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

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Randall Reid
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 16, 2012
Randall Reid meets with residents

During a neighborhood association meeting Monday, Sarasota County Administrator Randall Reid heard complaints that the county needs to engage the public better in major undertakings.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 16, 2012
Labels up in the air

Five Sarasota County interim department directors are awaiting decisions on their status, while their performance and their departments are evaluated.

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  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • February 16, 2012
Observed: Views of alcohol on beach remain in sharp contrast

It was inevitable that the death of Donna Chen would spark an effort to ban alcohol on Siesta Public Beach. What remains to be seen is how strong public support will be for that initiative.

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Lourdes Ramirez is a Siesta Key resident and president of the Sarasota County Coalition of Neighborhood Associations.
  • By Lourdes Ramirez
  • February 16, 2012
My View: Post-disaster response plan needs to be a priority

After a hiatus of a little more than a year, Sarasota County has restarted the process of creating its Post Disaster Redevelopment Plan.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • February 16, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

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  • February 16, 2012
Burks places Payne Park Village property on the market

A 9.5-acre parcel off School Avenue that won controversial approval for mixed-use development has gone on the market.

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