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Bello Nock did tricks on a trapeze attached to a helicopter from 500 feet up in the air, Thursday, Feb. 2, above the Circus Sarasota big top.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • February 2, 2012
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Bello's performance in the sky

Bello Nock of Circus Sarasota did some high flying today above the big top on Tuttle and 12th.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 2, 2012
Gasoline shortage for certain stations

Several gas stations in Southwest Florida are without gasoline because of a tanker shipment issue.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 2, 2012
Sheriff searches for student stalker

Police are looking for a man who tried to lure a Phillippi Shores Elementary School student into his sport utility vehicle Wednesday.

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The two cars were traveling east on Webber Street, just west of Leafy Lane, at 2:50 a.m. when a red Cadillac driven by Brayam Alfaro-Piliado, 16, of Bradenton drifted to the right and struck two mailboxes on the south shoulder of Webber Street.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 2, 2012
Car crash splits car in half

A fatal car crash early Wednesday has left one man dead and another critically injured.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 2, 2012
The Glenridge finishes expansion

The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch recently completed construction of a 10,700-square-foot expansion to The Carroll Center, the neighborhood in the community that provides Medicare-approved skilled nursing and rehabilitation services.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Business owners and residents will leave the restaurant in a silent march to City Hall for the 6 p.m.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 2, 2012
Bag-wearers to say, 'Bag meters'

Opponents of the city's parking meters will hold a rally Monday at Mattison's City Grille, then march to City Hall to voice concerns.

  • Sarasota
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A new Costco under construction at Westfield Sarasota Square Mall is expected to open this summer.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 2, 2012
Palmer Ranch adding homes, jobs, businesses

Approximately 600 homes and hundreds of jobs in new businesses are coming to Palmer Ranch.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 2, 2012
News Briefs

Hotel projects need further examination

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 2, 2012
CRA Advisory Board recommends project

An advisory board will recommend the city approve seven downtown projects and a roundabout.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Sean Roth
  • February 2, 2012
SNN6 could be facing a sell-off of its assets

A lender to SNN has received a final judgment to sell off the TV channel's assets, but an SNN owner calls it a partnership squabble that will be resolved.

  • Sarasota
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Bicyclists must now stop and wait for traffic to clear before crossing Central Sarasota Parkway on The Legacy Trail.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 2, 2012
Legacy Trail intersection modified

An intersection at Central Sarasota Parkway and The Legacy Trail is designed to give motorists the right of way at all times.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rod Thomson, Editor-at-Large
  • By Rod Thomson
  • February 2, 2012
My View: Hold back the heavy hand

Sarasota County staff recently presented heavy-handed code changes to landscaping that would have required even more bureaucracy to oversee onerous burdens on a struggling industry.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Carol B. Green lives in Sarasota.
  • By Carol Green
  • February 2, 2012
My View: More specifics on job creation, please

Too bad. Too bad Florida's Republican voters couldn't unite behind the perfect candidate. There is no such thing as the perfect candidate.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 2, 2012
FULL STORY: City picks Romney by wide margin

Both Sarasota County and state Republican voters overall chose Mitt Romney as their GOP candidate.

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

Read this week's edition of Cops Corner

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