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  • Nick Friedman
  • January 5, 2012
New College opens Optical Spectroscopy and Nano-Materials Lab

On Friday, Jan. 6, New College of Florida will officially open its lab, which was funded by a grant from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 5, 2012
Delve into 12: Sarasota

Enjoy an detailed preview of the 12 highly anticipated issues and people of 2012.

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Cynthia Soulandros, Ruth Pines (seated), Jean Maxwell Catsakis and Kimberly Bonner. Courtesy photo.
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 5, 2012
World War II veteran honored

Ruth Pines, who served in WAVES for 32 years and was a Navy nurse at the June 6, 1944, Normandy landings, turned 93 Jan. 1.

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Nick Friedman
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 5, 2012
Nick Friedman named Observer community editor

The Sarasota Observer welcomed this week its new community editor, Nick Friedman. Former Community Editor Loren Mayo has been named Black Tie Editor - look for her column in Diversions and online at YourObserver.com.

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City Auditor and Clerk Pamela Nadalini hired Sarasota-based The Sylint Group three months ago to perform a forensic audit of the Information Technology Department.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 5, 2012
Investigation of city-owned computers reveals potential violations

A forensic investigation of computers and the Information Technology Department has discovered potential Sunshine Law and criminal violations.

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A Main Street streetscape project is being debated among merchants and city officials.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 5, 2012
Delve into 12: Main Street

The City Commission will review a Main Street project proposal in February. Merchants worry about construction disruptions.

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Jesse Biter wants future tenants of the Palm Avenue parking garage retail space to agree to stay open at night.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 5, 2012
Delve into 12: Jesse Biter

Entrepreneur Jesse Biter paid $1.6 million for the Palm Avenue garage retail space and has plans to interject nightlife into the downtown street.

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City commissioners hope City Manager Bob Bartolotta and City Auditor and Clerk Pamela Nadalini can resolve issues between them related to a computer investigation.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 5, 2012
Delve into 12: Tension at City Hall

City Manager Bob Bartolotta is still awaiting the results of a computer investigation of his computer more than three months after City Clerk and Auditor Pamela Nadalini ordered it.

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"My New Year's resolution is to do whatever we can to help bring this community together toward a common view of our future," said Larry Thompson, president of Ringling College of Art and Design.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 5, 2012
Delve into 12: Larry Thompson

It's a Friday morning and Larry Thompson is between meetings. The president of Ringling College of Art and Design has much on his mind in terms of the college's projects and collaborations for 2012 and can't seem to spit it out fast enough.

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Photo by Rachel Brown Hackney.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • January 5, 2012
Delve into 12: Catherine Luckner

Near the end of her first year as the Siesta Key Association president, Catherine Luckner has built a reputation for Key collaboration.

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Talks between The Van Wezel Foundation and city staff over future operations of the performing arts hall have been tabled for two months. Photo by Norman Schimmel.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 5, 2012
City officials spar with Van Wezel Foundation

The chairman of the Van Wezel Foundation expressed alarm Tuesday that, after months of negotiations with city staff, commissioners want more details concerning options.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 5, 2012
DID pares down project features

A consensus was reached Tuesday, during a Downtown Improvement District meeting, to eliminate brick streets and parallel parking plans for Main Street.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 5, 2012
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Boaters in Sarasota Bay don’t want to be told where they will be allowed to anchor outside a managed mooring field scheduled to be constructed this year.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 5, 2012
Delve into 12: Mooring field

City commissioners have agreed with staff recommendations for regulating boaters anchored outside a proposed mooring field.

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A new Walmart neighborhood market is coming to the site where Winn-Dixie operated a store for four decades. File photo.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 5, 2012
Delve into 12: North Trail revitalization

A Walmart grocery store and a new Goodwill Superstore have been approved by the city on the North Trail.

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