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Laurey Stryker, Darrell Ayers, Lori White, Robert Warren, Kristin Fulkerson and Jim Shirley
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  • Loren Mayo
  • November 17, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: 11th Annual Principals Recognition Luncheon

Darrell M. Ayers, vice president for education at The John F. Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts, was the featured speaker for the 11th Annual Principals Recognition Luncheon, held Nov. 16th, at Van Wezel. The event was presented by the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Tube Dude owner Scott Gerber could not be reached to comment on the pair of giant hands that are being spray painted on the exterior of the building.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 17, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: That's no Tube Dude!

Something's going outside of the Tube Dude warehouse on 10th Street...

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Crews rotated and worked more than 24 hours to stop the leak.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 17, 2011
UPDATE: Sewer leak at Gulfstream Avenue stopped

A forcemain sewer break that created a lake on Gulfstream Avenue stretching almost from Main Street to Ringling Boulevard was stopped early this morning.

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  • Observer Staff
  • November 17, 2011
Church rings bell for Salvation Army

The Sarasota First Church of the Nazarene will again help the Salvation Army in its annual fundraising campaign, which begins Nov. 25 and runs through Dec. 24, with volunteers ringing the bell in front of the Kmart on Fruitville Road.

  • Sarasota
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Col. Jerry Hearn, student Christopher Wenzel and Ross Alander.
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 17, 2011
Veterans Day celebrated at USF

The Veterans Committee at USF Sarasota-Manatee honored students, staff, faculty and community members who are veterans of the United States military with its second annual Veterans Day ceremony.

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Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 17, 2011
Student council feeds the hungry

Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences Student Council members Sophia Helme, Natasha Nieckoski, Amanda Lam, Jayna Shaffer, Mia Forschner and Ivy Bienaimer helped sort, organize and pack up food for SSAS families and the Mayors' Feed the Hungry Program.

  • Sarasota
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A pedestrian overpass that would provide access to the Sarasota bayfront from Main Street is part of the 1959 concept originally proposed.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 17, 2011
Gil Waters and Brent Parker offer their pedestrian overpass and Main Street vision

Gil Waters and Brent Parker are proposing a plan that would create a pedestrian-friendly Main Street and a pedestrian overpass to Sarasota Bay.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 17, 2011
Public Art Committee wants to help shape new project

Public Art Committee board member Trulee Jameson is upset that her board has no control over a concept being shaped for a $55,000 interactive public-art project the committee approved in August.

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  • Observer Staff
  • November 17, 2011
News Briefs

Main Street input received; Pines of Sarasota receives $1 million gift; Trash schedule changes for Thanksgiving holiday

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 17, 2011
City, Orioles discuss stadium dispute

The city of Sarasota believes a drainage project requested by the Baltimore Orioles for Ed Smith Stadium doesn't fall under the guidelines of an interlocal agreement.

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Randall Reid
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • November 17, 2011
Alachua County manager chosen for administrator

Sarasota County officials hope to complete contract negotiations as early as next week with Randall Reid, after voting Tuesday to hire him as county administrator.

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The Downtown Improvement District is weighing the pros and cons of having an enhanced level of maintenance service along Main Street. File photo.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 17, 2011
DID frustrated by pricey maintenance bids

The Downtown Improvement District doesn't want to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to have enhanced maintenance in its downtown corridor.

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Sarasota High School will receive a $24 million renovation. Photo by Loren Mayo.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 17, 2011
Sarasota High master plan revealed

The Sarasota County School Board Wednesday reviewed plans for Sarasota High School's renovations that could be completed by the 2014-15 school year.

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Construction continues at the lift station project in Luke Wood Park, located at the intersection of U.S. 41 and U.S. 301. Courtesy of the city of Sarasota.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 17, 2011
Lift station project on schedule

A $9.5 million lift station project is on schedule to be completed in June. It's the largest lift station project the city has undertaken.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 17, 2011
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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