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The locally owned company is open 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday. File photo.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 4, 2011
City welcomes new seafood business

A new wholesale seafood company has opened near the corner of U.S. 301 and 12th Street.

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The Sarasota Police Department responded to a call Nov. 1 when a student was found with no pulse in a Booker High School bathroom.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 3, 2011
Sarasota Booker High School student dies

A 17-year-old Booker High School student who was found with no pulse in a school bathroom Nov. 1 died this morning.

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The closure was temporary and due to downed power lines in the roadway.
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
UPDATE: U.S. 301 lanes reopen

Lanes of U.S. 301 between Myrtle Street and DeSoto Road are now open after being closed due to downed power lines.

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Read one of our favorite Cops Corner entries from the archives.
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  • November 3, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Sarasota

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Sarasota Observer archives.

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Kurt Wenner is a world-renowned artist, architect and innovator of 3D pavement art.
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
POLL OF THE DAY: Will you go to the Sarasota Chalk Festival?

The Sarasota Chalk Festival continues through Nov. 7.

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In its continuing effort to develop best practices in patient care, Sarasota Memorial worked with BD to enhance and standardize its new blood collection protocol.
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  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • November 3, 2011
Sarasota Memorial honored for blood collection practices

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) has presented the Sarasota Memorial Health Care System with its first ever 'BD Quality Award' for pioneering practices in blood collection techniques that promote safe, high-quality patient care.

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  • November 3, 2011
Thanksgiving food drive feeds the hungry

The Mayors' Feed the Hungry Thanksgiving Food Drive offers communities a chance to help those who are experiencing the deepest impact of a struggling economy.

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Charleigh Bruss-Schulz, 3. Rachel S. O'Hara.
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
Kids and parents unmask creativity

Kids and parents got creative Saturday, Oct. 29, during Family Mask Day at Artists on the Court, in Towles Court.

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This conceptual draft of a brick-lined Main Street in the historic district will be presented to the public for their input on Nov. 14. Courtesy of Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 3, 2011
Sarasota faces downtown decisions

Residents and business owners must make a decision next week on what type of Main Street project they would like to see.

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  • November 3, 2011
Our View: Pull the rapid-transit plug

The Sarasota County Commission continues to take steps toward a massively expensive, unnecessary and likely doomed bus rapid-transit system.

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  • November 3, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Pure voucher system is best school reform; Tea Party members know what they believe; Buchanan investigation looks politically vindictive

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  • November 3, 2011
Goodwill proposed for North Trail

A Goodwill Superstore is being proposed just 12 blocks from the site of a new Walmart supermarket that will be built next summer on Tamiami Trail.

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iStock image.
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  • November 3, 2011
DSA cancels New Year's event

Downtown Sarasota Alliance canceled a New Year's Eve celebration after determining it would be competing with area businesses.

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  • November 3, 2011
News Briefs

Community association meeting scheduled

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  • November 3, 2011
Legal action pending on term limits

A Sarasota attorney is considering legal action against the County Commission because of its proposed charter amendment on term limits.

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