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Enjoy this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 3, 2011
P.F. Chang's China Bistro application moves forward

It's been more than a year since it was announced that Sarasota developer Dr. Mark Kauffman wanted to bring a P.F. Chang's China Bistro to the edge of downtown Sarasota.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 3, 2011
City seeks input at mooring field meeting

Sarasota is seeking public input for a long-awaited mooring field in Sarasota Bay, with construction set to begin in December.

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Bruce St. Denis. File photo.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • November 3, 2011
FULL STORY: St. Denis only Sarasota County semi-finalist who remains

The Mercer Group pared its original list of 45 applicants for former Administrator Jim Ley's replacement down to eight. The former Longboat Key town manager remains the only local left.

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  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Investigation looks vindictive; Writer misrepresents tea party movement; Solyndra investment was a good one; Pure voucher system is best school reform

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 3, 2011
Business owners push First Street renovation

Downtown business owners want downtown renovation dollars to be spent to upgrade a rundown First Street near U.S. 41.

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Tim Holliday
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 3, 2011
Neighbors: Tim Holliday

When he was a teenager, Tim Holliday joked that whenever he had children, he would send them off to an island to be raised by a nanny.

  • Sarasota
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A condominium in Gulf and Bay Club, which has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,335 square feet of living area, sold for $600,000. Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 3, 2011
Gulf and Bay Club condo tops sales at $600,000

A condominium in Gulf and Bay Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. George Dyer Jr. and Selma Dyer, trustees, Sarasota, sold the Unit 409 condominium at 5790 Midnight Pass Road to David Gubler and Ellie Foster, of Ontario, Canada, for $600,000.

  • Siesta Key
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The Unit 874 condominium in Hudson Landings, 874 Hudson Ave., has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,387 square feet of living area. It sold for $425,000. Loren Mayo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 3, 2011
Villagewalk home sells for $455,000

Eugene and Marguerite Hollinger sold their home at 5588 Bilbao Place, in Villagewalk, to Stacie Milonas, Sarasota, for $455,000.

  • Sarasota
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Photo by Loren Mayo.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 3, 2011
Athlete of the Week: Cary Cohenour

Cary Cohenour, founder and head coach of Sarasota's Celsius Tennis Academy, was recently named the United States Tennis Association's Florida Junior Competitive Coach of the Year.

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Sarasota Crew rowers Grant Golub, Travis Taaffe, Andrew Konecny, Carson Green and Ryan Hails accept the first-place trophy at the Head of the Charles Regatta. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
JUST THE STATS

13 - Number of seconds by which Sarasota Crew Boys 4+ bested 76 boats to win first place in the Head of the Charles Regatta, held Oct. 22 to Oct. 23, in Cambridge, Mass.

  • Sarasota
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Joseph Melancon submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
Weekly Winner: Beyond the Horizon

Joseph Melancon submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
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Co-chairs Kim Bald and Joan Geyer with Pierce Quinlan
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • November 2, 2011
Wit and Wisdom of Aging Luncheon

Wit and Wisdom of Aging Luncheon

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Kurt Wenner and Mayor Suzanne Atwell
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • November 2, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Kurt Wenner at J Wood

Dozens of people gathered at the office of J Wood Realty to have books signed and meet with the author and artist, Kurt Wenner. Wenner gave a lecture earlier called "Architecture and Architectural Detailing".

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