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Valerie Byford submitted this sunset photo, taken near Marina Jack in downtown Sarasota.
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  • October 21, 2011
Weekly Winner: Boater's Paradise

Valerie Byford submitted this sunset photo, taken near Marina Jack in downtown Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
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Cindy Kaiser, outgoing executive director of the Education Foundation of Sarasota County.
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  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • October 21, 2011
Kaiser departing Education Foundation

Cindy Kaiser, executive director of the Education Foundation of Sarasota County since 2007, is leaving the organization to handle long-term family health issues, the foundation announced Friday.

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Sally Schule, Gwen MacKenzie, Kyla Weiner, Susan Jones and Alex Quarles
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  • October 20, 2011
Key to the Cure 'The Pink Party'

Key to the Cure 'The Pink Party'

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Owen Comora
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  • Loren Mayo
  • October 20, 2011
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Owen Comora

Do you know the senior senior bird naturalist at Myakka River State Park, Owen Comora?

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Photo courtesy of Samantha Ramon
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2011
USF student crowned countess

Samantha Ramon, a senior criminology major at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, was recently crowned the 2011 Homecoming Countess.

  • Sarasota
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Courtesy photo
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2011
Prairie dog digs his new burrow

He's known for getting into all kinds of riffraff beneath the Bobby Jones Golf Club. But Putter the prairie dog has settled into his new digs at Sarasota Jungle Gardens and will be officially welcomed during a homecoming celebration by the gardens, Mayor Suzanne Atwell and the city of Sarasota at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 21.

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Next month, when 3 million US Airways passengers pick up their in-flight magazine, they’ll be thumbing through 50 pages jam-packed with pictures and text — all about Sarasota.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • October 20, 2011
Sarasota to fly sky-high

What started out as a 14-page advertising section featuring Sarasota's cultural organizations has more than tripled in size.

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  • October 20, 2011
News Briefs

Walmart on schedule for North Trail site; SCVB and Sarasota Chalk Festival partner; City creates business welcome packets

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    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • October 20, 2011
Commissioners confident about candidate timeline

The majority of the Sarasota County commissioners believe they are allowing ample time to receive applications for a new county administrator. If they do not find the applicant pool adequate, they will extend the process.

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City Manager Bob Bartolotta has denied allegations of impropriety.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 20, 2011
Bartolotta denies allegations of computer scrubbing

The city manager emphatically called the charge of computer scrubbing 'completely unfounded.'

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 20, 2011
FULL STORY: Police pensions safe for now

The Sarasota City Commission Monday agreed night to table a proposal to force police officers into a 401(k) plan.

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Read this week's Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2011
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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It’s an overcast, breezy day out at the Celery Fields, and Owen Comora is leaning against his SUV with a set of binoculars draped around his neck.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • October 20, 2011
Neighbors: Owen Comora

As the senior bird naturalist at Myakka River State Park, Owen Comora has devoted more than 4,000 volunteer hours to his passion.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Kudos to truth on occupiers and tea party; Occupy and tea party differences backward; What happened to just working hard?; More questions about county arrogance

  • Sarasota
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Read this week's edition of Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2011
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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