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Scott Bushey, Nora Stephan, Ellyn Hammond and Opera Board President Joe Stephan
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  • October 23, 2011
Sarasota Opera Curtain Raiser Dinner

Sarasota Opera Curtain Raiser Dinner

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  • October 22, 2011
CANDance: Dancing With Our Stars

CANDance: Dancing With Our Stars

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Johna Desrosiers
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 22, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Thriller Audition

On Friday, Oct. 21 a zombie apocalypse took place at Sarasota High when normal students tapped into their living dead counterparts to audition for a part in its 'Thriller' performance. They will perform around Sarasota for the third year in a row at St. Armands 'Fright Night' on Monday, Oct. 31.

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Seven-year-old Emmalee Adams with Sarasota Dance Academy
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 22, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Kids, Cats and Cupcakes

Cat Depot's fundraiser with cat themed cupcakes, games, dancers, face paint and prizes made already cool cats, even cooler on Saturday, Oct. 22. There were 16 games, a bouncy house and live entertainment provided by area dance academies. The cats were getting lots of love in the adoption center, too.

  • Sarasota
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Dee Rodgers and Sally Pruna got zombiefied for the event.
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  • Loren Mayo
  • October 22, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Zombie Pub Crawl

It was the night of the living dead Saturday as corpses aimlessly lurched through Gulf Gate.

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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.

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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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  • 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.

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Courtesy photo
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  • 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.
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  • 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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  • 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.
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  • 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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