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Read one of our favorite Cops Corner entries from the archives.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Sarasota

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

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 22, 2011
IT restructuring irks Bartolotta

The city manager believes the Sarasota City Commission's decision to transfer the Information Technology Department out of his office is a reflection on his management ability.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota Chalk Festival founder and Chairwoman Denise Kowal announced Monday night that a 4-1 vote by the Sarasota City Commission had potentially ruined any chance of the festival’s return for its fifth anniversary in November.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 22, 2011
Chalk Festival off, back on again

The Sarasota Chalk Festival, scheduled for Nov. 1, was in jeopardy of being canceled because of the Sarasota City Commission's grant-permitting change.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2011
Learn how to grant wishes

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Northern Florida will be hosting a wish granting training session Saturday, Oct. 1, for volunteers in the Suncoast Region.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
David Walkley, David Mitchem and Brad Durrance. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2011
Moving day is a roaring success

Two Men and a Truck's David Walkley and Brad Durrance were surprised when handed their job sheet for the day recently with instructions to move two full-mount trophies of African lions from Sarasota to Gainesville, to be displayed in the Florida Museum of Natural History on the University of Florida campus.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
When Gracie McMinn gets tired of walking during the Heart Walk, her dad carries her the rest of the way. Gracie loves cheerleading and is learning to play tennis.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 22, 2011
Young survivors share their heartfelt stories

Ten-year-old McLain Miller has a scar down the center of her chest. She calls it "her zipper."

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The city of Sarasota already has two electric car-charging stations in the Palm Avenue parking garage. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 22, 2011
City receives jolt from new program

The city of Sarasota will be receiving six electric car-charging stations in a variety of locations from Florida Power & Light by the end of the year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 22, 2011
FULL STORY: City Commission approves 5.3% millage increase

Sarasota city commissioners approved on second reading Tuesday a new fiscal year budget that raises the millage rate to 2.9249 mills.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 22, 2011
DID's marketing effort progresses

City leaders and business owners gave advertising updates at a marketing meeting this week hosted by the Downtown Improvement District.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Cover of 9/11 issue was in bad taste; Thanks for 9/11 remembrance coverage

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2011
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2011
Our View: Survey says ... not much

Sarasota County's annual citizens survey feels more like an exercise in putting on a happy face than in determining what residents actually think.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Ashley and Tim Gruters pose with their Observer newspaper in front of the Biltmore estate in Asheville, N.C. Courtesy photos.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • September 22, 2011
Neighbors: No Reservations

A four-day weekend tennis tournament became a 33-day road trip that led Sarasota couple all the way to New York City and back.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2011
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
  • News
Nicholas and Lawrence Metcalfe
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 22, 2011
Cafeteria Confidants: Take your Dad to School

Phillippi Shores Elementary students asked the important men in their lives to share lunch with them during "Take Your Dad to School" week. We asked the dads, grandfathers and kids to share some of their favorite school memories.

  • Sarasota
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