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SCAT bus fares will increase Monday, Oct. 3.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 15, 2011
County approves SCAT increases

Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) approved increases in fares that will take effect Oct. 3.

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Judge Lee Haworth, Gwen MacKenzie and Karen Bogus were all honored at the sixth annual Leadership Breakfast Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Lee Wetherington Boys & Girls Club.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 15, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: CYD sixth annual Leadership Breakfast

The Community Youth Development celebrated two community leaders of Sarasota County with the sixth annual Leadership Breakfast Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Lee Wetherington Boys & Girls Club. The two honorees were 12th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Lee Haworth and Gwen MacKenzie, CEO of Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

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The Sarasota County Commission Tuesday unanimously approved a staff recommendation that the new Gulf Gate Library be built on the site of the current facility, 7112 Curtiss Avenue.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • September 15, 2011
New Gulf Gate Library to be built on current site

The Sarasota County Commission Tuesday unanimously approved a staff recommendation that the new Gulf Gate Library be built on the site of the current facility, 7112 Curtiss Avenue.

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The suspect is Bradford Wilson, 51.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • September 15, 2011
Police catch Sweetbay armed robbery suspect

At 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, a man entered the liquor store of Sweetbay Supermarket with a handgun and demanded money from the store clerk.

  • Siesta Key
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Read one of our favorite Cops Corner entries from the archives.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Sarasota

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

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Read this week's Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2011
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner

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Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2011
Cockatoo's mug seen everywhere

He's shared the stage with Shari Lewis, David Seville and the Chipmunks and Anita Bryant on the "Ed Sullivan Show" and even has his own mugshot from Folsom Prison, where he taught inmates patience, caring and responsibility.

  • Sarasota
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Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2011
Booker High holds ceremony

The morning of Sept. 9, Booker High School held a flag-unfurling assembly in remembrance of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Sarasota Police Department union has rejected a special magistrate’s recommendation on the ongoing contract dispute with the city.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 15, 2011
Contract ruling rejected

The Sarasota Police Department union is upset that the city won't give its officers the same option it afforded the local Teamsters union last month: the option to keep their pensions.

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Sarasota-based J MAR Cleaning Services began cleaning Downtown Improvement DIstrict sidewalks this week. The crew is starting in Newtown and will begin pressure cleaning Main Street sidewalks this weekend.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 15, 2011
Districts demand increased levels of service

Both the Downtown Improvement District and St. Armands Circle Business Improvement District have plans to spend more for cleaning and landscaping services than the city can provide.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 15, 2011
Wayfinding system issues begin to arise

A Delray Beach-based mobile media company proposing a free downtown Wi-Fi system may have some competition from other companies.

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This depiction of how a Palm Avenue parking garage wall would look was presented to the Public Art Committee. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2011
News Briefs

Parking garage art debate continues

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    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • September 15, 2011
School board approves millage rates, budget

With no members of the public present to offer comments, the Sarasota County School Board took about five minutes Tuesday evening to approve the fiscal year 2011 millage rates and final budget.

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County Administrator Jim Ley resigned in late May. File photo.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • September 15, 2011
Residents describe the county administrator they want

A strong sense of ethics and the ability to work well with people are among the desired traits for the person who will take Jim Ley's former job as Sarasota County administrator.

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  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2011
Our View: City financially out of touch

Three out of five Sarasota City Commissioners and city staff still do not get it: The city must keep prioritizing and cutting costs, not raise taxes.

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