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Animal-rights group PETA proposes placing these pro-vegan ads on future downtown parking meters.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 13, 2011
PETA offers ads for parking meters

A female officer in revealing clothes is featured on an advertisement the animal-rights organization wants to place on parking meters.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Dorfman
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  • Robin Roy
  • January 13, 2011
Commission Changes

Nine candidates will jockey for three City Commission district seats in the city's March election. At least two districts will be represented by a new commissioner.

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Sarasota Memorial Hospitals’s new Courtyard Tower, scheduled to open in 2013, will replace the oldest wings of the hospital.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 13, 2011
Sarasota Memorial Hospital marks 85 years

To kickoff its anniversary, Sarasota Memorial staff, volunteers, philanthropists and community leaders will gather Jan. 20, for the official "Breaking Ground" ceremony for the hospital's new Courtyard Tower.

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Don Hughes stands atop the pedestrian bridge that links two Gulf Gate neighborhoods. Hughes believes the bridge brought vandalism into his neighborhood.
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  • Robin Roy
  • January 13, 2011
Bridge over troubled water

Gulf Gate residents, who fought against building a footbridge in their neighborhood, say their fears of vandalism have come true.

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All that's left in the former Pine Shores Trailer Park is overgrown brush, a few trees and empty streets.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 13, 2011
Former trailer park may soon see movement

By late spring, dirt could be moved on the former trailer park at the Stickney Point Road gateway to Siesta Key. Two hotels are being discussed for the site.

  • Sarasota
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Regular SCAT buses now serve Siesta Key from Siesta Drive to Stickney Point Road. By mid-year, only trolley-type vehicles will be seen on all routes on the Key.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 13, 2011
Siesta Key trolley receives service boost

A $1 million state grant will allow the county to operate a trolley system that will run the entire length of Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 13, 2011
Our View

Reason for optimism

  • Sarasota
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  • By Rod Thomson
  • January 13, 2011
My View

Politically incorrect suggestions

  • Sarasota
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The ceremony unveiling Selby Five Points Park's computerized lighting system took place Jan. 7.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 13, 2011
News Briefs

CCNA thanks the DID for park improvements; Selby Five Points Park sound system discussed; City and county offices to be closed for holiday

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    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 13, 2011
Central Sarasota County Little League Baseball registration begins

Registration dates for the spring 2011 season are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15 and 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, at Twin Lakes Park, 6700 Clark Road.

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Jim Taylor enjoys riding his skateboard Saturday afternoon, at Payne Park's skate park.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 13, 2011
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Board Meeting

Jim Taylor enjoys riding his skateboard Saturday afternoon, at Payne Park's skate park.

  • Sarasota
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Wenstrup
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 13, 2011
Athlete of the Week: Dan Wenstrup

This week's featured athlete is Dan Wenstrup. Locally he plays at the Oaks Club, but he has also played at every course on the Golf Digest Presents America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses - 1987 list.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 13, 2011
Cops Corner

Jan. 1 As a jay bird 12:12 a.m. - 1100 block of John Ringling Boulevard. Suspicious Person. A nude man was seen running down the street. Well, that's one way to start off the new year.

  • Sarasota
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This home at 5121 Hidden Harbor Road has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a pool and 3,245 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.35 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 13, 2011
A home on Siesta Key sells for $1.3 million

A home in Hidden Harbor tops all real-estate transactions from Dec. 14 to Dec. 15.

  • Sarasota
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Marilyn Chayka submitted this sunset photo, taken at the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 13, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: Dramatic Exit

Marilyn Chayka submitted this sunset photo, taken at the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.

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