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  • Robin Roy
  • June 28, 2010
Strip-club rules to be changed

A flaw in the county's definition of some adult businesses was being interpreted to mean the county now was allowing fully nude employees at those establishments.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 25, 2010
Siesta to host oil-spill forums

The public will be able to ask questions of the county's emergency management chief as well as officials from the Coast Guard, NOAA, DEP and Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2010
Children squeeze lemons for charity

Even in the 96-degree weather with no umbrellas or shady trees, eight little do-gooders set out to raise money for The Humane Society of Sarasota County.

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  • June 24, 2010
Woman's Exchange presents arts awards

For its 49th annual arts awards ceremony, the Woman's Exchange Consignment Shop handed out $150,000 in grants and scholarships.

  • Sarasota
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  • Robin Roy
  • June 24, 2010
Program could save millions

The sheriff's adoption of a federal program to better identify illegal immigrants committing crimes in Sarasota County could allow taxpayers to avoid funding a $60 million jail.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 24, 2010
SSAS goes 'new school'

Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences will begin demolition at the end of this month to start construction work on a $6.5 million project.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 24, 2010
City cuts jobs, reduces services

Most of the 35 job cuts come from vacant positions, but 13 employees are being laid off. The city is warning of drastic changes in services.

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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 24, 2010
Sarasota readies for response plan

Sarasota County emergency officials want to allow BP and state and federal officials to handle any possible oil cleanup on its shore. If needed, the county is prepared to conduct its own cleanup.

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  • June 24, 2010
News Briefs 06.24.10

Leaders of the Downtown Sarasota Farmers Market spoke before the City Commission June 21 to provide a progress report.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2010
Observer Updates 06.24.10

After an outcry from members of the Harbor Acres and Bay Point Park neighborhoods, the Parks, Recreation and Environmental Protection Board has taken the proposal for a park at 1150 S. Orange Ave. off the table.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2010
OUR VIEW: Sarasota Power & Light? Ugh

Having the government of the city of Sarasota own and operate a not-for-profit electric company definitely does not make sense.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Rod Thomson
  • June 24, 2010
MY VIEW: Impervious to common sense

The decision to spend $250,000 extra on paver sidewalks in a rural area is to save us from the environmental threat of ... a pond.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jessica Luck
  • June 24, 2010
Pope bestows papal honors on local priests

The Very Rev. Fausto S. Stampiglia and Monsignor Joseph E. Stearns received papal honors from Pope Benedict XVI, along with three other priests in the Diocese of Venice.

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  • June 24, 2010
Cops Corner 06.24.10

A business owner began his workweek by discovering his business sign and front window were defaced with red lipstick.

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  • Adam Hughes
  • June 24, 2010
Bay Island home sells for $3.2 million

Hermes and Gail Eraclides, of Sarasota, sold their home at 835 Norsota Way to B. A. P. T. LLC for $3.2 million.

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