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  • January 7, 2010
Generous donation grows out of love

About two years ago, siblings Hunter, 11, and Sydney Hampton, 9, started a nonprofit business called "Pots of Love" that donates money to food-allergy research.

  • Sarasota
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  • Robin Roy
  • January 7, 2010
Toy store's beloved sign stolen

Funtoysia's distinctive wooden sign that adorned the toy store for 25 years was stolen on Christmas Eve. Storeowners are offering a reward for its return.

  • Sarasota
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  • Robin Roy
  • January 7, 2010
New garage designs sought

The City Commission asked the design-and-build team of the Palm Avenue parking garage to submit non-traditional designs for the project.

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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 7, 2010
Patterson Foundation to honor family's giving legacy

The Patterson Foundation will honor Jim and Dorothy Patterson's heritage through nine targeted areas of giving.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2010
News Briefs 01.07.10

News Briefs 01.07.10

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  • January 7, 2010
Observer Updates 01.07.10

Christopher Moody, who ran a hedge fund with alleged Ponzi schemer Art Nadel, is nearing the end of a process in which he is ordered to sell all of his material assets.

  • Sarasota
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  • Loren Mayo
  • January 7, 2010
Kitty kingdom

Cat Depot will launch the grand opening of its new 10,000-square-foot, five-star adoption center Jan. 15 through Jan. 17.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2010
OUR VIEW: Kissing off the kiss

Four months ago, the Sarasota City Commission voted to create a 10-year home for the Unconditional Surrender sculpture on Sarasota's bayfront, contingent on satisfying a list of measures that appeared solvable, albeit more difficult than necessary.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Ronny Salomon
  • January 7, 2010
Letter to the editor 01.07.10

Regarding your Dec. 31 editorial, "The Road To Prosperity," I respectfully beg to differ with your premise that George W. Bush achieved a high degree of success.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2010
Business Observer 01.07.10

Gerry Radford, chief financial officer of Tidewell Hospice, qualified as a certified hospice executive. The program is only available to hospice, home-care and senior managers with significant experience in the field.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 7, 2010
Weekday farmers market moves into Phillippi Creek

The Phillippi Farmhouse Market is a seasonal market open on Wednesdays that promotes local growers of produce, agricultural products and prepared foods.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2010
Cops Corner 01.07.10

A woman called police, saying she found blood and a latex glove in a neighbor's trash can. When an officer closely inspected the garbage can, he discovered that the substance was not blood - it was red fruit punch or juice.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 7, 2010
Tower Residences condo sells for $3.4 million

Donald Carter, of Dallas, sold his Unit 1704 condominium at 35 Watergate Drive to Douglas Holder, trustee, for $3.35 million.

  • Sarasota
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  • Robin Roy
  • January 7, 2010
Unconditional Surrender gets final reprieve

The owner of the bayfront sculpture will have until the end of the month to respond to the city's copyright-lawsuit concerns or else it will be removed before summer.

  • Sarasota
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  • Robin Roy
  • January 6, 2010
Alleged Ponzi schemers appear in court

Sarasota couple John and Marian Morgan faced a federal judge in Tampa a day after being extradited from Virginia.

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