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  • December 21, 2009
November real estate sales up 84%

Although the volume of sales is up year-over-year, the median sale price dropped slightly.

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  • December 21, 2009
Health Matters - Longboat Key & Sarasota

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  • December 18, 2009
CRA asked to immediately fund wayfinding

With more than $800,000 to put toward the sign system, the majority of the $1.4 million project would be funded.

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  • December 18, 2009
Sarasota school employees collect 200 toys

The U.S. Marine Corps' Toys for Tots Program will receive about 200 toys this year from district employees.

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  • December 17, 2009
Mattison's receives downtown residents' support

Restaurant owner Paul Mattison has appealed for help after a city-code crackdown forced him to stop his live entertainment at Mattison's City Grille earlier than he's had to in seven years.

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  • December 17, 2009
Rotarians give stellar performance

Bubba Claus asks kids to leave out Moon Pies and Jack Daniels on Christmas Eve.

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  • December 17, 2009
In a galaxy far, far away ...

Sarasota residents Malaka and Ryan Hilton, of Admiral Travel International, witnessed the world debut of Virgin Galactic's SpaceshipTwo, the world's finest commercial-manned spaceship, designed to take thousands of private astronauts into space.

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  • December 17, 2009
Cardinal Mooney sings songs for global outreach

Through its Global Outreach program, Cardinal Mooney students have been conducting video conferences with Iringa Girls Secondary School, in Iringa, Tanzania.

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  • December 17, 2009
Church sends morale booster to soldiers

For the third year in a row, members of the Church of the Redeemer are sending care packages to U.S. military troops.

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  • Robin Roy
  • December 17, 2009
Parking future in question

With parking meters out of the equation, the city's money-losing parking department faces possible elimination.

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  • December 17, 2009
Police panel grills Chief Abbott

Members of the Police Advisory Panel told Police Chief Peter Abbott that the officer who kicked a handcuffed suspect had a bad attitude.

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  • December 17, 2009
Committee approves $250,000 for arts fest

The county's Festival Steering Committee voted 5-3 to recommend that the county provide the Ringling International Arts Festival with $250,000.

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  • Robin Roy
  • December 17, 2009
Late hours could take hit

The cheerleader for late store hours downtown, Jake's Downtown, has gone out of business, and some fear the closing could set the late-hours movement back a step.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • December 17, 2009
A new generation of givers

The Suncoast Communities Blood Bank has partnered with students from Sarasota High School and the Ringling College of Art and Design to create a blood-drive campaign called Generation Give.

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  • December 17, 2009
City accommodates Ritz-Carlton expansion

Zoning code would have required the hotel to eliminate some of its entryway landscaping to construct a building liner. City commissioners voted to allow it to skip that requirement.

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