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  • 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.

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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.

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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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  • January 6, 2010
Black Tie & Tales

Read the latest social column by Molly Schechter.

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  • January 6, 2010
Black Tie & Tales

Read the latest social column by Molly Schechter.

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  • Robin Roy
  • January 5, 2010
Five Points to be four-way stop

A weeklong construction project will put the traffic lights out of order temporarily.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 4, 2010
Car burglars target Greenbrook

Eight vehicles in the Lakewood Ranch community were burglarized during the overnight hours of Jan. 3.

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  • Robin Roy
  • January 4, 2010
TOP STORY, DEC.: Commissioners vary on city manager review

The mayor and the vice mayor appeared to have opposite views of how City Manager Bob Bartolotta performed last year, while the other three commissioners fell somewhere in between.

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  • Robin Roy
  • January 3, 2010
TOP STORY, November: Police chief keeps job

Chief Peter Abbott was suspended for two weeks without pay for his role in the investigation of the videotaped kicking of a handcuffed suspect. The officer who kicked the suspect was fired.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • January 3, 2010
Driven to Donate

Pillow drive provides comfort to homeless.

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  • Robin Roy
  • January 2, 2010
TOP STORY, October: Commission OKs citizen panel

The City Commission axed City Manager Bob Bartolotta's proposal to hire a consultant to investigate the police department. Commissioner Terry Turner said the move was a micromanagement of Bartolotta.

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  • Robin Roy
  • January 1, 2010
TOP STORY, September: Vendors to control farmers market

The City Commission ruled Sept. 9 that the Downtown Farmers Market vendors would run the market instead of the Downtown Partnership. The partnership's chairman said the change was an insult to those who've worked to make the market a success.

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  • Robin Roy
  • December 31, 2009
TOP STORY, August: Merchants issue rallying cry

Spurred by the announcement that Sarasota News and Books was closing, downtown merchants planned to gather in Five Points Park to urge locals to support downtown businesses.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 30, 2009
10 to Contend in 2010

These 10 people will influence the course Sarasota in 2010.

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  • December 30, 2009
TOP STORY, July: SEC: Morgans boast about fleeing to Europe

SEC investigators acquired an e-mail in which John and Marian Morgan claimed to still be working on investments, which a Tampa judge had forbidden.

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