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  • Robin Roy
  • September 10, 2009
Vendors to control farmers market

The Downtown Partnership will no longer run the Downtown Farmers Market. The partnership's chairman said the change was an insult to those who've worked to make the market a success.

  • Sarasota
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  • Robin Roy
  • September 10, 2009
Power struggle emerges

Some Hamptons residents received approval to change from gas-powered to electric-powered lights. But after some opposition, the board that OK'd the switch was recalled.

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  • Robin Roy
  • September 10, 2009
Sarasota could delete concealed weapons law

A citizen's e-mail could lead to a concealed weapons ordinance from 1971 being stricken from the city code.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • September 10, 2009
Sweet Gigs: Homegrown gems

Carlos Mendez, a Gemesis employee, contends there's no difference between cultured diamonds and the real thing.

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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • September 10, 2009
Sweet Gigs: Diamond Devotee

Gemologist Darren Blum, of Coffrin Jewelers, spends the workday selling, designing and appraising jewelry.

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  • By Rod Thomson
  • September 10, 2009
My View

Florida - sorry, still not over

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  • Observer Staff
  • September 10, 2009
Our View

A conditional surrender

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • September 10, 2009
Mountain climber tackles new challenges

Sarasota resident Jeff Olson, 60, is currently training for his next mountain-climbing expedition.

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  • Observer Staff
  • September 10, 2009
Cops Corner

A supermarket employee stopped two teenage girls after they took two bandages from a box.

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  • Adam Hughes
  • September 10, 2009
Siesta Isles home sells for $760,000

A home in Siesta Isles tops all real-estate transactions for the week of Aug. 13 to Aug. 18.

  • Sarasota
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  • Loren Mayo
  • September 10, 2009
Vern Buchanan to conduct Town Hall meeting

Congressman Vern Buchanan will host the Sarasota Town Hall informational meeting Friday, Sept. 11, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • September 8, 2009
Commission rescinds its paid parking approval

Three weeks after voting to implement paid parking as soon as this fall, city commissioners unanimously decided Tuesday to rescind that vote until they can get more public input.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 8, 2009
Longboat Key police help nab car burglar

Longboat Key police officers, with the assistance of Bradenton Beach police officers, arrested a man who broke into cars Saturday on Longboat Key and Sarasota.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • September 4, 2009
Community AIDS Network CEO Susan Terry leaves her legacy

Community AIDS Network CEO Susan Terry died Wednesday, Sept. 2. She was 53.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Jessica Luck
  • September 4, 2009
Where's Waldo?

Mote Marine Laboratory is offering a $500 reward for the return of Waldo, its missing scientific robot that searches Florida waters for signs of red tide.

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