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  • May 28, 2009
Sarasota samples just the desserts

There was chocolate, chocolate, everywhere! Family Promise of Sarasota, Inc. held its first 'Just Desserts' fundraiser Saturday, May 23, at the Bayfront Community Center.

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  • May 28, 2009
St. Thomas More models get dolled up

With a little fashion advice from Dillard's stylist, Daniel Hancock, the ladies of St. Thomas More hit the runway.

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  • Robin Roy
  • May 28, 2009
Roundabout central

Where better to see if the much-talked-about traffic device actually makes cars flow more smoothly than Carmel, Ind., home to 42 roundabouts?

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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 27, 2009
Children of the Opera

New Gate School's annual children's opera fosters growth and imagination.

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  • Robin Roy
  • May 27, 2009
Five Points Park to get special treatment

The board of the Downtown Improvement District is considering creating a separate committee to deal with park improvements.

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  • Robin Roy
  • May 26, 2009
Deputies seek home invasion suspect

Detectives have not ruled out a connection to the Siesta Key home invasion to a recent rash of home invasions in Sarasota.

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  • May 21, 2009
Cops Corner

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  • May 21, 2009
Real Estate Transactions

Princes Gate home sells for $1.85 million

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  • May 21, 2009
Best friends combine their creative talents

In just three days, two Out-of-Door Academy fifth-graders came up with an entire screenplay about four animals -- a rooster, hamster, dog and pig -- that wanted to become rappers.

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  • May 21, 2009
Our View

The case for Crist: What is it?

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  • May 21, 2009
In Brief

Community News and Notes

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  • May 21, 2009
City hopes for millions from stimulus

The city of Sarasota has applied for about three-dozen grants funded by the Obama Administration's stimulus package. The city has already been approved for $1.9 million.

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  • Robin Roy
  • May 21, 2009
Stadium uncertainty could prove costly

Because the city is unsure what will happen to Ed Smith Stadium, it has had to turn away an estimated $6 million in youth, high school and college baseball tournaments.

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  • Robin Roy
  • May 21, 2009
Neighbors get own roundabout

The Alta Vista neighborhood requested the city build a roundabout to cure a longtime speeding problem.

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  • Robin Roy
  • May 21, 2009
Marketable value

The Publix in the Ringling Shopping Center is the company's oldest operating store. It will move to a new location in late 2010.

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