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Dogs enjoy the surf at Brohard Paw Park Beach in Venice.
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Break free from the old routine, and take your dog (or dogs) for more than just a walk at these five fun places to play with fido.

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Chris Brown, owner of the property at 1400 Main St., is seeking to donate this column to the city and have it relocated to Five Points Park. Bill Wallace helped procure the column in 1985 and believes it’s already the city’s property.
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Santa rode in parade in style during the 2012 Siesta Key’s Light Up the Village parade.
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Clayton Thompson, Pat Krohmer and Dave Kauffman
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Members of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce wrangled up their finest western wear and hit the town Wednesday, July 17, for the organization's regular Prime Time after-hours event, hosted at the White Buffalo.

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Bill Johnson holds out a 40- year-old snail for Chrissy Lopez to touch. Chrissy found the snail in the bay.
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PHOTO GALLERY : Girls Inc. at Mote Marine Laboratory

Girls Incorporated of Sarasota County went on a field trip Thursday, July 18, to Mote Marine Laboratory. Girls in grades six to eight learned about the small critters that live in Sarasota Bay. The girls caught the critters in a net, observed them and learned about them. Intern Kelly Munch taught the girls about the bay and fishes that live in the ocean. After the girls visited the aquarium.

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Dr. Robert G. Marbut told Sarasota County business and political leaders this morning the homelessness problem is complex — but isn't complicated.
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Sarasota County political and business leaders pack the Venetian Golf and River Club to hear Dr. Robert Marbut speak July 18.
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Colleagues honored American Jewish Committee's Westcoast Regional Director Brian Lipton with the AJCs Regional Staff Excellence Award in June, at its annual meeting, The Global Forum, in Washington D.C.

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The city chose the intersections it determined to be the most dangerous to house the cameras.
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A year-and-a-half after the first cameras were installed, Sarasota is satisfied with the effectiveness of its red-light camera program.

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Rain and flooding on the Fourth of July caused trash from the large crowds to be strewn about on Siesta Key Beach.
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Holiday traffic creates trash buildup on Siesta Beach

Some visitors to the beach voice complaints about the garbage, but county officials stand behind current cleanup procedures.

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Trees sit on a truck in Luke Wood Park, just beyond the fences of Central Park II. Efforts this year to restore the landscaping in the park have been continuously postponed.
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The process of repairing the grounds at Luke Wood Park has residents at nearby condominiums - already upset by protracted lift station construction - frustrated.

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