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BID agrees to pay $50,000 for a Circle parking study

The study would look at ways to address the parking shortage, including the possibility of a parking garage and valet service.

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Betty and Ed Rosenthal were inspired to create a “Remember Me Garden” after a mission trip to Israel.
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  • May 22, 2013
Seeds of remembrance

Inspired by a mission trip to Israel, Longboaters Ed and Betty Rosenthal helped start a fruit orchard at Temple Beth Sholom to honor Holocaust victims.

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Rick Rogala survived 11 months as a prisoner of war in North Korea.
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  • May 22, 2013
Veteran regains love for country

Rick Rogala lost faith in his country as a prisoner of war in North Korea in 1968. Now, he cherishes his country.

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The school cuts are part of a plan to save $20.6 million to help the school district replenish depleted reserves.
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  • May 21, 2013
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Top Stories: 182 Manatee teachers lose jobs; Sarasota woman arrested for defrauding employer; Commission approves second phase of bayfront mooring project; Whitney Beach receives award

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The manager of Broadspire, a division of Crawford & Company that handles workers' compensation claims, reported a grand theft of tens of thousands of dollars.
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  • May 21, 2013
Sarasota woman arrested for stealing from employer

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested a woman for defrauding her Tampa employer of more than $56,000.

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A pump-out boat removes sewage from boats moored in phase one of the mooring field.
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  • Roger Drouin
  • May 21, 2013
Commission approves second phase of bayfront mooring project

Commissioners also voted to uphold a maintenance-dredging ordinance but requested a report on ways to improve the ordinance.

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  • May 21, 2013
City participates in hurricane preparedness exercise

The functional drill will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Commissioner Terry Gans struck former commission candidate Ray Rajewski with his SUV last week.
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  • May 20, 2013
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Top Stories: Gans hits Rajewski with SUV; City Commission talks funding cuts; bayfront and parking; Manatee School Board holds budget workshop; PHOTO GALLERY: Downtown Sarasota Craft Show

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Nathalie Barr and Natalya Green
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  • May 20, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Military Officers Association Luncheon

The Military Officers Association of Sarasota held its regular luncheon Friday, May 17, at Michael's on East. Police Chief Bernadette DiPino was the featured speaker, and the association honored four JROTC cadets with merit scholarships.

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Commissioners will hear a St. Armands Business Improvement District feasibility study presentation.
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  • May 20, 2013
City Commission talks funding cuts, bayfront and parking

The regular Sarasota City Commission meeting takes place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. and 6 to 9:30 p.m. today, at City Hall, 1565 First St.

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Juliana plays in the water fountain.
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  • May 20, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Downtown Sarasota Craft Show

Sarasota arts-and-crafts lovers filled the bayfront, Saturday May 18 and Sunday, May 19, for the 10th annual Downtown Sarasota Craft Festival. Attendees browsed vendors' booths in search of the perfect purchase.

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Alexandria Campbell, Derek Wyoumanf , Chloe Eagen and Sandy Zanetti
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  • May 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : Booker High School Prom

Booker High School students attended the prom Saturday, May 19 at Michael's On East to complete a memorable milestone. Students chose a Lucky Hearts Ball theme, which was very much like Las Vegas. Approximately 220 students attended the prom.

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Alexis Dinenberg is crowned queen at the Cobalt Dance.
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  • May 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : Pine View Cobalt Dance

Pine View students packed the dance floor Saturday, May 18, at the Municipal Auditorium for the traditional Cobalt Dance. The dance that was started as a potluck dinner in a chemistry classroom has grown tremendously since the 1970s. Students still uphold the tradition of the Pine Cone Awards and hand them out to classmates with quirky talents. Juniors put on the dance for the seniors and chose an Italian theme for Cobalt 2013.

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Supporters of a cleaner environment join hands.
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  • May 18, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : Hands Across the Sands

Community members joined hands Saturday, May 18 on Siesta Key beach as a symbol of their support for the protection of coastal economies, oceans, marine wildlife and fisheries. Supporters voiced their concern about damage that happens due to offshore oil drilling accidents, hydraulic fracturing, the Alberta tar sands, mountain top removal mining, and about coal fired power plants. Forty-two people joined hands for the Hands Across the Sand national movement.

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ODA eighth-grader Jason Fineberg returns an interception 28 yards.
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  • May 18, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: ODA at Northside Christian

The Out-of-Door Academy fell to Northside Christian 17-13 in its spring game May 17.

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