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City groups support EDC position

City commissioners will ultimately decide whether a $90,000 a year Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County director position should be placed into the budget for Sarasota County.

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  • July 19, 2012
Osprey celebrates the opening of its own chamber of commerce

For the first time in nearly 40 years, business owners in the Osprey area are basking in the benefits of their own local chamber of commerce.

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  • July 19, 2012
City Commission approves crime strategy in Newtown

The program carries no additional costs and involves working with a small number of officers, at first, to facilitate buy-in from the Newtown community.

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  • July 19, 2012
Election Q&A: Sarasota County Commission District 5 Race

In this week's issue, we profile candidates for Sarasota County Commission District 5 seat.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • July 19, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Jeffrey Weisman owned an advertising and marketing agency in New York City. In Sarasota, he creates fine-art photography and serves on the board of directors of Art Center Sarasota.
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  • July 19, 2012
My View: Fear of flying (with apologies to Erica Jong)

Remember when you actually enjoyed flying?

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  • July 19, 2012
News Briefs

Sarasota Memorial entrance is permanent; Lido Beach Park restroom revitalized; The Salvation Army hearing is set

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  • July 19, 2012
Barwin: Q&A

Former Oak Park, Ill., City Manager Thomas Barwin was chosen as the next city manager for the city of Sarasota.

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  • July 19, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Jungle Gardens awarded for good customer reviews; Cat Depot earns ASPCA grant; Sarasota Chamber honors Ludwig-Walpole Insurance; Casey Key property named top 25 coastal home

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  • July 19, 2012
Neighbors: Kate O'Shea

Sarasota roller-derby coach Kate O'Shea is using her experience as a former player to help her team skate circles around the competition.

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Courtesy photo.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 19, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Brian J. Boyd

Brian J. Boyd is a local cosmetologist who works at Running with Scissors on Hillview.

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Unit 12F at Plaza at Five Points, 50 Central Ave., has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,356 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.1 million. File photo.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • July 19, 2012
Plaza at Five Points condo sells for $1.1 million

A condominium in Plaza at Five Points tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Malouf and Therese Abraham, of Canadian, Texas, sold their Unit 12F condominium at 50 Central Ave. to Steven and Lynn Blackledge, of Longboat Key, for $1.1 million.

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Paula Lunn took this photo of the sun setting over Longboat Key from the New College campus.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 19, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Paula Lunn took this photo of the sun setting over Longboat Key from the New College campus.

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Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • July 18, 2012
July 18: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

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  • July 18, 2012
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