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City manager candidate: Barbara Lipscomb

The five city manager candidates the Sarasota city commissioners selected include three Florida city manager candidates. This is the second of three Florida candidates the Sarasota Observer is profiling.

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The search is on for a new home for Complexus.
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  • June 21, 2012
Public Art Committee's project concern builds

The Public Art Committee questions an interactive art project for its lack of theme and artistic direction.

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Cops Corner: Sarasota

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Danielle Valley, Taylor Katz, Kate Woolbright, Ashlee Linn, Alex Katz and Derek Pridemore
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  • June 21, 2012
YMCA Sharks take a bite out of U.S. Olympic Trials

Seven members of the Sarasota YMCA Sharks will head Friday to Omaha, Neb., to compete in the U.S. Summer Olympic Swim Trials, which will take place from June 25 to July 2. Swimmers will compete for a spot on the U.S. Olympic swim team, which will consist of 26 men and women.

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Carol Green is the co-founder of Bradenton-based First America Bank and active in several local philanthropic causes, including the Glasser-Schoenbaum Human Services center.
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  • June 21, 2012
My View: Take advantage of absentee ballots

The Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections has dramatically reduced the number of locations where people can vote. The same is true of neighboring Manatee County.

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Mitchell Zemil's short film, "Dick Watson and the Case of the Missing Relative," earned him the promising Young Filmmaker Award at last year’s Sarasota Film Festival.
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  • June 21, 2012
Neighbors: Mitchell Zemil

Palmer Ranch's Mitchell Zemil is an aspiring filmmaker with an eye for tongue-in-cheek humor.

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  • June 21, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

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  • June 21, 2012
Our View: A way to improve City Hall

Everyone who watches the machinations at Sarasota City Hall knows it is a dysfunctional organization.

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Richard Dorfman is a Sarasota resident. He has filed to run for the City Commission.
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  • June 21, 2012
My View: Leaders in police talks must lead

I have no idea how these negotiations have been carried out, what is or isn't sacrosanct or what moving parts may be negotiable. One thing is sure, though: There is an increasing recognition that Sarasota cannot continue to offer the generous benefits that police officers enjoy without them eventually bankrupting the city.

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Much of Jill Polk's inspiration and motivation over the years has come from her voice teacher, Betty Silberman, with whom she has trained since the third grade.
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  • June 21, 2012
Teen Idol: Jill Polk

Cardinal Mooney Catholic High freshman Jill Polk is Sarasota's newest idol.

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  • June 21, 2012
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Downtown McDonald's is demolished; A third appraisal sought for hotel site

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Illustration by Nicole Thompson.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • June 21, 2012
Technology improves quality of life for hearing-impaired

As more venues become equipped with hearing loop systems, the 110,000 area residents who suffer from hearing loss can once again enjoy their favorite sound-related activities.

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This Banyan Club home, which has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 2,480 square feet of living area, sold for $1.6 million. Photo by Alex Mahadevan.
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  • June 21, 2012
Banyan Club home tops week's sales at $1.6 million

Charles McGovern and Kristina McGovern, trustees, of Sarasota sold the home at 140 Sand Dollar Lane to Robert and Barbara Risbridger, of Madison, Conn., for $1.6 million.

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  • June 21, 2012
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Aimee Cogan named among top women financial advisers; Phillippi farmhouse project wins historic preservation grant; Oliver named program director of Phoenix Academy; SouthTech recognized for performance

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Unit 34 at Sarabande, 340 S. Palm Ave., sold for $725,000. Photo by Nick Friedman.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • June 21, 2012
Four-bedroom Silver Oak home sells for $790,000

Susanna Stock, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 5315 Hunt Club Way to Ying Wong and Mei Kuan, of Irvine, Calif., for $790,000.

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