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The Annual Holiday Parade took place on Saturday, Dec. 3 on Main Street. The theme this year was tropical holiday.

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Hundreds of music lovers packed Lakewood Ranch Main Street for the monthly Music on Main concert Dec. 2. Sarasota mainstays The Venturas performed in front of The Fish Hole miniature golf course.

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PHOTO GALLERY: Rosemary Rising 7th annual Holiday Walk

The Rosemary District Neighborhood Association held its seventh annual Holiday Walk, which featured everything from a holiday dog costume contest to a meet-and-greet with the Sarasota SWAT team.

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The holiday parade starts at 7 p.m. beginning at Main Street and Washington Boulevard and will travel west to Bayfront Drive. File photo.
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Parade causes road closures Saturday

Downtown motorists must adhere to a road closure schedule for the holiday parade or face the possibility of being towed.

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Gulf Coast Community Foundation and Westfield Southgate held a kick off party for the 'Give with Purpose' campaign, Wednesday, Nov. 30, inside Saks Fifth Avenue at Westfield Southgate.

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YMCA Foundation of Sarasota VIP Dinner 'A Currier & Ives Christmas'

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Also at its retreat, the commission nominated Commissioner Christine Robinson as its chair and Commissioner Carolyn Mason as its vice chair for 2012. File photo.
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The Sarasota County Commission unanimously approved new county administrator Randall H. Reid's $190,000 contract Thursday.

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The first numbers will be generated after Nov. 30, Virginia Haley, president of the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau said.
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Although she wasn't expecting 'hard numbers' until November ended, Virginia Haley, president of the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau, said this week that she has been hearing lots of positive responses to a US Airways in-flight magazine advertising section about Sarasota.

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City officials have designated a sliver of land next to the Palm Avenue parking garage as a hotel site.
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  • December 1, 2011
City of Sarasota negotiating with two hotel developers

Sarasota has two companies interested in placing a hotel on a vacant parcel next to the Palm Avenue parking garage.

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