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The Academic Center is located at New College’s entrance on U.S. 41 and College Drive.
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  • Loren Mayo
  • November 10, 2011
New College creates central connection

Until three months ago, New College of Florida classrooms were scattered all over campus. The students traveled between the far east and far west corners of the campus just to get to their classes and to meet with faculty members.

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Photo by Loren Mayo.
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  • November 10, 2011
Neighbors: Leonard Kessler

Leonard Kessler has just returned from a trip to the mechanic. When he opens the door to his Pelican Cove townhouse, it's not his crop of white hair that stands out, nor his crisp blue-and-white striped shirt beneath his sport coat or even the gray pencil sketch of his sister down the hallway.

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The third-floor artists are from France.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • November 10, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Myriad of murals

This week, artists with the Sarasota Chalk Festival did double duty by also adding colorful murals to the walls of the Palm Avenue parking garage. Each floor of the parking garage has its own theme, and artists created bright, bold images using the themes as inspiration.

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  • November 10, 2011
Cops Corner: Sarasota

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Patty's on Main closed its doors last week. A dueling piano restaurant and bar is expected to open in its place.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 10, 2011
Patty's on Main closes, ending restaurant feud

A feud between two restaurants with similar names ended last month when Patty's on Main announced it was closing. A dueling piano bar is expected to open in its place.

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Boaters who use the city's mooring field have tried policing themselves to avoid formal management. Photo by Kurt Schultheis.
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  • November 10, 2011
Sarasota boaters denounce regulations

Sarasota boaters told city staff last week they don't want to be told when and how long they can anchor off the shores of Sarasota Bay.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 10, 2011
Panhandling draws fine line

The city of Sarasota has a much more lax ordinance for street panhandlers than those enforced by neighboring municipalities and counties.

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  • Observer Staff
  • November 10, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Remember veterans, attend ceremonies; OWS shows free markets wrong; Fears of tea party turn out unfounded

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Terry Lewis stepped in as interim administrator in May.
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 10, 2011
WELCOME BACK: What you missed

The general feeling is that Sarasota gets a little sleepier in the summer. Snowbirds have flown the coup, traffic flows once again on Tamiami Trail and parking spots downtown can be found in abundance.

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Read the best of this summer's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 10, 2011
WELCOME BACK: The best of Cops Corner

Sarasota authorities had some interesting cases to deal with, read the best of them!

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Unit 874 condominium at Hudson Landings, 874 Hudson Ave., has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,387 square feet of living area. It sold for $425,000. Photo by Loren Mayo.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • November 10, 2011
A home in Villagewalk sells for $455,000

Eugene and Marguerite Hollinger sold their home at 5588 Bilbao Place, in Villagewalk, to Stacie Milonas, Sarasota, for $455,000.

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Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
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  • November 10, 2011
Athlete of the Week: Matthew O'Donnell

Matthew O'Donnell, 16, is a junior at Cardinal Mooney and a member of both his high school swim team and the YMCA Sharks.

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  • Observer Staff
  • November 10, 2011
JUST THE STATS

7 - Place overall Out-of-Door cross-country runner Peter Runge finished in the district meet. He will move on to the regional meet.

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David Walls submitted this sunset photo, taken near the north Siesta Key bridge.
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 10, 2011
Weekly Winner: End of the Rainbow

David Walls submitted this sunset photo, taken near the north Siesta Key bridge.

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This Siesta Beach home, which has five bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,929 square feet of living area, sold for $877,500. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 10, 2011
Siesta Beach home tops sales at $877,500

A home in Siesta Beach tops all transaction in this week's real estate. Diana Barrese, Sarasota, sold her home at 5161 Oxford Drive to Adrianus Kruf, Sarasota, for $877,500.

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