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The Sarasota County Parks and Recreation will re-open Knight Trail Pistol and Rifle Range at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • October 27, 2011
County pistol and rifle range to re-open Friday

Sarasota County Parks and Recreation had previously suspended operations at Knight Trail Pistol and Rifle Range Oct. 1.

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Read one of our favorite Cops Corner entries from the archives
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  • October 27, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Sarasota

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Sarasota Observer archives.

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  • October 27, 2011
Enjoy lunch in the cemetery

Enjoy lunch from Derek's Culinary Casual restaurant and listen to Jeff LaHurd and Pat Ball give a history lesson about the historic graveyard that is home to Sarasota pioneers from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at Rosemary Cemetery, 851 Central Ave.

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Sarasota Scullers garner gold

The Sarasota Scullers secured a win at the 2011 Head of Indian Creek Regatta, Oct. 23, in Miami.

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Emily Walsh and Fabiola Beckmann serve up wine at the event. Photo by Loren Mayo.
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  • October 27, 2011
Women know how to man the bar

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, some of Sarasota's favorite females shimmied themselves into their brightest pink outfits to bartend for charity.

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The four-lane roundabout construction project at Palm Avenue and Ringling Boulevard is expected to begin next month.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 27, 2011
City approves extra landscaping for Palm Avenue roundabout

The Sarasota City Commission agreed to spruce up the southwest corner of Ringling Boulevard and Palm Avenue after a roundabout is built there.

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  • October 27, 2011
DID manager pushes wayfinding

A Delray Beach-based mobile media company that's proposing a free downtown Wi-Fi system wants to install one for Sarasota starting this month.

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  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • October 27, 2011
Commission holds off on funding CRA projects

Before making any new downtown grants, the City Commission agreed Monday to await a report before year's end on proposals for Main Street improvements.

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The Gillespie plot.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 27, 2011
Historic cemetery stories are unearthed

Sarasota is home to little-known cemeteries that house stories from beyond the grave.

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Marlon Brown
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  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • October 27, 2011
County administrator candidates revealed

The Sarasota deputy city manager, the former town manager of Longboat Key and the Longboat Key police chief are among the 45 candidates from across the U.S. seeking Jim Ley's old job.

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  • October 27, 2011
News Briefs

What about First Street?; Sarasota Memorial receives high marks; City beats Siesta Key with August tourist tax revenue

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  • October 27, 2011
Our View: City fumbles police pension

Politicians are not always noted for making the tough decisions. Still, it was more than a little disappointing to see the Sarasota City Commission stay in character even as it changed characters last fall and punt a necessary change in police pensions to some future commission.

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  • October 27, 2011
Cops Corner: Sarasota

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Maggie Sumney uses an EMF detector to search for a ghostly presence at The Players Theatre. Photo illustration by Rachel S. O’Hara
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  • October 27, 2011
The Observer hunts ghosts at The Players Theatre

After hearing stories about unexplainable occurrences at The Players Theatre, four Observer staffers embark on a ghost hunt.

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Jane O'Neal
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  • October 27, 2011
Neighbors: Jane O'Neal

Jane O'Neal grew up outside of Cambridge, England, where a herd of hungry swans woke her up each morning by knocking on her family's houseboat.

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