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Rodney Langley, a homeless man, yells at two downtown residents, “You don’t want a piece of me.”
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Tempers flare over homelessness

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Downtown merchants are becoming increasingly vocal about parking meters since 459 parking spaces became metered spaces last month.

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City Commission enacts tobacco ban at parks; Wayfinding sign system scrapped; City fine-tunes its noise ordinance

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The city revealed details of a playground that will be nearly an acre in size at the underutilized Payne Park.

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Unit 4 condominium at 534 Beach Road, on Siesta Key, has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,731 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.62 million.
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A home on Casey Key tops all real-estate transactions from June 6 to June 10. Tammis Day, of Sula, Mont., sold the home at 135 N. Casey Key Road to Roso LLC for $3.15 million. Built in 1974, it has five bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,681 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $4.5 million in 2006.

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Not so neighborly 12:06 p.m. - 700 block of John Ringling Causeway. Dispute. A man who is trying to sell his condo placed a for-sale sign outside of the condo building. One of his neighbors didn't like the sign there, so she picked it up and threw it in the trash. She said the sign was attracting people who wanted to look at the condo, and she didn't want them parking there.

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Carolann Cahill submitted this sunrise photo, taken at City Island, in downtown Sarasota.
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WEEKLY WINNER: Ambient Lighting

Carolann Cahill submitted this sunrise photo, taken at City Island, in downtown Sarasota.

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The Carreno Dance Festival Luncheon featuring Peter Stark

The Carreno Dance Festival Luncheon featuring Peter Stark

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Emily O'Neill, Kendall Dooley and Ella Williams proudly show off Kendall's first catch of the day.
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  • June 22, 2011
CAMP SPOTLIGHT: SYC Summer Camp (VIDEO)

Sarasota Yacht Club campers today learned how to bait a hook, cast a line and reel in fish.

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

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Online access to city leaders' e-mails used to be reserved for members of the media.
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  • June 22, 2011
Public given access to city leaders' e-mail

Citizens can get insight into commissioners' and charter officials' thoughts by reading their public e-mails.

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The Castaway

The Castaway

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

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Stephanie Grosskreutz has worked with the lecture series for the past three years.
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Tourism leader picked as town hall chair

The Ringling College Library Association chose Stephanie Grosskreutz, managing director of the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau, as chairwoman for its Town Hall 2013.

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Yellow Strawberry closed on the end unit formerly occupied by Barney's and then a fish store, as well as two adjacent units.
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  • June 21, 2011
San Marco seals deal for salon

The Yellow Strawberry has closed on three units in San Marco Plaza.

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