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People follow the cross down Main Street while singing "Holy God" as they make their way from station to station Friday, April 22, during the Stations of the Cross event.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • April 22, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Stations of the Cross walk

Approximately 400 people participated in the walk of the 14 Stations of the Cross Friday, April 22, Good Friday, throughout downtown Sarasota.

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An Il Panifico van jumped the curb and hit a sign and tree before coming to a stop.
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  • Robin Roy
  • April 22, 2011
Witness: Driver slumped over wheel

A witness who saw a one-vehicle accident on Main Street this morning said the driver appeared to be unconscious before the crash.

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The home at 825 Longboat Club Road was built in 2002 with five bedrooms and six bathrooms.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 22, 2011
Longboat home sells for record $12.5 million

The home at 825 Longboat Club Road sold yesterday after six months on the market.

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  • Real Estate
Maxine Arkin, Angel Algeri, Marie Rosenblad and Betty Katzin
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  • Black Tie Staff
  • April 21, 2011
Community Video Archives Luncheon

Community Video Archives Luncheon

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Norman Olshansky and Mary Lou Bale gave the event a thumbs up.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • April 21, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Mega Mingle

The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce brought area nonprofits together with the movers and shakers from Sarasota businesses at its Mega Mingle.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Maria Mares, Christine Rogers and Alene Fowler
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • April 21, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Little Black Dress Night

Junior League held Little Black Dress Night, a cocktail and fashion show soiree at Saks Fifth Avenue.

  • Sarasota
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Sarasota Garden Club members Ginger Vance, Bill Dalgarno, Wilda Meier, Shirley Cook, Marvera Murphy and Jane Lawrence today planted a new tree at Forty Carrots.
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  • Loren Mayo
  • April 21, 2011
Forty Carrots, Garden Club celebrate Arbor Day (VIDEO)

Preschoolers at Forty Carrots commemorated Arbor Day with the planting of a new tree by the Sarasota Garden Club and received tips on caring for it from Amy Meese of Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
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"I am thrilled and honored to have the opportunity to serve the businesses and residents of Sarasota County," Mark Huey said.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • April 21, 2011
Sarasota EDC hires new chief

Tampa's economic-development administrator will lead the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County.

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CeCe Knight shampoos her hair and washes her arms and legs using only one gallon of water.
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  • Loren Mayo
  • April 21, 2011
Brookside celebrates Earth Day (VIDEO)

A Brookside Middle School student showers using only one gallon of water for a school Earth Day project.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Rae Alexakos, chairwoman Bobbie Lincoln, chapter president Barbara Young, Mildred Straeffer and Betsy Hannan
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • April 21, 2011
Pi Beta Phi alums honor Founders Day

Members of the Pi Beta Phi alumni club of Sarasota-Manatee held their annual Founders Day luncheon Saturday, April 9, at Sarasota Yacht Club.

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Mary Lynn Desjarlais, Loren Mayo, Leslie Leonard, Brooke O’Malley, Lori Fail and Janet McIntyre
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • April 21, 2011
Bartenders stride into tips for charity

Celebrity bartenders Mary Lynn Desjarlais, Loren Mayo, Leslie Leonard, Brooke O'Malley, Lori Fail and Janet McIntyre were decked out in their best Western wear during InStride's charity bartending fundraiser Thursday, April 14, at Polo Grill and Bar.

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The City Commission held a moment of silence at its Monday meeting in honor of two British tourists who were killed Saturday, in Newtown. The commission’s normal weekly prayer followed.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • April 21, 2011
Belief System

After a Sarasota citizen complained to a national group that the City Commission recites a prayer before its public meetings, city leaders received a letter asking them to stop the prayer immediately.

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The former Owen Motors property, at 2134 N. Washington Blvd., sits empty after a foreclosure. Now the city wants to purchase the almost two-acre site and add it to the undeveloped Marion Anderson brownfield.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • April 21, 2011
City officials eye addition to brownfield

City leaders believe buying a foreclosed property adjacent to the Marion Anderson brownfield would make the brownfield site a better candidate for redevelopment.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Some residents are concerned that the addition of boat slips, on the left side of Whitaker Bayou, will create too narrow of a channel for many boaters to be able to maneuver safely.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • April 21, 2011
Commission not on board with slips

City commissioners denied a request to add 16 boat slips to a proposed hotel just off North Trail, which developers say will hinder their chances of getting a high-quality hotel company to join the project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2011
Briefs

Commission selects police panels members; City to defend its code enforcement practice; City considers drafting rental ordinance

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