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Once renovations are complete next summer, the operations cost for the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex are expected to increase from $400,000 to $1.2 million per year.
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  • Robin Roy
  • October 28, 2010
City, county spar over parks

With both governments keeping a watchful eye on their bottom lines, neither wants to fully fund the improved Robert L. Taylor Community Complex, which is expected to cost three times as much to operate the facility each year.

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Oct. 10 Act your age 4 p.m. - 5100 block of Ocean Boulevard. Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer. A 50-year-old tourist was causing a disturbance in a bar, cursing at patrons and employees and throwing quarters at people. Deputies asked her to step outside, but she refused and cursed at them. They finally got her outside, but she refused to sit down or answer questions. She also continued to swear at them. She was arrested but refused to walk to a deputy's car. So, she was carried, at which time she kicked a deputy in the shin. At the jail, she also threatened to kick corrections officers.

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Unit 5 at the Sea Breeze has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,700 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.3 million.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • October 28, 2010
Real Estate: Siesta Key condo sells for $1.3 million

A condominium at the Sea Breeze tops all real-estate transactions from Sept. 28 to Oct. 5.

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"I like to be comfortable and I love found pieces - I can easily go from a more conservative look to something 
a little more wild." - Stephanie Peters
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  • October 27, 2010
Guest Fashion Editor - Stephanie Peters

Guest Fashion Editor - Stephanie Peters

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Once the pumpkins were carved, students placed a candle inside.
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  • Loren Mayo
  • October 27, 2010
Brookside Middle gets pumped for school project

Susan Roberts' eighth-grade science classes at Brookside Middle School spent Wednesday measuring how the circumference and height of a pumpkin can affect the number of seeds it contains.Once they had completed the lab by creatively carving faces into their pumpkins, students lit a candle inside them and turned off the lights to admire their Jack-o-lanterns.

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City Hall's compliance with FEMA standards has resulted in additional cost savings for city residents with flood insurance.
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  • Robin Roy
  • October 27, 2010
Flood insurance costs to drop

All city residents with flood insurance will be getting an immediate 5% discount.

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Buchanan
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  • October 27, 2010
Election coverage: Candidates differ on taxes, Social Security

Opposition to offshore oil drilling may be the only common ground between incumbent District 13 Congressman Vern Buchanan and his opponent, James Golden. They hold opposing views on continuing tax cuts, the state of Medicare and Social Security and the federal government's health-care reform.

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Jerry and Terri Finn
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  • October 26, 2010
Banyan Theatre 10th Anniversary

Banyan Theatre 10th Anniversary

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Co-chair Beverly Bartner, Design Chair Ian Prosser, Co-chair Helen Sosso
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  • October 26, 2010
Asolo 'Studio 54' Kick-Off Party

Asolo 'Studio 54' Kick-Off Party

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Lou Anthony with Marcelo and Tais Gadar
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  • October 26, 2010
Princesses, ponies and pirates - oh my!

Excited youngsters paraded around Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in their favorite Halloween getups today.

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The top level of the Palm Avenue parking garage can now be seen over the rooftops of lower buildings on Main Street.
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  • Robin Roy
  • October 26, 2010
Garage rising above downtown buildings

Still on schedule to for a December completion date, workers are busy building the Palm Avenue parking garage's top floor.

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Kate and Dex Honea
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  • October 26, 2010
An Artistic Evening: 12th Annual Awards Celebration

The Sarasota County Arts Council held its 12th Annual Awards Celebration, Monday, Oct. 25 at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts Mertz Theatre. The evening honored some of Sarasota's most prominent leaders of the arts and cultural community.

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Kelsey Fowler, Zach Rand and Holly Rizzo
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  • Loren Mayo
  • October 25, 2010
Asolo introduces 'Bonnie and Clyde' cast and artists

The Asolo Repertory Theatre welcomed the artists and cast for "Bonnie and Clyde," a new musical from Ivan Menchell, Don Black, John McDaniel and Jeff Calhoun.

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Charlie Brown, Sharon Finkelstein and Larry Face attended the luncheon.
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  • Loren Mayo
  • October 25, 2010
Panelists discuss the meaning of 'journalistic truth'

The Business Ethics Alliance held its monthly luncheon today, when panelists Matt Walsh, editor and CEO of The Observer Group; Susan Burns, editor of biz941; and Diane McFarlin, publisher of the Herald-Tribune Media Group, debated the topic "Does journalistic truth now mean something different than it previously meant?"

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Mollie and Scott Davis attend the Sarasota Zombie Pub Crawl as a zombie bride and groom.
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  • October 25, 2010
Zombies take over Gulf Gate

The 2nd Annual Sarasota Zombie Pub Crawl took place along Gulf Gate Blvd. this past Saturday. Over 150 people dressed up and came out to participate in the zombie fun at the seven pubs and bars in the Gulf Gate area.

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