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  • August 20, 2009
Cops Corner

A man walked out of a bar without paying his $52 bar tab. He drank eight Budweisers and five vodka cocktails. The manager followed him outside and gave him one last chance to pay his tab. The man began to argue with the manager and then got in his pickup truck and drove away. But he forgot one very important thing, he left his driver's license at the bar when he opened the tab.

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  • Adam Hughes
  • August 20, 2009
Siesta Key home sells for $835,000

A home in Harmony tops all real-estate transactions for the week of July 23 through July 29.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 19, 2009
St. Armands BID board will remain property owners only

On Aug. 17, the Sarasota City Commission rejected a request to allow merchants to serve on the St. Armands Business Improvement District board.

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  • Robin Roy
  • August 18, 2009
Merchants issue rallying cry

Spurred by the announcement that Sarasota News and Books is closing at the end of the month, downtown merchants will gather in Five Points Park to spread the message, 'I believe in downtown.'

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • August 18, 2009
St. Armands BID board to remain property owners only

On Aug. 17, in a 4-1 vote, the Sarasota City Commission rejected a request to allow merchants to serve on the St. Armands Business Improvement District board.

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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • August 17, 2009
Commission approves parking meters

City commissioners voted Monday to approve a $510,000 contract to institute a paid-parking program downtown.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • August 17, 2009
Selby Gardens receives research grant

A grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services will enable the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Center for Tropical Plant Sciences and Conservation to establish a new molecular research program.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • August 14, 2009
Supporters vow to save iconic bookstore

Upon hearing that the economy may claim Sarasota News and Books as one of its victims, Sarasotans take to the Internet to try to save it.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Maggie Pahos
  • August 13, 2009
THE PERFORMER: Charley Leonard

Booker Middle School: Charley Leonard finishes helping a slew of first- and second-graders across a low-wire balance beam, finds another counselor to watch her group of campers and sits down in one of the Pal Sailor Circus' plastic audience seats to talk.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • August 13, 2009
THE KINDERGARTNER: Ansley Morris

Southside Elementary: Ansley Morris is all about chocolate. When she spots her mother, Amanda, stirring a bowl of chocolate-pie filling, the soon-to-be kindergartner doesn't have much interest in discussing school.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • August 13, 2009
Back to School: The Graduate Taylor Stein

Taylor Stein loves the feeling of starting something new. As Riverview High School student body president, Stein will be the first person to walk across the stage and graduate from the renovated school, leading the way for her fellow students - the class of 2010.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • August 13, 2009
Burns Square plans special events

The Burns Square Merchants Association president hopes holding different events each month will attract more customers to the historic district.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • August 13, 2009
DID votes against meters

The Downtown Improvement District board decided now was not the time to install meters downtown, but indicated it could support paid parking in the future.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • August 13, 2009
Art committee rejects sailor statue

Public Art Committee members turned down an anonymous veteran's offer to buy 'Unconditional Surrender' and then donate it to the city, on the condition that it stay on the bayfront.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Maggie Pahos
  • August 13, 2009
St. Thomas More groups get crafty

The quilters group and crafty ladies group at St. Thomas More Catholic Church meet twice a week.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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