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The parking lot at Orange Avenue and Laurel Street closed last summer after the city let its lease of the land lapse. Laurel Park residents hope to secure the use of the lot for the long-term.
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The annual Veterans Day parade in downtown Sarasota highlighted retired and active local servicemen.

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The weather was just right for cozying up with a bowl or two of soup at the All Faiths Food Bank Bowls of Hope event on Sunday at Phillippi Estate Park.

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Women from the Temple Emanu-El congregation gathered for a workshop to learn how to bake traditional challah bread on Sunday.

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