SARASOTA
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 15, NO. 33
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Lending a helping paw.
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THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2019
Bayfront begins Questions arise over financing, differences between Phase 1 concepts and more realistic designs. PAGE 3
Courtesy photo
Pack the Patrol Car returns
The Sarasota Police Department this week launched its third annual Pack the Patrol Car campaign. Through Aug. 2, officers will accept donations of school supplies from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the lobby of the Police Department, 2099 Adams Lane. The supplies will be distributed to students at the Blue + You barbecue at Gillespie Park on Aug. 4. The drive will accept backpacks, pencils, pens, highlighters, boxes of Kleenex, small bottles of hand sanitizer, folders, notebooks, glue, markers, crayons, erasers and notebook paper.
HAPPY HAT Fourth of July festivities enthrall young and old. SEE PAGE 22
WBTT campers ready to perform
Students from Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe showed off their costumes this week for the musical revue “A Journey to Midtown,” written and directed by Nate Jacobs. From royal-blue princesscut dresses and 1950sstyle polka dot dresses to sparkling, floor-length red gowns, the students paraded around in costumes designed by Adrienne Pitts, WBTT’s wardrobe manager. The Sunday performance, the end of the five-week Stage of Discovery camp program, will take place at 7 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center in Bradenton.
Nathalie Kaemmerer
Wade Abercrombie dances to the music at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens during its All-American Cookout July 4.
Point of no return … to jail
Turtle Tracks AS OF JULY 6 TOTAL NESTS: 2019 2018 Lido Beach 70 90 Siesta Key 585 260 Casey Key 1,885 854 TOTAL FALSE CRAWLS: 2019 2018 Lido Beach 157 81 Siesta Key 1,010 227 Casey Key 2,538 1,044 Source: Mote Marine Laboratory
Photo Courtesy Sarasota Sheriff’s Office
One inmate hears from Sarasota County Veteran Services.
Sheriff hopes jobs, housing plan give inmates a boost. PAGE 9
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