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Week In Review

In this week's Week in Review, our staff compiled a recap on the biggest stories and best features. Click on the links to read the full story...

 

For most people in Largo, the week ending 2011 was filled with exciting preparations for New Year's Eve and 2012. For one family, this week was tragic. A Seminole food store clerk died because of a robbery, and the suspect is still at large.

Here are five of this week's major stories and features covered by our Largo Patch team:

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Mohammod Tawhidul Islam, 37, was critically injured during a robbery at the JFS Food Mart Wednesday night. Pinellas County Sheriff's Deputies are actively searching for the suspect.

You didn't have to go to New York to ring in 2012.O'Shy's Irish Tap House hosted Largo's own version of the famous ball drop. Alonzo Schultze and the folks at Largo Auto Center teamed up with Jennifer Lantry and O'Shy's to bring an impressive way to ring out 2011.

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John Morroni, a longtime member of the Pinellas County Commission, plans to work through treatments for non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Largo Skate Park is getting a new home in 2012, but skateboarding advocates feel that moving prefabricated ramps will just increase the need for maintenance. They see pouring a new concrete park as better for skaters, and cheaper.

The time has come—2012 is here! How did you fare on New Year's Eve? Everyone at Patch hopes that you had a safe and happy night of fun, and that 2012 brings you everything you want!

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