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The Sarasota Crew Men's Varsity 8+ team won the club’s first national gold medal, during the USRowing Youth National Championships. It placed second last year. Courtesy photos.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • June 12, 2013
National Champs: Sarasota Crew Men's Varsity 8+ team

The Sarasota Crew Men's Varsity 8+ team won the gold medal June 7-9, at the 2013 USRowing Youth National Championships.

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Dayana Bermudez and Jason Iannello Courtesy Photos
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 12, 2013
Wedding bells to ring for two couples

Jason Iannello, son of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Iannello, of Longboat Key, proposed to Dayana Bermudez, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Alexey Bermudez, of Santa Marta, Colombia, on the beaches of Longboat Key.

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  • June 12, 2013
Community Golf

David Montague, Ed Singleton, Vito Melfi and Joe Bornstein shot 55 to win the Lakewood Ranch three-ball Men's Event May 25, on Cypress Links.

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  • Jen Blanco
  • June 12, 2013
Ranch kicker earns top honors

Lakewood Ranch High rising sophomore kicker Kyle Thoma finished first in punting for the class of 2016, at the Kornblue Kicking Challenge June 1, at Florida International University.

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  • June 12, 2013
Obituary: David Kovalsky

David Kovalsky, 64, of Sarasota, died May 31.

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Doreen Steinhauser submitted this photo taken of sunset at Palma Sola Park.
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 12, 2013
Weather Photo: GOLDEN GLOW

Doreen Steinhauser submitted this photo taken of sunset at Palma Sola Park.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 12, 2013
Obituary: David Kovalsky

Obituary: David Kovalsky

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  • June 12, 2013
Obituary: E. Everett Edwards

E. Everett Edwards, 76, formerly of Longboat Key, died June 6.

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Longboat Key Medical Director Steven Newman says “working together with guys he’s helped train to resuscitate a life” is the best part of his job.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 12, 2013
License to mend

Longboat Key Medical Director Steven Newman's healing touch has a far reach: His license reaches up to 60,000 patients annually through more than 600 first responders.

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Both Longbeach Village and Sleepy Lagoon streets were flooded after a band of strong winds and rain from Tropical Storm Andrea came ashore June 6. Norton Street looked more like a canal than a street after the storm.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 12, 2013
Andrea is first brush with storm season

Key residents and town staffers got a reminder last week that hurricane season is here.

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Robin Hartill
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  • Robin Hartill
  • June 12, 2013
YOUR NEIGHBOR: Tom Freiwald

Tom Freiwald recently gave the commencement address for the University of Phoenix West Florida to a crowd of approximately 2,000 students and their families.

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Susan Smith
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 12, 2013
New finance director excited to take on role in Florida

Finance Director Susan Smith is prepared to tackle the town's fiscal year budget after moving from Connecticut.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 12, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Unit 2E2 at Vizcaya, 2377 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,169 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,987,500.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 12, 2013
Vizcaya condominium sells for $1,987,500

A condominium in Vizcaya at Longboat Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Deborah Cook and Victor Cook Jr., trustees, of Columbus, Ohio, sold the Unit 2E2 condominium at 2377 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Frank and Katherine Martucci, of Ancramdale, N.Y., for $1,987,500. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,169 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2,320,000 in 2005.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 12, 2013
Weather Photo: SUNSET SILHOUETTES

McKenzie Chadwell submitted this photo, taken of a storm brewing over Lido Key.

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