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Guest Speaker Rabbi Noam Marans is AJC’s Director of Interreligious and Intergroup Relations and oversees national interfaith outreach, dialogue and advocacy, and interethnic efforts of Belfer Center for American Pluralism.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • May 29, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : AJC's 2013 Summer Lunch and Learn

The American Jewish Committee hosted their first AJC Summer Lunch and Learn of the season Wednesday, May 29 at Michael's On East to educate the public on Jewish Catholic relations. Guest speaker Rabbi Noam Marans flew in from New York to discuss the topic 'A New Pope and the Future of Catholic-Jewish Relations,' at the fifth summer series. More than 150 people attended the luncheon and participated in a question and answer session after the talk.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • May 29, 2013
Willowbrook residents sued for defamation

DueAll Construction, a contractor that is repairing damaged homes in Willowbrook, an East County condominium community, alleges two homeowners published defamatory statements about the company.

  • East County
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    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • May 29, 2013
Manatee Schools' parents petition teacher cuts

More than 1,300 parents of Manatee County Schools' children have signed a petition against the district's decision to eliminate 182 teaching positions for next year.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 29, 2013
Family Trade: Kibler Ranch

The 1,009-acre Kibler Ranch site will be sold June 6, for the first time in about 100 years.

  • East County
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Jim Wilson, who has served as the hospital’s CEO since 2008, resigned May 6
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 29, 2013
Hospital seeks new CEO

Jim Wilson no longer is serving as Lakewood Ranch Medical's CEO.

  • East County
  • News
Out-of-Door Art teacher Paula Kozak encourages her student, Claire Cornetet, to use more green. Maria-Francesca Massaro and Francisco Marcano watch.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • May 29, 2013
Creative Healing: Paula Kozak

Cancer patient Paula Kozak, an Out-of-Door Academy art teacher, led a project for her students to create art to benefit local cancer patients.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The new 2.8-mile North Cattlemen Road extension includes two bridges.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 29, 2013
Cattlemen Road Extension opens

Sarasota County officials opened the North Cattlemen Road extension May 24.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 29, 2013
Manatee fertilizer ordinance restarts

Manatee County's ban on nitrogen-based fertilizers begins June 1.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 29, 2013
Our View: Right ideas, faulty methods

Last week in this space, we presented the context for how and why the referendum question on the indigent-care, one-half-cent sales surtax came into being.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Brandon and Norm, played by FSU/Asolo actors Brendan Ragan and Jacob Cooper, fight over a document in a scene for "The Lucky 6" shot Friday, May 24.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 29, 2013
'LUCKY' BREAK: The Lucky 6

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is in the spotlight, as students from Ringling and FSU/Asolo collaborate on a feature film project.

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  • News
The Hilton flag that flies in front of the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort could disappear if a renovation project doesn’t get under way this summer. File photo.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 29, 2013
Hilton eyes October as project start date

Town staff will continue to meet with Hilton officials and project engineers throughout the summer to help speed up the project.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 29, 2013
Obituary: Dr. John 'Jack' O'Brien

Dr. John "Jack" O'Brien, 79, of Longboat Key and North Kingstown, R.I., died May 25.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 29, 2013
Obituary: Lydia Hawes

Lydia Hawes, 93, of Longboat Key, died May 23.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key resident Harold Ronson and Thomas Savage, founder of the Sarasota Public Art Fund. Photo by Yara Klimchak.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 29, 2013
Longboat resident seeks Iwo Jima icon for bayfront

Iwo Jima Navy veteran Harold Ronson envisions the famous 1945 monument sitting next to Unconditional Surrender.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 29, 2013
Officials rethink Key telecommunications

Planning, Zoning and Building Director Robin Meyer said he has observed a shift in thinking from the Longboat Key Town Commission regarding the town's telecommunications ordinance.

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