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SMART Volunteer Executive Director Gail Clifton and SMART rider Jessica Stort were eager to show off one of the new barns. SMART moved to its new 23-acre home March 1. Published March 1, 2012.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 24, 2012
March Year in Pictures: East County

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Vice Mayor David Brenner celebrated his re-election to the District 3 Longboat Key Town Commission seat March 20, at the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort.
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  • December 24, 2012
March Year in Pictures: Longboat Key

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Allie Purcell, 13, loved riding in a wagon full of plants and flowers at the Plant and Garden Festival at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
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  • December 24, 2012
March Year in Pictures: Sarasota

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Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, aka Dr. Beach, tells a national TV audience about his selection of Siesta Public Beach. He visited St. Boniface Episcopal Church March 10.
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  • December 24, 2012
March Year in Pictures: Pelican Press

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Members of the Rotary Club of East Manatee partnered with a Rotary Club in Bangalore, India, for a project to install a water well. Published Feb. 7, 2012.
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  • December 23, 2012
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aureen Curtin and Alan Stone played their cards right Feb. 8, at the “Go for the Cure” casino night fundraiser held at the Longboat Key Club and Resort.
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  • December 23, 2012
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Robert Hall autographs one of his wines at Forks and Cooks Food and Wine Festival.
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  • December 23, 2012
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Kirin Singer snuggles up for story time at Out-of-Door Academy Jan. 27. ODA teachers led interactive songs and skits to promote the importance of reading.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 23, 2012
February Year in Pictures: Pelican Press

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More tourists on the Key translate into more violations of the “no dogs on the beach” county ordinance, Sgt. Scott Osborne, of the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, said.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • December 23, 2012
Year in review: February 2012, 'SKA dogged about pooch ban'

The Siesta Key Association is working with county officials to spread the word that taking dogs on the public beach and not picking up dog waste are both illegal acts.

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Employees also will see an increase in employee health-insurance premiums of about 29%, among other measures.
  • By Pam Eubanks and Michael Eng
  • December 23, 2012
Year in review: February 2012, 'Board approves teacher pay cuts'

After months of failed negotiations with the teacher's union, the school district Feb. 15 imposed 1.75% salary cut for its 2012 budget.

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Business owners and residents left a restaurant in a silent march to City Hall for a bag the meter rally Monday.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 23, 2012
Year in review: February 2012, 'Bag-wearer to say, 'Bag meters''

To demonstrate the gravity of their demand that the Sarasota City Commission bag all downtown parking meters, business owners and residents - with all types of bags over their heads - are planning a rally at 5 p.m. Monday at Mattison's City Grille in downtown Sarasota.

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Publix was given the green light for renovations.
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  • December 23, 2012
Year in review: February 2012, 'Publix plan gets go-ahead '

The Longboat Key Town Commission approved plans for a new Avenue of the Flowers store. The store is slated to open in December.

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Donna and Wellington Chen enjoy a happy moment. Courtesy photo.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • December 22, 2012
Year in review: January 2012, 'Chen remembered as selfless'

Friends of the Siesta runner killed Saturday say she was always thinking of other people.

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The Observer photographed Ina Gross at the Perlman and Pearls Gala Jan. 7, at Michael’s On East. Photo by Loren Mayo.
  • By Pam Eubanks and Michael Eng
  • December 22, 2012
Year in review: January 2012, 'Ranch death ruled a homicide'

The murder of 78-year-old Ina Gross is the first in Lakewood Ranch history.

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City Manager Bob Bartolotta agreed to resign Tuesday.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 22, 2012
Year in review: January 2012, 'Resignation aftermath'

The morning after Mayor Suzanne Atwell successfully called for the resignation of former City Manager Bob Bartolotta, the mayor said she was "focusing on the larger picture."

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