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  • Jack Littman-Quinn
  • September 13, 2012
Yume: A sushi stand-out on Main Street

Yume: A sushi stand-out on Main Street

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Join Danae DeShazer and Mallory Gnaegy as they report today's headlines.
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  • September 13, 2012
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Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

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  • Jen Blanco
  • September 13, 2012
Stoneybrook Stableford Sunday Golf season set to tee off

Stoneybrook will begin its second Stableford Sunday Golf season at 8 a.m. Sept. 16.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • September 13, 2012
Bradenton Area CVB announces rebranding effort

The CVB will now market the area as "Bradenton/Anna Maria Island/Longboat Key - Florida's West Coast."

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Kurt Becker with some of the staff of the Siesta Key Oyster Bar at the golf tournament Saturday, Sept. 8. Photo courtesy of Ryan Schmidt.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 13, 2012
Golf benefit

Members of Siesta Key Village rallied together again to put on a golf tournament to benefit Kurt Becker.

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Nick Bobbitt, Sarah Quick, Jake LaMore, Alex Pepe and Maddy Del Medico. Courtesy photo.
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  • September 13, 2012
Bright futures

Five Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School students have been selected to participate in the Sarasota County STAR Leadership program, which is designed to encourage and develop positive leadership qualities among students in grades nine, 10 and 11.

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Andrew Seeley, of Flying Sliders, serves up an order. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 13, 2012
Meals on wheels

Familiar, brightly colored food trucks rolled back into town Tuesday, Sept. 11, for the Ringling Picnic's return to the lunch scene.

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Jamie Phillips and Kristy Rhoden, of Shinn & Co.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 13, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Business Luncheon

Members of the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance gathered Sept. 12, at the Polo Grill's Fete Ballroom, to learn how to reinvigorate their places of employment.

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Roger Sandt surveys the seawall behind his Ocean Boulevard property, and points out a groin that crumbled during Tropical Storm Isaac.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 13, 2012
Seawater threatens Siesta Key property

A Siesta Key property owner wants to protect a seawall from erosion but has found coastal permitting issues tough to navigate.

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Championship Landscape Maintenance Professionals entered Siesta Key Village Sept. 10 to start annual upkeep duties.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 13, 2012
Cheaper era for Village merchants begins

Village merchants, who contribute to a county maintenance fund, will pay between $80,000 and $50,000 less than forecasted for FY 2013.

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Ron Flynn said the theft of his cranes statue occurred during the early-morning hours of Sept. 5. Courtesy of Ron Flynn.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 13, 2012
Bronze cranes statue stolen from yard

A 5-foot-tall statue was clipped from its base and hauled away from a resident's property.

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 13, 2012
Input sought on sound ordinance

County staff will consider changes to the code that will affect sound-level restrictions.

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  • September 13, 2012
Pest control sees budget increase of $200,000

For the first time in five years, the budget includes an increase in property taxes aimed at paying for insect population management.

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A rendering shows the design of the Villages of Lakewood Ranch South, the only development in Sarasota County to use the Transfer of Development Rights policy. Courtesy rendering.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 13, 2012
TDR pricing is still under review

Experts told the Sarasota County Environmentally Sensitive Lands Oversight Committee that a pilot program aimed at free-market environmentalism fails the market test.

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  • Nick Friedman
  • September 13, 2012
Chamber to unveil its new website

The Siesta Key Chamber of Commerce's website will soon be getting a facelift, says Executive Director Kevin Cooper.

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