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Lakewood Ranch HIgh boys golf coach Dave Frantz, who coached the Mustangs to their first state championship this past November, will become the first golf-only coach in Manatee County to be inducted into the Florida Athletic Coaches Hall of Fame.
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  • Jen Blanco
  • August 1, 2012
Mustangs coach gallops into coaches hall of fame

Early next year Lakewood Ranch High boys golf coach Dave Frantz will be inducted into the Florida Athletic Coaches Hall of Fame in Daytona Beach.

  • East County
  • Sports
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  • Jen Blanco
  • August 1, 2012
Comment: Going for the gold

Three months ago, the names Missy Franklin, Gabby Douglas and Ashton Eaton were merely that - just names. And yet, they've quickly become some of this summer's most recognizable faces.

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This home at 635 N. Owl Drive has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,180 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,175,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 1, 2012
Three-bedroom Bird Key home sells for $2,175,000

A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. George and Cheryl Pintea, of Sarasota, sold their home at 635 N. Owl Drive to S. Merrell Stearns, of Sarasota, for $2,175,000.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 1, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Plymouth Harbor establishes new foundation; East Meets West Expo networking event

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 1, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 1, 2012
Obituary: Lloyd Singer

Lloyd Singer, of Longboat Key and formerly of Toronto, Canada, died July 13. He was 86 years old.

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George Rauch, Longboat Key, is chief executive officer of Bradenton-based General Propeller and a former Wall Street investment banker.
  • By George Rauch
  • August 1, 2012
Market Watch: Debt, debt and more government debt

In 2008, the sum of all U.S. government, private and corporate debt was $31.7 trillion.

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  • By Brian Gunnell
  • August 1, 2012
Bridge Bites: The crocodile coup

Bridge has a number of exotic "coups," and for the next few weeks we'll look at some of them, starting with the aptly named Crocodile Coup.

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  • News
Helen Herkes took this sunrise photo from the Longbeach Village, on the north end of the Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 1, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Helen Herkes took this sunrise photo from the Longbeach Village, on the north end of the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 1, 2012
News Briefs

Florida tax holiday this weekend; Free screening

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 1, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • August 1, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Carie Ziebell

On Oct. 28, 12-year-old Carie Ziebell was named the Greater Sarasota Junior Golf Association Futures Tour Player of the Year for the Futures Girls division.

  • East County
  • Sports
Rheanna King, Lucy Dellosso, Mia Hanes, Hanah Wadud, Owen Heinz, Lilly Lazar
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • August 1, 2012
CAMP SPOTLIGHT: Sarasota Youth Sailing Program

The Sarasota Youth Sailing Program's annual summer camp allows students ages 5-18 to gain sailing experience and knowledge on land and out in the water.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Greenbrook resident Edie Abate took this photo of the sun setting over Lido Beach after a storm.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 1, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Greenbrook resident Edie Abate took this photo of the sun setting over Lido Beach after a storm.

  • East County
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This Tidewater Preserve home, which has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,913 square feet of living area, sold for $565,000. Photo by Pam Eubanks.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 1, 2012
Tidewater Preserve home tops week's transactions

A home in Tidewater Preserve tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Paul Koepfer, of Fombell, Pa., sold his home at 1103 Kestrel Court to Melodi Oswald, of Bradenton, for $565,000.

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