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  • Loren Mayo
  • October 18, 2012
VIDEO: ABOUT LAST NIGHT...

Black Tie heads to 'Sleepy Hollow, A Musical Ghost Story,' at Booker High School.

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Join Emily Walsh and Alex Mahadevan as they report the daily headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • October 18, 2012
Oct. 18: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

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Robert Hicks holds a stone crab claw in his hands Thursday, Oct. 18, in the kitchen of Moore's Stone Crab. Stone crab season officially started Monday, Oct. 15.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • October 18, 2012
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Stone Crab Season

Robert Hicks holds a stone crab claw in his hands Thursday, Oct. 18, in the kitchen of Moore's Stone Crab. Stone crab season officially started Monday, Oct. 15.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • October 18, 2012
Builder rings in $5 million in sales

Lennar Homes reports 40 condo sales in the past two months totaling more than $5 million in sales.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • October 18, 2012
Ranch CDDs prepare for landscaping needs

Lakewood Ranch Community Development Districts today moved forward with a concept to develop a longterm plan for landscaping improvements and maintenance.

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Sydney Fagin’s sculpture, "Dancing with the Torah." Courtesy photo.
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 18, 2012
Kobernick-Anchin resident gets hands-on

One of 90-year-old Kobernick-Anchin Pavilion resident Sidney Fagin's handmade sculptures was celebrated recently at the retirement complex.

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Emily Ervin. Courtesy photo.
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 18, 2012
Overnight Success

Local teen and Miss Heart of the USA pageant competitor Emily Ervin recently saw success with an overnight food drive she organized.

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The newlyweds and their wedding party visited SKOB Sunday.
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 18, 2012
Our Town: Wedded bliss

David and Ashley Perkins celebrated their one-day-old nuptials Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Siesta Key Oyster Bar in Siesta Key Village.

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Photos by Rachel S. O'Hara
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 18, 2012
Our Town: A hair 'do'

Deb Applebee finally went for the big cut Sunday, Oct. 14, during the Team Believe Martinis and Makeovers fundraiser on Siesta Key.

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  • Observer Staff
  • October 18, 2012
News Briefs

Teen drowns in Crystal Sands condo pool; Crosswalks functional but not complete; STAC seeks public input on tree policy

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Jim Judsen looks out on a spot on Siesta Key Beach that used to bring surfers together.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • October 18, 2012
Point Break: Juan Rodriguez and Jim Judsen

Although much has changed for Siesta surfers who embraced the lifestyle decades ago, they still find time to relive their days of catching waves.

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Sarasota County staff want to spend $10,000 to add shrubbery to the inner circle of the roundabout at Jacaranda Boulevard and Venice Avenue. Photo courtesy of Sarasota County Public Works.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • October 18, 2012
Roundabout challenges ahead

Sarasota County commissioners were stumped on how to do landscaping for interior islands.

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  • By John Gudritz
  • October 18, 2012
My View: The need for a master plan is clear

Being in the fortunate position of owning an investment management business that allows me to work from anywhere, I have chosen to spend the rest of my career in two of the most beautiful places in the country, Siesta Key and Traverse City, Mich.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • October 18, 2012
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Capt. Rick Grassett adjusts the lure on his fishing pole on the dock at CB’s Saltwater Outfitters on Siesta Key. Photo by Alex Mahadevan.
  • By Roger Drouin and Alex Mahadevan
  • October 18, 2012
All eyes are on red tide

Now that red tide is back on the satellite radar, fishing guides cope, and scientists study ways to limit the bloom's effect.

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