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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • August 1, 2012
Aug. 1: Daily Headlines Video

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

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 1, 2012
Marriage debate spices up Chick-fil-A

East County residents turned out in droves to the State Road 70 Chick-fil-A location for "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day."

  • East County
  • News
The Florida Department of Transportation closes one lane of the Siesta Key north bridge at night. A man was hit by a car during construction this morning.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 1, 2012
Construction worker struck on Siesta north bridge

A hit-and-run driver struck a 60-year-old pedestrian early this morning. Police are on the hunt for a suspected burgundy four-door Lexus.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
General Harris Street experienced flooding this morning. Courtesy Rusty Chinnis.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 1, 2012
North Key experiences floods

Some streets on the North end are flooded today because of high tides and the upcoming full moon.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A handful of AAF members participated in the first event of the AAF year, a “speed pitch” event, Tuesday, July 31, at Mattison’s.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • August 1, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: AAF Suncoast Speed Networking

The American Advertising Federation of the Suncoast held their first event of their new year, Tuesday, July 31, at Mattison's.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A sedan crashed head-on with a tree.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 1, 2012
Vehicle collides with tree on Natures Way

Emergency workers responded to a head-on crash on Natures Way.

  • East County
  • News
Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 1, 2012
UPS partners with Miracle League

The UPS Foundation recently donated $30,000 to The Miracle League of Manasota, a group that gives children and adults with disabilities a chance to play organized baseball.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 1, 2012
Troop donates to animal care

Girls from Girl Scout Troop 803 recently donated $350 from cookie booth sales to the Lakewood Ranch Humane Society.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • August 1, 2012
Violin vacation on the Key

Stephanie Bork, 23, from Ann Arbor, Mich., performed Saturday, July 28, on St. Armands Circle, while on vacation in Sarasota.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The School Board of Sarasota County opened and closed the floor for public comment today at a hearing to adopt the district’s 2012 tentative budget in 10 of the 45 minutes allotted — because nobody from the public showed up.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 1, 2012
School Board approves rate increase

With the public absent for a public hearing to approve the 2012 fiscal year budget for the Sarasota County School District, the School Board of Sarasota County unanimously approved a millage rate increase of 1.27%

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 1, 2012
Hitting a high note

Charles Chocallo is a 2007 graduate of Pineview and his parents, Chris and Bill Chocallo are Longboat Key residents.

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  • Neighbors
Seventeen-year-old Brittany Wenger, winner of the Google Science Fair, now hopes to test her technology in hospitals. Photo by Andrew Federman.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 1, 2012
Brittany Wenger wins Google Science Fair

East County resident Brittany Wenger, 17, plans to change the world with her application that detects breast-cancer malignancies.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • August 1, 2012
IDA OKs funding proposal

The Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority voted 3-1 in favor of a 12-year funding proposal for its new maintenance facility.

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"I look at our clientele and truly believe they are the voices that no one hears," said Marla Doss, president and CEO for Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities. "It's up to us to be the voice of the disabled in the community."
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 1, 2012
Familiar face takes top CHAC position

Marla Doss is named the president and CEO of Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 1, 2012
Our View: We recommend

"Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried." - Winston Churchill. About this time every two years that famous Churchill quote comes to mind.

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