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  • By Dana Westmark and Donald Geikie
  • May 25, 2012
Real Estate Deal of the Week: Bayport Beach and Tennis Club

Real Estate Deal of the Week: Bayport Beach and Tennis Club

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  • Things To Do
The Bell helicopter landed on the Key's Gulfside beach near the 4000 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 25, 2012
Helicopter makes emergency beach landing

All three passengers aboard a Bell helicopter were uninjured after an emergency beach landing.

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Join Alex Mahadevan as he reports today's headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • May 25, 2012
May 25: 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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Imagine dancers Brooke Depasquale with Hannah Tisone performed the final routine together.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 25, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Imagine, Gullett Dance Recital

Students at Imagine School at Lakewood Ranch and Gullett Elementary School on May 23 showed off their dancing talents during a special dance team recital, at Gullett Elementary.

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Richard Dorfman was only 18 votes away from entering a May 2011 runoff election. File photo.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 25, 2012
Dorfman files to run for commission again

Sarasota city resident Richard Dorfman will run for one of the two at-large city commission seats that are up for grabs in March.

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  • May 25, 2012
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Dave Camire

Dave Camire is a River Club resident who owns a 600-horsepower Dodge Viper. Read more about him in our candid "Five Things."

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Paulina Medrzycki and Kirsten McGlaun earned about a dozen honks with their signs.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 25, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: BRE Walk-a-thon

Fifth-grade students at Braden River Elementary School walked throughout the River Club community May 25 for a walk-a-thon fundraiser benefiting Southeastern Guide Dogs

  • East County
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A suspect with multiple tattoos, including one on his neck, robbed a SunTrust Bank on Fruitville Road yesterday.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 25, 2012
Police searching for bank robbery suspect

A man who covered his face with a mask robbed a Fruitville Road SunTrust Bank Thursday afternoon.

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Lakewood's Amanda Baar pushed hard through Braden River's defense.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 25, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Powder Puff

Girls from Braden River and Lakewood Ranch high schools battled on the gridiron for the first time May 23, during a Powder Puff football game.

  • East County
  • Schools
Cole McLellan and Marco Scalera added a special touch to jokes told on stage.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 25, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: McNeal Talent Show

Students at McNeal Elementary School wowed their friends and teachers May 24 during a special Talent Show event.

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The architecture company charged with designing the new Gulf Gate Library unveiled conceptual designs at an open house yesterday.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 25, 2012
Architect reveals Gulf Gate Library concept

The architecture company charged with designing the new Gulf Gate Library unveiled conceptual designs at an open house yesterday.

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State Representative Doug Holder was first elected to former House District 70 in 2006, an office he has held for six years. File photo.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 25, 2012
Holder announces bid for District 74 seat

State Representative Doug Holder, R-Osprey, announced his bid for the newly drawn District 74 seat yesterday.

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The Osprey Library at Historic Spanish Point will reopen at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 26. File photo.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 25, 2012
Osprey Library closed today

The Osprey Library is closed today while its parking lot is repaved.

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At the conclusion of the parade, a ceremony will be held at Chaplain J.D. Hamel Park at Main Street and Gulfstream Avenue.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 25, 2012
Memorial Day parade set for Monday

The city of Sarasota will hold its annual Memorial Day parade and ceremony 10 a.m. Monday. The parade starts at the corner of Main Street and Osprey Avenue.

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Daniel Moe was the music director of the Key Chorale until he retired in 2006.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 25, 2012
Musical man Daniel Moe dies

Key Chorale mourns the loss of Conductor Emeritus Daniel Moe

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