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  • December 14, 2011
News Briefs

Key condos complete Bay Partner Grant Projects; Commission to discuss pension study funding; Sea turtle released from Broadway Beach Access

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 14, 2011
St. Armands parking garage now on deck

Vice Mayor Terry Turner has urged the Sarasota City Commission to consider a parking garage for St. Armands Circle as part of the city's two-year goals.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sidewalks now line each of the Circles’s four medians. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 14, 2011
Medians project 99% complete

St. Armands Circle Business Improvement District (BID) Chairman Marty Rappaport announced Tuesday that a $450,000 Circle median project is 99% complete.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Alice Blueglass has helped maintain a pizza garden for the past four years — part of the Longboat Key Garden Club's project with Just for Girls.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • December 14, 2011
Neighbors: Alice Blueglass

This lifetime teacher loves to help students of all ages.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unit 102 condominium at Tiffany Plaza, 4325 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,456 square feet of living area. It sold for $520,000. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • December 14, 2011
Bayou Sound home sells for $675,000

K&R Ventures LLLP sold the home at 3460 Bayou Sound to Kathleen Pendleton, Longboat Key, for $675,000.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 14, 2011
Siblings show community support

Someone give these kids an award.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
"This has been one of the best years of my life," Ellie Ohlman said of her time as the 2011-2012 Desoto Queen. "We've gotten to do so much for the community."
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 14, 2011
DeSoto queen spearheads letter-writing campaign

Lakewood Ranch graduate Ellie Ohlman visited elementary schools to help them pen letters for soldiers stationed overseas.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 14, 2011
East County welcomes polo season

The Sarasota Polo Club will host its season opener Dec. 18. Polo matches run Sundays through April 8.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 14, 2011
Our View: No grimness in classrooms

Gov. Rick Scott has done an abrupt turnaround on education spending, proposing a $100 increase per student despite dealing with a $2 billion budget shortfall.

  • East County
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Governor Rick Scott
  • By Rick Scott
  • December 14, 2011
My View: Education, jobs top budget priorities

Next year's budget for the state of Florida focuses on education and jobs without adding new financial burdens to families and businesses.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • December 14, 2011
Castaway

Enjoy this week's castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Braden River High School senior Gabriela DeJesus said she is enjoying every minute of her senior season.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • December 14, 2011
Braden River senior bounces back on team

After being ruled academically ineligible and having to sit out last season, Braden River senior Gabriela DeJesus brought her grades up and now is back on the court with the Lady Pirates.

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Jen Blanco, associate editor
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • December 14, 2011
COMMENT: The family that plays together ...

As a parent, there's no greater joy than watching your child reach a monumental milestone, earn a scholarship or sink the game-winning shot.

  • East County
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Braden River baseball coach Mike Verrill said the position with the Pirates is the perfect opportunity for him.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • December 14, 2011
Pirates name new coach

Former Out-of-Door Academy baseball coach Mike Verrill was named Braden River High's new varsity baseball coach Dec. 2.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • December 14, 2011
COMMUNITY GOLF

Rob Jordan earned first place in Flight One of the Individual Stableford Men's Event Dec. 10, at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club.

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