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Enjoy the top Cops Corner stories featured in all Observers.
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 4, 2011
Top Cops of the Week

Read the top Cops Corner stories for all Observers.

  • Longboat Key
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The locally owned company is open 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday. File photo.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 4, 2011
City welcomes new seafood business

A new wholesale seafood company has opened near the corner of U.S. 301 and 12th Street.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The exhibit, 'Penguin Island' opened to the public on Nov. 1.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • November 4, 2011
WEEKEND BEST BET: Penguin Party Family Festival

The Penguin Party Family Festival is 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturday Nov. 5 at the Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This memorial to the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 went up earlier this week at Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 4, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: 9/11 memorial

This memorial to the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 went up earlier this week at Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
File photo.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 4, 2011
COMMUNITY SPORTS TIPS: Keeping your body aligned

This week, Jacques Panet-Raymond, PGA Master Teaching Professional and the owner of The Vision Quest Golf Academy at the River Club, shares tips for keeping your body aligned.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Claire Lynch, second from left, won Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2010 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards. Photo by Bryan Mazur.
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • November 4, 2011
WEEKEND BEST BET: Bluegrass in the Groves

The Claire Lynch Band will perform at 6 p.m. Nov. 4, at Bluegrass in the Groves at Mixon Fruit Farms, 2525 27th St. E.

  • East County
  • News
Jack and Phyllis Black, Jackie Salvino and Chuck Fuller
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 3, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Garden Club Back in Action

The Garden Club comes back to life from the off-season and hosts a welcome back party at Bay Isles Beach Club on Thursday, Nov. 3. Members brought appetizers and drinks and enjoyed a sunset happy hour. And, of course, there were great floral arrangements on every picnic table.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Viking Culinary Center owner James Butler chatted with Darrell Turner of Turner Tree and Landscape.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 3, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance Networking Social

East County business professionals enjoyed an evening of networking during the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance's networking social Nov. 2 at the Viking Culinary Center.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Artist Dyble Thompson works on a mermaid depiction.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 3, 2011
LIVE: Chalk Festival expands, vertically and horizontally

The Chalk Festival is not only going vertical, it has integrated to Longboat Key.

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  • Neighbors
The Chalk Festival has integrated to Longboat Key. Artist Kitty Dyble Thompson from Milwaukee, Wis. is spray painting a mermaid on a wall facing the pool at Longboat Key Club and resort.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 3, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Chalk Festival on LBK

The Chalk Festival has integrated to Longboat Key. Artist Kitty Dyble Thompson from Milwaukee, Wis. is spray painting a mermaid on a wall facing the pool at Longboat Key Club and resort.

  • Longboat Key
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The Sarasota Police Department responded to a call Nov. 1 when a student was found with no pulse in a Booker High School bathroom.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 3, 2011
Sarasota Booker High School student dies

A 17-year-old Booker High School student who was found with no pulse in a school bathroom Nov. 1 died this morning.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The North Shore Road beach access closed today in preparation for a seawall rehabilitation project that will protect the nearby roadway from potential erosion.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 3, 2011
North Shore beach access temporarily closes

The beach access closed today for a seawall rehabilitation project and will re-open in 60 days.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The closure was temporary and due to downed power lines in the roadway.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
UPDATE: U.S. 301 lanes reopen

Lanes of U.S. 301 between Myrtle Street and DeSoto Road are now open after being closed due to downed power lines.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Read one of our favorite Cops Corner entries from the archives.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Sarasota

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Sarasota Observer archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Read one of our favorite Cops Corner entries from the archives.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Longboat Key

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Longboat Observer archives.

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