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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 3, 2011
Business owners push First Street renovation

Downtown business owners want downtown renovation dollars to be spent to upgrade a rundown First Street near U.S. 41.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Florida Department of Transportation has given county officials a permit to use its right of way at the north Siesta bridge for offloading spoil material from Palmer Point Park. Photo by Norman Schimmel.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • November 3, 2011
Palmer Point Park project awaiting one more permit

The county needs a Florida Department of Environmental Protection permit before a contractor can use state right of way by the north Siesta bridge.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Tim Holliday
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 3, 2011
Neighbors: Tim Holliday

When he was a teenager, Tim Holliday joked that whenever he had children, he would send them off to an island to be raised by a nanny.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Oct. 25, Joel Fried, a Siesta resident who also saw Legoman on the beach that morning, did some sleuthing of his own and found the Ego Leonard website with images similar to the Legoman.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • November 3, 2011
Island Beat: Legoman puts international spotlight on Siesta Key

From coast to coast and across Europe, it appears Legoman has drawn even more attention to the Key than the No. 1 beach ranking this year.

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  • Neighbors
A condominium in Gulf and Bay Club, which has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,335 square feet of living area, sold for $600,000. Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 3, 2011
Gulf and Bay Club condo tops sales at $600,000

A condominium in Gulf and Bay Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. George Dyer Jr. and Selma Dyer, trustees, Sarasota, sold the Unit 409 condominium at 5790 Midnight Pass Road to David Gubler and Ellie Foster, of Ontario, Canada, for $600,000.

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Samantha Bisceglia submitted this photo of the sun rising on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
Weekly Winner: Siesta Sunrise

Samantha Bisceglia submitted this photo of the sun rising on Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Goodwill celebrated the grand opening of its new Lakewood Ranch drop-off center, located at 9126 Town Center Parkway, Nov. 1. Today attendant John Hannah was on hand to collect and sort donations.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • November 3, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Goodwill's grand opening

Goodwill celebrated the grand opening of its new Lakewood Ranch drop-off center, located at 9126 Town Center Parkway, Nov. 1. Today attendant John Hannah was on hand to collect and sort donations.

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  • Neighbors
The Unit 874 condominium in Hudson Landings, 874 Hudson Ave., has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,387 square feet of living area. It sold for $425,000. Loren Mayo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 3, 2011
Villagewalk home sells for $455,000

Eugene and Marguerite Hollinger sold their home at 5588 Bilbao Place, in Villagewalk, to Stacie Milonas, Sarasota, for $455,000.

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Photo by Loren Mayo.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • November 3, 2011
Athlete of the Week: Cary Cohenour

Cary Cohenour, founder and head coach of Sarasota's Celsius Tennis Academy, was recently named the United States Tennis Association's Florida Junior Competitive Coach of the Year.

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Sarasota Crew rowers Grant Golub, Travis Taaffe, Andrew Konecny, Carson Green and Ryan Hails accept the first-place trophy at the Head of the Charles Regatta. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
JUST THE STATS

13 - Number of seconds by which Sarasota Crew Boys 4+ bested 76 boats to win first place in the Head of the Charles Regatta, held Oct. 22 to Oct. 23, in Cambridge, Mass.

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Joseph Melancon submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2011
Weekly Winner: Beyond the Horizon

Joseph Melancon submitted this sunset photo, taken on Siesta Key.

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Co-chairs Kim Bald and Joan Geyer with Pierce Quinlan
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • November 2, 2011
Wit and Wisdom of Aging Luncheon

Wit and Wisdom of Aging Luncheon

  • Black Tie
The Lakewood Ranch High boys golf won the Class 2A state title Nov. 2.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 2, 2011
Mustangs win 2A state title

The Lakewood Ranch High boys golf team shot a combined 621 to capture the Class 2A state championship Nov. 1-2 at Mission Inn Resort & Club in Howey-in-the-Hills.

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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • November 2, 2011
Lady Mustangs win regional semifinal

The Lakewood Ranch High volleyball team defeated Tampa King 3-0 in a Class 6A-Region 3 quarterfinal Nov. 2.

  • East County
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Kurt Wenner and Mayor Suzanne Atwell
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • November 2, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Kurt Wenner at J Wood

Dozens of people gathered at the office of J Wood Realty to have books signed and meet with the author and artist, Kurt Wenner. Wenner gave a lecture earlier called "Architecture and Architectural Detailing".

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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