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A contract negotiation session between the town and its Fire Rescue Department union representatives was held May 10 at Town Hall.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 11, 2011
Firefighter contract agreement tentative

The town will still count overtime and sick leave as a final pension payout in a fire department contract that expires on Sept. 30.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2011
Cops Corner

A man was pulled over after police determined the car he was driving was stolen. The driver told police he was the owner of the car and that it had been recovered three weeks ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Unit A-401 at L'Ambiance, 415 L'Ambiance Drive, has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, two half-baths and 3,220 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.4 million.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 11, 2011
Recent sellers of $12.5 million home purchase $2.4 million L'Ambiance unit

Herbert and Sandra Moss, of Elkins Park, Pa., sold Unit A-401 at 415 L'Ambiance Drive in the 145-unit L'Ambiance, located behind the Islandside gates of the Longboat Key Club and Resort, to Siegfried and Eva Schulte, of Rochester Hills, Mich., for $2.4 million.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2011
Scoreboard

Check out the local golf and bridge scores.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 11, 2011
Business Observer

Whitney Deem joins Longboat Key Club and Resort.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Donna Swan
  • May 11, 2011
Deal Us In

How to become a winning player

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Tina Mulligan submitted this sunset photo, taken from the Bridge Street Bistro, on Bradenton Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: Palm Pairing

Tina Mulligan submitted this sunset photo, taken from the Bridge Street Bistro, on Bradenton Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
"I always felt I had one chance with an audience or one chance with a class," Elizabeth Weil Bergmann says. "If people don't walk away having had an 'a-ha' experience, then they're not going to come back."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 11, 2011
Mover and shaker

Retired Harvard dance Director Elizabeth Weil Bergmann brings her Ivy League moves to Sarasota's Carreño Dance Festival.

  • Arts + Culture
Stephanie Peters is a Sarasota hairstylist and artist-about-town.
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 11, 2011
Scene & Heard

Perales places first at RCAD exhibit; 'Joint Collective' comes to State Street; CEO receives Broadway award; Ringling Museum flashes; and Hot Tickets.

  • Arts + Culture
"I speak to a lot of community groups about the importance of education," Brian Hersh says. "That's the kind of performance I do. It comes from a sincere place, and it doesn't require a lot of effort."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • May 11, 2011
Tour guide

Asolo Rep Education and Outreach Director Brian Hersh isn't waiting for students to come to the theater. He's staging it on their turf.

  • Arts + Culture
Susan and Lenny Landau
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • May 11, 2011
Edibles: 'When it's pizza night at your house ...'

Today, pizza is everywhere and everything. Some fans stay close to the tried and true; others are more adventurous, exploring the likes of the Ritz-Carlton's cremini mushroom white pizza. But even the most devoted bec fin brings a pizza home once in a while. Here are some folks' choices across demography and geography.

  • Arts + Culture
Sandrine Bonnaire stars in "Queen to Play."
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • May 11, 2011
Film Review: 'Queen to Play'

Is playing chess sexy? In the new film, "Queen to Play," it is. Passion for the game and what it elicits from its participants is at the heart of this compellingly clever dramedy.

  • Arts + Culture
Sarasota Orchestra's Leif Bjaland
    By
  • June LeBell
  • May 11, 2011
Music Review - Sarasota Orchestra: Inventing the American Sound

According to Leif Bjaland and the Sarasota Orchestra in their ingenious "Journeys to Genius" program, this country is a "musical melting pot," using the resources of its many immigrants and pooling its musical genes with native cultures.

  • Arts + Culture
Tom Coundit, SYC Chef Jack Wenz and Lou Bevilacqua
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • May 11, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

Roasters toast at SYC; Living happily ever after ...; The best laid plans; tidbits; and Black Tie Affair.

  • Arts + Culture
Michael Saunders is founder and CEO of Michael Saunders & Co.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 11, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Michael Saunders & Co. launches mobile website; and Brandon Surline joins St. Armands MS&Co. office.

  • Longboat Key
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