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Maureen Gee and Karen Fine, both behind, played Barb Simons and Jimilynne Chapman.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 17, 2011
GALLERY: Tara 9-ers Rally for the Cure

More than 100 women turned out at the Tara Golf & Country Club Feb. 17 to golf in the Tara 9-ers Rally for the Cure golf and luncheon event. Golfers hit the greenways before heading into the club for lunch, raffles, awards and more.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 17, 2011
Palm-Aire home burglarized

More than $31,500 in property was stolen.

  • East County
  • News
Ken and Mary Mexell have been married for 75 years.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • February 17, 2011
Couples vow to reaffirm their love

More than 300 couples participated in the "Say I Do, Again" ceremony Feb. 14, on Siesta Key Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lydia and Lorenzo Aguinsky
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • February 17, 2011
Surprise renewal floats their boat

Lydia Aguinsky walked onto the Floating Chapel on the Bay Feb. 14, thinking she was heading out for a boat ride with her husband, Lorenzo. Little did she know the boat's captains had secretly planned for the Aguinskys to renew their wedding vows.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Free parking at the Palm Avenue parking garage is expected to end April 1.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • February 17, 2011
Garage payment plan unveiled

Details emerge on when the Palm Avenue garage will start charging drivers to park there and the different payment methods available.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The back of the Laurel Park neighborhood sign has the city's logo painted on it. City rules call for just one side of the sign to be decorated.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • February 17, 2011
Laurel Park sign: two sides to story

Noticing a change to their neighborhood sign, residents questioned why the city altered it without asking residents and violated its own rules.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • February 17, 2011
Commission eyes high-tech savings

Apple iPads will replace hundreds of sheets of paper at each City Commission meeting, which will amount to $7,500 in savings annually.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Tim Mulqueen assumed the role of Lakewood Ranch's director of sports in January.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 17, 2011
Ranch announces first event for sports complex

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc. has secured its first major sporting event at its new sports complex in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Hamilton
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • February 17, 2011
Three-way race to decide District 3

Three candidates are seeking to replace Mayor Kelly Kirschner, who decided not to run for a second term on the City Commission.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Frost
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • February 17, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Christi Frost

Christi Frost is a junior at Pine View School and sails at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron for both her school and for the Sarasota Youth Sailing Team.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • February 17, 2011
News Briefs

Developers approach city about hotel project; New College welcomes two new board members; Sarasota Memorial, USF create partnership; city, county offices closed for Presidents Day

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • February 17, 2011
Cops Corner

Feb. 7 Midnight meeting 1:36 a.m. - 5000 block of Circled Oak Drive. Grand Theft Auto. When a father went to check on his 15-year-old son about midnight, he noticed the teen was not asleep in his room and, in fact, he was not in the house at all. His wife's car was also missing. The mom called the Sheriff's Office and told them to search near the boy's girlfriend's house. Sure enough, there was her son ... and her car. The boy was arrested.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
The home at 625 Norsota Way has six bedrooms, seven baths, two half-baths, a pool and 6,077 square feet of living area. It sold for $5.9 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 17, 2011
A home in Bay Island sells for $5.9 million

A home in Bay Island tops all real-estate transactions from Jan. 18 to Jan. 24.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Larry McNally submitted this sunset photo, taken on the New College campus, overlooking the bay.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 17, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: CAMPUS OASIS

Larry McNally submitted this sunset photo, taken on the New College campus, overlooking the bay.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • February 17, 2011
Pirates open season with shutout

The Braden River High baseball team opened its season with a 14-0 victory over Bayshore Feb. 15.

  • East County
  • Sports
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