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  • Loren Mayo
  • June 18, 2010
VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Flamingo frenzy

Jungle Gardens' Zoo Camp lets kids feed flamingos, play with parrots and learn about lemurs. Scroll down for video.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 18, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Mote Marine Laboratory Turtle Walks

Mote-trained volunteers will guide participants as they learn about protecting sea turtles.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 17, 2010
Commission wants chairs removed from beach

The Longboat Key Town Commission also approved a reduction in water and wastewater rates at its regular workshop Thursday.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 17, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Terry's Framing & Art Supplies

The store carries all price ranges, from $6-per-foot framing to $125-per-foot materials and everything in between.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 17, 2010
RECIPE AND RESERVATION: First Street Chop House

First Street Chop House owner and Executive Chef David Arnold shares an exclusive recipe with YourObserver.com readers.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 17, 2010
Unconditional Surrender removed temporarily

The sculpture needs maintenance to prepare it for permanent placement on the bayfront.

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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 17, 2010
Judge denies Ed Smith Stadium injunction

Groups suing the county over its baseball negotiations sought to halt construction, but a judge ruled Wednesday that work can continue.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 17, 2010
'Daddy' chefs visit preschool

Wearing tall, floppy hats, the children at Temple Sinai's preschool, The Gan, gathered around a table to make hummus and chocolate-dipped strawberries with Chef Paul Mattison, a special guest of the "Little Iron Chefs" summer camp, June 9.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 17, 2010
Kids test their tastebuds at G.WIZ

Using various parts of their tongues that denote sweet, sour, bitter and salty, the 4- and 5-year-olds enrolled in G.WIZ The Science Museum's "Fun, Fitness and Food" camp tasted unsweetened dark chocolate, lemon juice, salt water and sugar water June 16.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 17, 2010
County: 2012 to be turnaround

Sarasota County will trim $16.7 million from its budget this fiscal year.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 17, 2010
SOUR DOUGH

Solorzano Bros. Pizzeria used a parked van on Beach Road to advertise its business, but condo owners across the street say it blocks their view and takes a parking spot away from tourists.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 17, 2010
HISTORIC REVIVAL

SemCon 2010 brings together community visionaries to discuss ideas for downtown improvement.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 17, 2010
Homeowners say plant kills crossed the line

Sarasota County ordered an Osprey homeowners association to kill non-native vegetation that crept from homeowners' properties onto the community's nature reserve.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 17, 2010
City pursues red-light camera installation

A state law going into effect July 1 gives the city and other municipalities the green light to install red-light cameras.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 17, 2010
Let the Panhandle be a lesson

If local government officials haven't tuned in to what occurred Monday in Destin and Okaloosa County, they better get on Google and on the phones and start researching. Be ready.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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