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STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Sarasota Brides and Formalwear

Sarasota Brides and Formalwear carries 350 gowns. Thousands more may be special-ordered.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 11, 2010
Two nest openings scheduled

Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteers will excavate both nests.

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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • August 11, 2010
Rink may be on thin ice

Organizers have to come up with more than $100,000 to implement their plan for a full-size ice skating rink in downtown Sarasota.

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  • August 11, 2010
Pierre drops out of IPOC

The Islandside Property Owners Coalition files another legal challenge to the Islandside project, while one of its members leaves the coalition.

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  • August 11, 2010
Colony Collapse

The bankruptcy judge dissolved the 38 year partnership between Colony owner Murf Klauber and the unit owners.

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  • August 11, 2010
Turtle Tracks

Turtle Tracks

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  • August 11, 2010
LBK's guitar hero

LBK's guitar hero

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  • August 11, 2010
Briefs 08.12.10

Bayflite responds to two Key accidents and Longboat police catch burglar.

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  • August 11, 2010
One project ends, another begins

A pipeline-upsizing project is nearing completion along Gulf of Mexico Drive, just in time for a paving project to begin in the same area.

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  • August 11, 2010
Plaza owner awaits closing

After more than a decade on Longboat Key, Andrew Hlywa is eager to say goodbye to Whitney Beach Plaza and the island itself.

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  • August 11, 2010
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  • August 11, 2010
Film Review: 'Restrepo'

As Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman so aptly observed, "War is hell." And, unless you've fought in one, it's an unimaginable experience. Directors Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington eliminate the abstraction of war in their new documentary, "Restrepo."

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  • August 11, 2010
Police department signs three-year contract

The department signed a three-year contract Friday. Meanwhile, the firefighters are at an impasse with the town.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 11, 2010
Vision Plan focus questioned

The Vision Plan Subcommittee will hold a comprehensive planning lesson, before moving forward with its revisions.

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  • August 11, 2010
Property owner fined for noncompliance

The Code Enforcement Board fined Key resident James Armstrong $50 a day for not obtaining building permits.

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