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  • Robin Hartill
  • June 9, 2010
Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of May 28 through June 3, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 9, 2010
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $3.3 million

Jane Jenkins, of Lutz, sold her home at 6291 Gulf of Mexico Drive in the Sleepy Lagoon subdivision to Thomas and Deborah Degnan, of Thiensville, Wis., for $3.3 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • June 9, 2010
Strange Depictions

Sabrina Small, the lone female artist of Sarasota's s/ART/q group, invites us into her bayou bungalow to talk about wanderlust, human oddities and shoveling coal.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • June 9, 2010
Sarasota 'nomad' publishes essay from the heart

Kim Bass, a technical writer by trade, got personal about her 2005 trip to Uganda in a story published this month in the Random House anthology, 'Female Nomad and Friends.'

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • June 9, 2010
GALLERY AROUND THE CORNER: Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art

The Sarasota art gallery recently moved out of its home on Fifth Street in downtown Sarasota's Rosemary District to a 3,000-square-foot space on North Palm Avenue.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • June 9, 2010
Film Review: 'Splice'

The Observer's resident film critic reviews "Splice," starring Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • June 9, 2010
Music Review: Sarasota Music Festival, part one

The Sarasota Music Festival is back, changed, spiffed up and considerably more exciting than it's been in many a year.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • June 8, 2010
Cause on the Catwalk

Moffitt Cancer Center

  • Black Tie
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2010
Mustang tennis camp dates set

Lakewood Ranch High School will host its Mustang tennis camp from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., July 19-23.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2010
Professional Golf Tips 101

East County PGA Professionals offer tips for improving your game.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 8, 2010
Delaney to speak at Breakfast of Champions

NBA referee Bob Delaney will be the keynote speaker at the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance's Breakfast of Champions Wednesday.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • June 8, 2010
Sabrina Small talks about inspiration (VIDEO)

This week's A&E cover girl, artist Sabrina Small, talks about how records play an important role in her creative process.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 8, 2010
Pirates, Mustangs shine in Comcast Invitational

The Braden River and Lakewood Ranch High baseball teams competed in the Comcast Invitational June 3-6.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 8, 2010
Unconditional Surrender gets another extension

The City Commission will give the sculpture's owner until Friday to produce a financial guarantee that will protect the city from a possible copyright-infringement lawsuit.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • June 8, 2010
Locals gather for oil-spill vigil in Ken Thompson Park

About 200 people gathered for a vigil in response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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