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  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 7, 2010
Manatee deputies thwart burglary

The COPS North unit arrested 39-year-old Jeremy Riffe.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 7, 2010
Manatee deputies thwart burglary

The COPS North unit arrested 39-year-old Jeremy Riffe.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • July 7, 2010
MAN ON THE STREET: Avatar to Art

G.WIZ - The Science Museum opened the first exhibition of three-dimensional, fine-art canvases in Sarasota July 2. The upstairs gallery is filled with painter and scientific animator Jeff Hazelton's latest large-scale works, called "Avatar to Art," which require viewers to don special 3D glasses.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • July 7, 2010
Florida House debuts first solar air-conditioning system

Sarasota County government is partnering with a local HVAC contractor to use the energy of the sun to cool the Florida House.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • July 7, 2010
OBITUARIES: Edward Theriot Jr. and Stanley Waldheim

Community honors Longboat Key's Edward Theriot Jr. and Stanley Waldheim.

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  • July 7, 2010
It's Rhys Everywhere!

Observer Associate Publisher Emily Walsh and her husband, Julian Parry, welcomed their first child, Rhys Humphreys Parry, July 1.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 7, 2010
Key Club, IPOC prepare strategies

The Longboat Key Club and Resort and town are waiting to see if the Islandside Property Owners Coalition will file a lawsuit challenging the club's $400 million Islandside project.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 7, 2010
Brown responds to IPOC president

IPOC President Bob White e-mails his thoughts; Vice Mayor Jim Brown replies.

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  • July 7, 2010
Briefs

Property values to drop 9.44%; All Angels requests placement on wayfinding sign; fire union elects new vice president

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 7, 2010
Town attorney wants Comp Plan revisions

Town attorney David Persson will ask for direction from the town's planning and zoning board and the commission on the future vision of Longboat Key.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 7, 2010
Siekmann reflects upon his vote

Commissioner Robert Siekmann explained his reasoning for being the only commissioner to vote no last week at Temple Beth Israel.

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  • July 7, 2010
Harry's announces its new summer hours

Harry's Continental Kitchens' Deli and Corner Store are now open seven days a week.

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  • July 7, 2010
Webb family gets doubly exciting special delivery

On June 25, the family of Planning, Zoning and Building Chairwoman B.J. Webb and the late Bob Twigg got a double delivery.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 7, 2010
Turtle Watch volunteers lend some helping hands

Longboat Key Turtle Watch members drilled in a message opposing offshore drilling Saturday, June 26, at the 'Hands Across the Sands' event on Manatee County beaches.

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  • July 7, 2010
Vacationer celebrates his catch of the day

Rocky Finerty, 11, caught this 2-foot-long, 24-pound black drum fish recently while vacationing on Longboat Key with his family.

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