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  • April 22, 2010
Our View

Sadly, smoking guns no surprise

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  • Maria Amodio
  • April 21, 2010
Man on the Street: Going Green

April 22 is Earth Day, so The Observer asked folks around downtown Sarasota what they do to be environmentally conscious.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • April 21, 2010
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: Gulf Gate Elementary

Every day, Gulf Gate Elementary students race to the courtyard after lunch to look after their EarthBoxes.

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  • April 21, 2010
In Brief

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  • April 21, 2010
After recovery, eagle takes flight

A bald eagle became stranded in the waters of Longboat Key recently and needed help before she could spread her wings again.

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  • April 21, 2010
Euphemia Haye walks for a cure

Team Euphemia Haye participated for its eighth year in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's (JDRF) "Walk to Cure Diabetes" event March 20, on Siesta Key, and raised more than $14,000.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2010
Historic real-estate office building still stands

One of the first real-estate offices on Longboat Key was started by Luther Garaux in the 1940s and was located in a two-story building at 5144 Gulf of Mexico Drive. The building still stands and is now, fittingly, an apartment complex.

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  • April 21, 2010
Beachplace enjoys a day at the races

Beachplace has gone to the dogs. Residents attended their annual "Night at the Dogs" event April 8, at the Sarasota Kennel Club.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2010
Golfers meet friendly fawn

East County resident Clint Pierce and his son, Tommy, were enjoying a round at Cypress Links at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club when they came face-to-face with this fawn.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2010
Kiddie Academy hops for MDA

Students at Kiddie Academy in Lakewood Ranch showed off their jumping skills during the school's MDA Hop-a-Thon event April 7.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 21, 2010
Memorial may have home

CDD2 supervisors are considering Lakewood Ranch Town Hall as the site for the Fallen Heroes Memorial.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2010
Publix employees help save our local seabirds

Approximately 35 Longboat Key Publix employees were hard at work on Saturday, April 10, but they weren't behind the store's counters. Instead, they were volunteering at Save Our Seabirds.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 21, 2010
County endorses new MTI campus

Commission Chair Donna Hayes said the new campus will be 'like a gateway to (the) East County.'

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2010
Holy mackerel:Resident catches 32-pound fish

Longboat Key resident Paul Geck recently reeled in quite the catch: a 50-inch, 32-pound king mackerel that he caught 1.5 miles west of Longboat Pass.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 21, 2010
Italian, Mexican cuisines to add spice to Ranch Main

LWR Commercial Realty officials recently secured an Italian restaurant for Main Street. Two more restaurant leases are out, including one for a Mexican eatery.

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