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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 21, 2010
Wagner Realty announces new LBK branch manager, agents

The company decided to partially merge the staffs of its Longboat Key and West Manatee offices.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 21, 2010
Middle schools celebrate reading with family literacy nights

Middle schools throughout Sarasota County will hold events Jan. 28 that are designed to bring families together to celebrate the love of reading.

  • Sarasota
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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 21, 2010
Gas leak causes temporary lane closures

Both lanes of traffic on Gulf of Mexico Drive are open again after workers hit a natural gas line just south of Publix.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 21, 2010
Lottery ticket thief captured

Sheriff's deputies arrest a man accused of stealing scratch-off lottery tickets from a gas station.

  • Sarasota
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 21, 2010
Commission will consider breakwater options

The Town Commission will consider a variety of options for its north end beach erosion problem at its regular workshop today.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Loren Mayo
  • January 21, 2010
Yellow Strawberry to hold Haiti benefit

Hairstylists at Yellow Strawberry hair salon are donating their time starting at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, at 2345 Bee Ridge Road, for free haircuts in exchange for a donation to the Restoration Haiti charity fund.

  • Sarasota
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  • Loren Mayo
  • January 21, 2010
Trader Vic's Island Grill hosts VIP party

Trader Vic's Island Grill held its grand opening Monday, Jan. 18.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 21, 2010
Cat's meow

These girls were a hit all right. With teased manes and faux-fur body-suits, Caitlyn Colleran, Nicole Viccora and Erin Colleran waved drivers into The Cat Depot Jan. 16 and Jan. 17 for its grand opening. A total of 17 cats were adopted over the weekend with 1,000 people attending. Visitors went home with either raffle prizes, free cat toys or a new furry friend.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 21, 2010
Atwell suggests city collaboration

City Commissioner Suzanne Atwell asked three downtown groups to partner with the city in hiring a single person to manage their operations as well as oversee the city's economic development.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 21, 2010
Briefs

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  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 21, 2010
Pine View junior captures High School Idol 6 title

Kaitlyn Terpstra, a junior at Pine View, captured the title of High School Idol 6 with her renditions of 'Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend' and 'Top Of The World.'

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 21, 2010
Tie the knot on water

A floating Chapel on the Bay is being launched in Sarasota and is the only vessel of its kind in the United States.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 21, 2010
City prohibits some activities in parks

Team sports and other high-impact activities are no longer allowed in eight city parks that are defined as passive. All 48 city parks are now designated as active or passive.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 21, 2010
Cat's out of the bag

Sarasota Military Academy co-founder Burt Bershon is one heck of a cat-lover. In fact, when the academy opened its doors in 2002, Bershon wouldn't admit students unless they paused to pet his cat - rumored to be named 'Sergeant Major' - upon entering.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 21, 2010
History buffs kick off Bertha Palmer centennial

Chicago historian Sally Sexton Kalmbach, author of 'The Jewel of the Gold Coast: Mrs. Potter Palmer's Chicago,' helped the Historical Society of Sarasota County kick off the Bertha Palmer Centennial Year Jan. 12 with a special slide presentation and book signing.

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