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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 8, 2009
Vision plan can be reviewed

Town attorney David Persson believes commissioners can discuss the town's vision plan as long as it steers clear of any Key Club Islandside project discussion.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 8, 2009
Obituary: Richard Schaefer

Richard Schaefer, 79, was a former Longboat Key Zoning Board of Appeals member.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 8, 2009
Buchanan submits academy nominations

Buchanan's nominations include three East County students: Joseph Robert James Frye, of Lakewood Ranch High School, and Jessica Riley Gore and Thomas James Kopec, both of Braden River High School.

  • East County
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • December 8, 2009
Wedding fee a 'deterrent'

Commissioners joke about the real reason behind a new fee for those wanting to get married in city parks.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 8, 2009
Community shoe box effort bolsters Meals on Wheels

Community shoe box effort bolsters Meals on Wheels

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 8, 2009
Community shoe box effort bolsters Meals on Wheels

Community shoe box effort bolsters Meals on Wheels

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • December 7, 2009
Sonata a Due

La Musica International Chamber Music Festival

  • Black Tie
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 7, 2009
Commission approves Moore's zoning request

Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant owner Alan Moore said Moore's wouldn't survive unless the town granted his zoning request.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • December 7, 2009
Regulated parking may be eliminated

After city commissioners called off any possibility of downtown parking meters in the near future, the city manager said one solution to the problem of an underfunded parking department is to do away with all regulated parking.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 7, 2009
Binjara Traders re-opens on Circle

The opening comes three weeks after the business lost its entire inventory to smoke damage from a fire.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 7, 2009
Former St. Mary bookkeeper pleads guilty to felony grand theft

Margaret Carroll, 68, of Sarasota, will be sentenced within 90 days.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 7, 2009
Commission to consider Moore's request, term limit revisions

The Longboat Key Town Commission tonight will consider a request by Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant owner Alan Moore to approve a Comprehensive Plan amendment and a request to change the zoning of the restaurant from commercial to residential.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2009
McGonegal to present new proposal for MTI

In addition to moving the site to land in front of Braden River High School, the Manatee County superintendent also wants to earmark land for future East County schools.

  • East County
  • Schools
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • December 7, 2009
Paid-parking campaign to be revealed

The educational campaign is intended to inform citizens of how parking meters would work downtown. The campaign is expected to cost up to $24,000.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 6, 2009
Colony will reopen this month

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort plans to open its resort two months after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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