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  • Dora Walters
  • March 27, 2010
Gulfshore resident parties at surprise celebration

Charlotte Barsalow celebrated her 90th birthday March 27 at Gulfshore of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 26, 2010
Store Around the Corner: Crossover Cutters

Lena Lemon and Ken Schwartz blend traditional styling techniques with modern looks at Crossover Cutters hair salon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jessica Luck
  • March 26, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Cannons open house and fishing clinic

Cannons Marina will hold a spring open house and fishing clinic Saturday, March 27 on such topics as 'Weather and Catch of the Day, Reading Weather Patterns for Fishing and Safety' and 'Fakin' it ... Fishing with Artificial Lures.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jessica Luck
  • March 26, 2010
Small business nominations due next week

The deadline to submit nominations for the Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce's 2010 Small Business of the Year is 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 30.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Dora Walters
  • March 26, 2010
Euphemia Haye demonstrates 'fancy affair'

Euphemia Haye continued its cooking classes Wednesday, March 24.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 26, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Smooch a Pooch Stroll

The Southside Village Smooch a Pooch Stroll will be held Friday, March 26.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 26, 2010
Tree trimming begins on Longboat Key

Clearing trees away from power lines sometimes causes irregular V-shaped trees, which upsets residents who believe the trees are being damaged.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • March 26, 2010
City plans for loss of parking spaces

Construction will force tourists to park in spaces that downtown employees use. The employees will be encouraged to park farther away.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Dora Walters
  • March 26, 2010
All Angels continues its party plans

Despite the fact that their scheduled performer was hospitalized just hours before All Angels' benefit concert, they decided the show must go on.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • March 25, 2010
Colorful creations

"Florence Putterman: A Survey of Works from 1949 to 2009" opened March 25, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, to an overflowing crowd of 300.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 25, 2010
Saunders sees recovery, return to values

Longboat Key real-estate maven Michael Saunders says today's buyers have 'frugality fatigue.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 25, 2010
MAN ON THE STREET: Health care reform

President Barack Obama signed into existence new health care legislation Tuesday. The East County Observer caught up with residents in the area to get their thoughts.

  • East County
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 25, 2010
Commission picks whiter sand

The Town Commission wants the whitest sand option available for its beaches with an under layer of a slightly less white sand underneath it in hot-spot areas.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 25, 2010
Local pairs skaters place eighth, ninth at World Championships

United States National Figure Skating Champions and Olympians Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett posted a season best free skate at the 2010 ISU Figure Skating World Championships March 24 in Torino, Italy, placing eighth with a score of 172.47. Training partners and fellow Olympians Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig finished in ninth place with a score of 165.96.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • March 25, 2010
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: Sprouts

Students in the Dinosaurs pre-kindergarten class at the Sprouts Child Development Center preschool program share their favorite Easter memories.

  • East County
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