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  • January 20, 2010
Club attorney sees no issues

Club attorney sees no issues

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  • January 20, 2010
Cops Corner

Under Investigation -- Jan. 6 9:15 a.m. -- 700 block of Broadway. Security Check. A man told police that he heard voices coming from the house next door, which he thought was vacant. Police found the rear door of the home open and unsanitary living conditions inside. The home was littered with trash. The code enforcement department recently tagged the property.

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  • January 20, 2010
Business Observer

Mirabai Holland releases new DVD exercise set

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  • Dora Walters
  • January 20, 2010
Yiddish newspaper remains a leader for Jewish people

The Jewish Forward has been published for 112 years - and will likely be around for at least 100 more.

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  • January 20, 2010
Bob Twigg memorial celebration

A memorial celebration for Robert "Bob" Twigg, of Longboat Key and Leesburg, Va., who died Nov. 16, 2009, will take place at 1 p.m.

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  • January 20, 2010
Longboat Key - Real estate reports

Longboat Key - Real estate reports

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  • January 20, 2010
Health Matters - Longboat Key & Sarasota 1/20/10

Enjoy The Observer's monthly magazine insert bringing you local, health-related news you can use for people of all ages.

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  • January 20, 2010
Player of the week: Andy Gladsden

Longboat Key Public Tennis Center

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  • January 20, 2010
Reality check

Forty artists get real (and surreal) in the latest exhibit to grace the walls of Ringling College's Selby Gallery.

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  • By Donna Swan
  • January 20, 2010
Deal Us In

Too many trump cards

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  • January 20, 2010
Good tidings

Craig Erlick submitted this sunset photo, taken New Year's Day, at The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort. Please send your sunset (or sunrise) photos to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228, or e-mail them to [email protected].

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  • January 20, 2010
Sarasota Concert Association: Chee-Yun and Jeewon Park

The Sarasota Concert Association's first performer of the season called in sick a couple of months ago, so violinist Chee-Yun and pianist Jeewon Park rode in on their white horses to save the day.

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  • January 20, 2010
Inside the artist's studio

Teams of local artists took over Art Center Sarasota's gallery for its third Artists at Work fundraiser.

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  • January 20, 2010
A feast for the senses at annual Forks and Corks

In its third year, Forks and Corks food, wine and beer festival is upping the stakes with an impressive lineup of participating wineries and restaurants.

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