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  • Molly Schechter
  • October 21, 2009
Black Tie & Tales

Read this week's social column, Black Tie & Tales, by Molly Schechter.

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  • October 21, 2009
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  • October 21, 2009
Colony wants to remain independent

Longboat Key resident Manfred Welfonder's plan for an international hotel chain to purchase The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is not being met with open arms from resort officials.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 21, 2009
Walgreens eyes Key site

The drug-store company, based in Deerfield, Ill., has submitted an application for a stand-alone location on Bay Isles Road, just west of Bank of America.

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  • October 21, 2009
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  • October 21, 2009
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Letters to the Editor

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  • October 21, 2009
My View

'You’ll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again!'

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  • October 21, 2009
Town staff seeks code enforcement help

The commission has not given the town manager direction to use the $57,000 it placed into the fiscal year 2009-10 budget for an additional code-enforcement officer.

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  • October 21, 2009
Cops Corner

7:34 a.m. -- 2000 block of Harbour Links Drive. Suspicious Circumstance. A man reported someone trespassing at his neighbor's residence.

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  • October 21, 2009
Mustangs complete undefeated season

The Lakewood Ranch High girls golf team finished the regular season a perfect 12-0.

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  • October 21, 2009
St. Armands Key Lutheran welcomes its new pastor

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church held an impressive installation service Oct. 18 for its new pastor, the Rev. Mark A. Bernthal.

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  • October 21, 2009
Obituaries

Obituaries

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  • October 21, 2009
Dream theater

After drifting from venue to venue for 10 years, the West Coast Black Theatre Troupe has reorganized, re-energized and is ready to lay down its roots.

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  • October 21, 2009
Music Review: Journeys to Genius 'Mozart: Touched by the Gods'

Leif Bjaland, artistic director and conductor of the Sarasota Orchestra, can now add some new titles to his name: writer and narrator.

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  • October 21, 2009
The Producers

The Sarasota Film Commission markets the Gulf Coast’s assets to Hollywood film producers.

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