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  • By Edmund Adams
  • December 30, 2009
My View

What would the state of the union in 2017 be?

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  • December 30, 2009
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 30, 2009
10 to Contend: Murf Klauber

Dr. Klauber, chairman and owner of The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, promises that the Longboat resort will once again rise to the top of the tennis world.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 30, 2009
10 to Contend: Phillip Younger

The code-enforcement board member will face off with Commissioner Hal Lenobel for the at-large commission seat in the March election.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 30, 2009
10 to Contend: Alan Moore

Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant co-owner says that a Longboat Key Town Commission vote could save his family's restaurant.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 30, 2009
10 to contend: Diana Corrigan

Even with a smaller marketing budget and new event fees, Diana Corrigan is optimistic about the Circle's future.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 30, 2009
10 to Contend: Keith Tanner

The representative for the Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department will head back to the negotiations table to work out a new three-year contract.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 30, 2009
10 to Contend: Lynn Larson

The Country Club Shores Unit IV Association president is used to behind-the-scenes work. Now, she is stepping into the spotlight as a commission candidate.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Dora Walters
  • December 30, 2009
Joint Effort

St. Mary's groups combine forces for Christmas party.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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  • Dora Walters
  • December 30, 2009
Memorable Moments

We asked Longboaters to share their most memorable moments of the past decade.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • December 30, 2009
Balancing Act

The Golden Dragon Acrobats' high-energy balancing act mixes Chinese tradition with a little cirque d' soul.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • June LeBell
  • December 30, 2009
Music: The best of 2009

I'm not sure how we've come to the end of another year so quickly, but I'm sure that one of the things that has made the time fly so fast is the rich cultural climate we've had here in Sarasota for 2009.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • December 30, 2009
Circus Sarasota aims high with Wallenda stunt

Daredevil and seventh-generation circus acrobat Nik Wallenda plans to pull a stunt in Sarasota as hair-raising as the one that landed him in last year's Guinness Book of World Records.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kent Chetlain
  • December 30, 2009
Key Real Estate

Water Club unit brings $1,535,500.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 30, 2009
Business Observer

Ellenton resident John Hutson opened Professional Touch Dry Cleaners in mid-December, at 6854 Gulf of Mexico Drive, in Whitney Beach Plaza.

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