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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 2, 2009
Venice sand site rejected

White sand near Venice was deemed too shelly for the Key's beach.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 2, 2009
Where are they now? Art Falls

After 28 years of running six stores, including The Sea Stable, Art Falls is now retired and living in The Meadows, in Sarasota.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 2, 2009
Our View

Health care = USPS, schools

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  • September 2, 2009
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

  • Longboat Key
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  • By George Rauch
  • September 2, 2009
If not for debt, 'bull' would be back

U.S. factories and consumers are poised for a rebound. The holdup is inflationary deficit spending in Washington.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 2, 2009
Cops Corner

A Sarasota landscaper was asked why he took two wheelbarrows full of shell and 11 bags of mulch from a Country Club Shore yard. The landscaper told police he received permission to take the items from the landscaper in charge of maintaining the home.

  • Longboat Key
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  • September 2, 2009
Obituaries

Obituaries

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    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 2, 2009
Profiles of Summer: Leading Ladies

Sarasota Ballet's new principal dancers may share the same title, but it's the technical differences that will set them apart this season.

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    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 2, 2009
Luis Garcia raises the roof at Circus Sarasota

Tent master Luis Garcia has been with Circus Sarasota from the start, and he's still on the top of his game.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • September 2, 2009
Folk singer performs satire at sunset

Ishmael Katz returned Monday, Aug. 31 to the Sarasota Sailing Squadron for an evening of political wisecracks and ballads.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kent Chetlain
  • September 2, 2009
$1.25 million sale at Water Club II

The sale of Unit 4 in the 11-story, 86-unit Water Club II tower for $1.25 million was one of three more than $1 million sales that highlighted the 10 realty transactions recorded on the keys during the third week of August.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 2, 2009
Family business takes flight on Longboat Key includes family ties

Sandra Ceshker's friends aren't yet used to the fact that she isn't always free for a mid-morning tennis game.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Donna Swan
  • September 2, 2009
Deal Us In: Second hand low

We often hear 'second-hand low,' but, in this week's hand, this would be a major error.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 2, 2009
Weather

This week's temperatures and forecast

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 2, 2009
Cops' Corner 09.03.09

The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.

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