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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 5, 2009
Backflow fines to begin

Starting Aug. 14, Longboat Key water users will face fines of $50 a day for a maximum of two weeks if they have not yet installed the backflow-prevention devices.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 5, 2009
BP station gets stamp of approval

The convenience store, 400 Gulf of Mexico Drive, will include a contract post office later this year.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 5, 2009
Small sailor searches for buried treasure at summer camp

Jake Pettingell, 5, reports he had a wonderful time at sailing camp this summer at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 5, 2009
Welcome to the world, Liam!

Congratulations are in order for The Longboat Observer City Editor Kurt Schultheis and his wife, Observer Group Advertising-Production Coordinator Brooke. The couple welcomed their first child, Liam David, at 1:54 p.m. Aug. 3, at Manatee Memorial Hospital, in Bradenton.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 5, 2009
Eli is all smiles and wags after reunion

Nine-year-old golden retriever, Eli, was reunited with his owner, Ellen Haft, after having been accidentally locked in a garage in his Lands End neighborhood.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 5, 2009
Birds of a feather ...

This black swan, Rosie, was brought to Save Our Seabirds last Saturday, not because of a broken wing, but because of a broken heart.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • August 4, 2009
Downtown projects combined for better pricing

The city hopes to receive a construction discount by pairing the Five Points roundabout and Palm Avenue bulb-out projects.

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    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • August 4, 2009
Ringling Museum director resigns

Dr. John Wetenhall, executive director of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, announced his resignation Tuesday, two months shy of the museum's International Arts Festival.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 4, 2009
TideWell names new vice president

TideWell Hospice has welcomed David Lafferty as its new executive vice president and chief information officer.

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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • August 4, 2009
Property owners to be polled on parking meters

The Downtown Improvement District is inviting the people it represents to give their input on the proposed installation of parking meters.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 3, 2009
Creekwood Bealls employee robbed of deposit

The suspect fled in a maroon Toyota Rav 4. The vehicle was last seen driving southbound on Creekwood Boulevard toward State Road 70.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 2, 2009
Colony president responds to ruling

For Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Chairman Dr. Murray 'Murf' Klauber and President and General Manager Katie Moulton, a federal bankruptcy judge's rulings Friday contained victory and defeat.

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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • August 2, 2009
Two Sarasota restaurants to close

5One6 Burns quietly closed July 26, and Canvas Cafe's last operation date is Saturday, Aug. 1.

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  • By Maggie Pahos
  • July 31, 2009
Man on the street: Summer fun

We asked girls at Girls Inc. what they liked best about summer vacation.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 31, 2009
Ranch man arrested on drug charges

A Lakewood Ranch man was arrested and charged with multiple drug-related charges after being pulled over by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper yesterday afternoon.

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