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“We will have an affordable menu, fresh seafood, steak and fine Italian cuisine,” said W. Howard Rooks.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 29, 2014
Top Stories - Longboat Key: September

W. Howard Rooks and Andrea Bozzolo plan to open a new Italian eatery in the vacant former Mattison's Steakhouse at the Plaza building.

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Sarasota County deputies are looking for a white male in his 30s with tattoos on both arms in connection with a Sept. 6 vehicle burglary on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • December 29, 2014
Top Stories - Siesta Key: September

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has released surveillance footage of a man suspected of burglarizing a car at the Siesta Gulf View condominiums this month.

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"Sarasota blew away the competition with the first place ranking in hotels and nightlife."
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • December 28, 2014
Top Stories - Sarasota: August

Real estate blog Movoto ranked Sarasota No. 1 on its list of the 10 'sexiest small cities in America,' which also includes Bradenton two spots below.

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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • December 28, 2014
Top Stories - East County: August

The last Lakewood Ranch Main Street farmers market was held in November 2011.

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Daiquiri Deck Vice President of Operations Matt Grover, President Troy Syprett and Vice President of Marketing Russell Matthes.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 28, 2014
Top Stories - Longboat Key: August

Daiquiri Deck's owners plan to expand the restaurant's St. Armands location to the first floor, but that's just the first course of their plans for growth

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A small plane crashed on Siesta Key today.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • December 28, 2014
Top Stories - Siesta Key: August

The Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport received a mayday call this morning.

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A Siesta Key property known as Snook Inn sold for $10 million last year, making it the largest residential sale in Sarasota.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • December 27, 2014
Top Stories - Sarasota: July

Christie's International Real Estate names the city of Sarasota one of 10 'Jewel Box' enclaves in its report on luxury housing markets in 2013.

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A Bass Pro Shops rendering shows plans for the outdoor retailer's 14th Florida store, which is slated to be part of the Fruitville Initiative.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • December 27, 2014
Top Stories - East County: July

The outdoor retailer announced plans yesterday for an 80,000-square-foot store as part of a larger mixed-use development at the intersection of I-75 and Fruitville Road.

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Mote researchers tagged Katharine in August 2013 on the M/V OCEARCH. (Robert Snow Photography)
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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 27, 2014
Top Stories - Longboat Key: July

Mote scientists tagged the 2,300-pound great white shark last August, near Cape Cod, Mass.

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Sarasota County deputies arrested 28-year-old Keith Hernandez for grand theft Sunday, in Siesta Key Village.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • December 27, 2014
Top Stories - Siesta Key: July

Sarasota County deputies arrested a West Palm Beach man who was allegedly caught on tape stealing a woman's purse from the Beach Club Tuesday morning.

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Benderson Development plans to redevelop the remains of a vacant mobile home park near Siesta Key.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • December 26, 2014
Top Stories - Siesta Key: June

Siesta Promenade would bring a hotel and 250,000 square feet of retail to the gateway to Siesta Key, causing worry among residents.

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Sarasota Military Academy CEO and co-founder Dan Kennedy will take an extended leave from the school beginning July 1.
    By
  • David Conway
  • December 26, 2014
Top Stories - Sarasota: June

Dan Kennedy, CEO and co-founder of Sarasota Military Academy, will become an inactive employee next month, per an agreement with the school's board of directors.

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Ellen and Dave Gerth have filed three lawsuits related to the murder of Ellen Gerth's late mother, Lakewood Ranch resident Ina Gross.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 26, 2014
Top Stories - East County: June

Ellen Gerth vows to keep her brother from benefiting from their mother's death.

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An auction for a bankrupt Partnership estate and a piece of the dilapidated Colony Beach & Tennis Resort puzzle are up for grabs Thursday in a Tampa courtroom.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 26, 2014
Top Stories - Longboat Key: June

Ocean Properties Ltd. put in an offer at 3:59 p.m. Tuesday - one minute before bids were set to close for the bankrupt Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Partnership estate - and had the winning bid at $2.45 million.

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  • By David Conway and Alex Mahadevan
  • December 25, 2014
Main Street bar clears first hurdle

Plans for a Paddy Wagon in the 1500 block of Main Street, in addition to other nightlife proposals, have received an early seal of approval from downtown residents.

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