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  • July 16, 2014
Observer wins 61 awards at newspaper contest

Six newspapers in the Observer Media Group garnered 61 total awards, including 24 first-place finishes, at the 2013 Florida Press Association Better Weekly Newspaper contest held July 10 to July 11, at the Biltmore in Coral Gables.

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  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • July 16, 2014
Ranch royalty, Mediterranean style

As with many Florida homes, the Mediterranean style is an area favorite.

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Photo by Pam Eubanks Dick Vitale smiles after being doused with 30 buckets of cold water.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 16, 2014
Vitale 'chills' for charity

As Dick Vitale sat outside the Lakewood Ranch First Watch restaurant July 10, his primary purpose wasn't to eat pancakes or sign autographs.

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Photo courtesy of Lou Newman Alan and Beverly in 2012 with three of their cygnets, none of which survived.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 16, 2014
Alan the swan dies of unknown causes

The Bay Isles swan leaves behind his mate, Beverly, but no surviving cygnets.

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Amanda Sebastiano Willis Smith crews should have the $16 million project finished by December.
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • July 16, 2014
Bayside church expansion remains on schedule

Kristin Becnel smiles as she points to hundreds of names handwritten in black Sharpie on the concrete beams of Bayside Community Church's expansion.

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In the championship, MBC Elite held on to defeat the Atlanta Celtics 44-39. Brock Sisson finished with 16, including four 3-pointers, to lead the way for MBC Elite.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 15, 2014
MBC Elite wins national crown

The MBC Elite 9th grade boys basketball team went 7-0 to win the AAU National Championship July 10 through July 14, in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Attendees preferred a mission-style building as opposed to art deco architecture presented during a public workshop May 29, for the new lift station.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 15, 2014
VIDEO: Engineers refine Lift Station 87 design

The firm in charge of the oft-troubled city of Sarasota wastewater facility project has chosen mission style architecture reminiscent of historical Sarasota buildings.

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Esther Howard holds a photo of her son, Tim Howard, whose performance earned him acclaim at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 15, 2014
World Cup sensation Tim Howard has roots on Key

Tim Howard's mother, Esther Cook, is a Sarasota resident who previously lived on Longboat Key, and his grandparents were longtime Key residents.

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  • Jessica Salmond
  • July 15, 2014
Sarasota Memorial Hospital ranked in top 50 nationwide

A list from the US News & World Report put Sarasota Memorial Hospital 30th for best gynecological care and a high performer in eight specialties out of 5,000 hospitals surveyed.

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Storm clouds roll in as the sun sets on Lido Beach.
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  • Kelsey Grau
  • July 15, 2014
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Stormy Sunset

Lido Beach is alive with activity just before sunset July 14, despite the loud cracks of thunder from an approaching storm.

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  • By Zara Barrie
  • July 14, 2014
Factory Girl: How to survive a breakup

Factory Girl: How to survive a breakup

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  • Jessica Salmond
  • July 14, 2014
Business owners threatened with loss of patronage over campaign sign

A Siesta Key business was threatened with losing customers because of campaign signs for Lourdes Ramirez.

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The Sarasota Police Department had been accredited through the voluntary process since 2002.
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  • David Conway
  • July 14, 2014
Sarasota Police Department loses accreditation

The Sarasota Police Department announced today that it withdrew from an accreditation process last month after discovering past compliance issues.

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The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort closed in August 2010.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 14, 2014
Colony Lender places winning bid for resort assets

Colony Lender LLC submitted a winning bid for $15,200,100 but plans to sell its assets to Orlando-based Unicorp.

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Photo courtesy of the Sarasota Sheriff's Department. The Hazardous Devices Unit destroyed a cylindrical object filled with a gel-like substance in a paper bag July 14 on Swift Road.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • July 14, 2014
Bowl with chicken's head, feathers found on Swift Road

The Sarasota County Sheriff's office have reopened Swift Road near Grand Cayman after investigating a suspicious object found in the street.

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