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Ashley Delph, holding her daughter, Haley, tells Florida Sen. Bill Galvano about concerns she has with repairs being done on her Willowbrook home.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 6, 2013
Galvano takes up Willowbrook cause

Sen. Bill Galvano says he will have information for Willowbrook homeowners by the end of this week.

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Bill Speaker, an underwriting executive with East County-based FCCI Insurance Group, is helping the company expand nationwide. Rod Millington.
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  • Mark Gordon
  • February 6, 2013
Still going: FCCI

The thrust for growth is energized at one of the region's biggest business insurance underwriters, FCCI. The challenge now is fending off the competition.

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  • February 6, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Cutting Loose Salon celebrates fifth anniversary; Internet marketing company expands to Lakewood Ranch; Lee Wetherington Homes adds two new employees

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Academic Center and entrance to New College of Florida. The college was ranked as a top value.
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  • Roger Drouin
  • February 6, 2013
Princeton Review ranks New College as a top value

The appearance continues a five-year run of recognition for New College.

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Siesta Key Showplace. Photos courtesy of Michael Saunders & Co.
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  • Robert Plunket
  • February 6, 2013
3 Things: Dream Homes

F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote, 'The rich are different from you and me.' In Sarasota, that means they own all the best houses

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Paul Purcell, Trudi Caruso, Patti Purcell, John Caruso and Jay Logan represented presenting sponsors Robert W. Baird & Co.
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  • February 5, 2013
Town Hall Lecture Series featuring Dr. Robert Gates

Town Hall Lecture Series featuring Dr. Robert Gates

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Emily Walsh and Alex Mahadevan with Design and Dine finalist Margaret Lanier
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • February 5, 2013
Feb. 5: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Design and Dine Finalist: Margaret Lanier; Longboat Key Town Commission solicits town attorney services; Commissioners approve plat for Laurel Park homes; Manatee County Blood drive benefits McNeal Elementary teacher; Bridal shop coming to Lakewood Ranch Main Street

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  • Josh Siegel
  • February 5, 2013
Ancient Oak Gun Club hearing to be reopened Feb. 25

A hearing on a special permit application for Ancient Oak Gun Club in Lakewood Ranch will be reopened 1 p.m., Feb. 25.

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A Gulfside Road home is no longer habitable after a fire sent black smoke billowing throughout the structure.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 5, 2013
Fire damages Longboat Key home

A fire started in the kitchen of a Gulfside Road home on Longboat Key this afternoon.

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The Aging in Paradise Resource Center is a community outreach program of the Longboat Island Chapel.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • February 5, 2013
Fire Department, Aging in Paradise explore possible collaboration

Fire Chief Paul Dezzi met with AIP Director Cindy Clay and chapel board member Dick Pelton to discuss ways to work together.

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Rabbi Harold Caminker and Rabbi Geoff Huntting
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  • Nick Friedman
  • February 5, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Temple Sinai Super Bowl Watch Party

Members of Temple Sinai gathered Sunday, Feb. 3, for a Super Bowl watch party. Following a presentation by Israeli activist Gershon Baskin, members filled their plates with food and socialized before watching the Super Bowl.

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Siesta Key Village Association members Lourdes Ramirez and Kevin Cooper stopped to chat after the Feb. 5 meeting of the merchant group.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • February 5, 2013
Maintenance issues highlight Siesta Key Village Association meeting

Members of the Siesta Key Village Association discussed walls that need painting in the municipal parking lot and exposed irrigation systems during the Feb. 5 meeting.

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  • Josh Siegel
  • February 5, 2013
Juveniles arrested for vehicle burglary attempt in Mill Creek

Two juveniles were arrested for attempting to burglarize two vehicles in the Mill Creek neighborhood this morning.

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Town attorney Dave Persson has resigned and will become the city of Venice’s attorney no later than the end of June.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 5, 2013
Longboat Key Town Commission will solicit town attorney services

A new town attorney will be selected in a process that will take approximately four to six weeks.

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Nancy Newby is a teacher at McNeal Elementary School.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 5, 2013
Manatee County Blood drive benefits McNeal Elementary teacher

Bone marrow donors have three opportunities to donate Feb. 6 through Feb. 7.

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