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Susan Jones, executive vice president of JCI Chemical, Stephania Feltz, executive director of Girls Inc., and Max Hannum, vice president of human resources of JCI Chemical. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • October 13, 2011
Business Observer

Girls Inc. receives $100,000 donation; Octex breaks ground on $7.6 million expansion; SCF Technology and Simulation Center honored; Grapevine hires account executive; SunTrust Bank, Goodwill team up for workshops

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  • Observer Staff
  • October 13, 2011
Our View: Caution on beach schedule

Sarasota County is considering a dramatically revved-up schedule for the renovations of Siesta Key Beach, but needs to be cautious about entering into anything that could be financially constricting.

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    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • October 13, 2011
Commission delays hearing on new metals ordinance

Expressing concerns about sufficient exemptions, the Sarasota County Commission Tuesday asked county staff to push back a public hearing until December.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 13, 2011
Cops Corner: Siesta Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Siesta residents have been keeping track of a boat (top right of photo) they first observed anchored about 200 yards off Beach Access 7. It since has moved farther from shore and up the Key’s coastline. Photo by Lourdes Ramirez.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • October 13, 2011
Island Beat: Boat offshore raises lots of questions

About the same time that property owners on North Beach Road began engaging in a dispute over their rights early this month, other Key residents started spreading the word about a sailboat anchored approximately 200 yards off the beach near Access 7.

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Devin Miller and JoJo Zolikoff race each other on the BMX track. Loren Mayo.
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  • Loren Mayo
  • October 13, 2011
Sarasota BMX goes preschool

What seems to be chaos barreling down a BMX track is in reality carefully calculated moves, as two little racers jockey for position in a fierce fight for first place.

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Lou Oberndorf, left, cofounded METI in 1996. The company has since become one the largest health-care technology firms on the Gulf Coast, with a focus in lifelike human simulators. Mike Bernstein, right, was named president of METI in 2009. File photo.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • October 13, 2011
How the METI deal was done

The top executive for a $60 million Sarasota medical technology business took on a complicated mission: Find a buyer for the firm without sacrificing price. It was an exacting operation.

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Gulf Gate Elementary School Principal Robin Magac and pre-kindergarten student Madelyn Cohen meet Zeus, a 6-month-old llama from Oak Crest Farms. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • October 13, 2011
Gulf Gate students join national reading initiative

The approximately 750 students at Gulf Gate Elementary School joined forces with students all across the country Oct. 6 to "Read for the Record," which emphasizes the importance of reading to young children in families of all income levels.

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Co-chairs Courtney Rosenthal and Jill Friedman
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • October 12, 2011
Le Petit Marche

Le Petit Marche

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How much do you know about Gov. Rick Scott?
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 12, 2011
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Gov. Rick Scott

Think you know Florida Gov. Rick Scott? Here are some things you may not have known about him.

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Kyle Cartwright, 14, has been charged with two burglaries. Police credit "Nero" the K-9 dog for stopping an armed burglary.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 12, 2011
Runaway arrested for burglaries

A 14-year-old boy was arrested Oct. 5 after the Sarasota Police Department was notified the suspect was located within city limits.

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The view of a proposed 150-foot stealth cell tower depends on your perspective.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 12, 2011
P&Z to sound off on cell tower

The Planning & Zoning Board will consider a proposed stealth tower at Longboat Island Chapel. But a meeting and an open house this Sunday will offer different perspectives on the plan.

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David Bullock was appointed interim town manager by the Longboat Key Town Commission in October 2011.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 12, 2011
IN THE PUBLIC EYE: David Bullock

David Bullock will assume the role of interim Longboat Key manager Nov. 1.

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Jon F. Swift Inc. began removing the current landscaping in St. Armands Circle’s four medians last week, but the company has not received the necessary permit from FDOT to begin the entire median project. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 12, 2011
Circle median project sees delays

Work has been delayed for months on a St. Armands Circle median project that will enhance the district while improving safety for pedestrians.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 12, 2011
P&Z staff details concerns about Publix design, access

The Longboat Key P&Z staff has concerns about the scale of the supermarket's proposal for Avenue of the Flowers.

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