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  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 26, 2011
Hearing officer indicates tower rejection

Hamilton "Chip" Rice Jr. said Vertex Development is not entitled to a special permit to construct a 150-foot tower at 5625 Whitfield Ave.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 26, 2011
On the record

Observer Group publisher and CEO Matt Walsh is the 2010 Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Citizen of the Year.

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The units are located on a marina and come with a free one-year boat-slip rental.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 26, 2011
Twin Shores marina villas get makeover

Renovation has been completed on the first four marina villas at Twin Shores of Longboat Key.

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Ramona Glanz and Andrew Vac
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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 26, 2011
Business Observer

Vac and Glanz open FL division of National Awards; Re Federico closes

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2011
News Briefs 01.27.11

More than a year ago, a parishioner of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Community delivered an unfinished quilt to the women in the church's Loving Stitches Ministry, which knits, crochets and sews handmade items for charity.

  • East County
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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 26, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Zimmerman joins MS&Co.

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Gail Condrick leads a Nia class on Wednesdays at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • January 26, 2011
Classic classes draw in Longboat fitness fans

Returning snowbirds will find their favorite classes at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center and the Education Center of Longboat Key.

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Volunteers packed 40 boxes in less than an hour.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 26, 2011
Local VFW sends support overseas

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 12055 will mail 40 boxes filled with foodstuff and other goodies to soldiers in Afghanistan this week.

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Witt fifth-graders Holly MacLeod, Zoe Schaeffer and Ivy Proffitt are eager to get started on their next art project.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 26, 2011
Christo inspires Witt art project

While learning about the artist, students also got a lesson in giving.

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From left to right, Capt. Sandy Schonhoff, Donna Spielberger, Linda Gillott, Sunny McGrath, Fran Harris, Marsha Williams-Glawitsch, Linda Callahan, Valerie Duval, Susan Singer and Willie Buchholz. Not pictured: Cathy Powell.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 26, 2011
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Net Worth

Longboat Key Public Tennis Center's Senior Women's USTA 7.5 Combo Team practiced Jan. 15 in preparation for the team's sectional championships. This is the first year the team has beaten four other local teams to become Division 5 champions, thus claiming a spot in last weekend's state championships, held in Daytona.

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John Crimaldi on the dock behind Whitney Beach with his rowing shell
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 26, 2011
Athlete of the Week: John Crimaldi

This week's featured athlete, John Crimaldi, is a rower and goes out on his rowing shell almost every day in Bishop's Bayou.

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  • By Donna Swan
  • January 26, 2011
Deal us in

Which ruff has the right stuff?

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Paris Pratt, 10, hopes to be Braden River's Principal for a Day again next year.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 26, 2011
Fourth-grader assumes BRE principal post

Paris Pratt served as the school's Principal for a Day Jan. 11.

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Jennifer Moss, president of the FPRA, and Julie Platt, president of the Central West Coast Chapter of the FPRA
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • January 25, 2011
Florida Public Relations Association meeting gets social

The Central West Coast Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Associations held its first meeting of the year Tuesday, Jan. 25, at the Sarasota Yacht Club.

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The tornado watch will remain in effect until 9 p.m.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 25, 2011
District cancels after-school activities

All after-school activities at Manatee County Public Schools, except for after-school childcare programs at elementary and middle schools, are canceled today because of severe weather.

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