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  • June 23, 2010
LLSA Chamber Small Business of the Year Awards: ServPro of North Sarasota

10 or Fewer Employees - Finalists

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  • June 23, 2010
LLSA Chamber Small Business of the Year Awards: Edgewater Contractors Inc.

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  • June 23, 2010
LLSA Chamber Small Business of the Year Awards: Secur-All Insurance

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  • June 23, 2010
LLSA Chamber Small Business of the Year Awards: Stephanie Dubsky Photography

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  • June 23, 2010
LLSA Chamber Small Business of the Year Awards: Save Our Seabirds

Rookie Business -- Finalist

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  • By Robin Hartill and Stephanie Hannum
  • June 23, 2010
Enterprising Events

LLSA Chamber holds big week for small businesses.

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  • June 23, 2010
Ranch Main fired up for barbecue cook-off

The event will start at 4 p.m., June 26. Voting for your favorite barbecue will last until about 7 p.m.

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  • June 23, 2010
Business Observer 06.24.10

Warren G. Simonds, vice president and CMO for Lakewood Ranch-based Willis A. Smith Construction Inc., was selected to participate in the 2010 Class of the Gulf Coast Leadership Institute.

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  • June 22, 2010
Buchanan announces drilling legislation

The Longboat Key Republican announced plans Monday to introduce legislation designed to hold companies responsible for oil spills.

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  • June 22, 2010
City eliminates 35 job positions

The cuts mainly include vacant positions, but 13 employees will be laid off.

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  • June 21, 2010
CAMP SPOTLIGHT: Kids R Kids

This week, the East County Observer caught up with students at Kids R Kids in Lakewood Ranch to see what they enjoy the most about Camp Extreme Discoveries.

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  • June 21, 2010
Unconditional Surrender inspires donation policy

The commission will vote today on a new policy written in direct response to the controversial sculpture's donation to the city.

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  • June 21, 2010
Size matters: Welcome signs need correction

Vice Mayor Jim Brown said the two welcome signs placed on Longboat Key last month were not built to design specifications.

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  • June 18, 2010
Senate, governor candidates face the press

All but one major candidate for U.S. Senator from Florida and governor appeared at a journalist town hall at The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota.

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  • June 18, 2010
P&Z selects subcommittee members

The Planning and Zoning Board selected George Symanski Jr. and Pat Zunz to the town's Vision Plan review subcommittee Friday.

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