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  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 7, 2010
School district preps for School Choice enrollment

The district's School Choice open enrollment period will run Jan. 19 through Feb. 5.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 7, 2010
Vehicles burglarized in Gates Creek

Electronic items were stolen from vehicles in the Gates Creek community last night.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 7, 2010
Larson, Pokoik speak to Village residents

Lynn Larson and Lee Pokoik are running for the District 1 seat of the Longboat Key Town Commission against incumbent Mayor Lee Rothenberg.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 7, 2010
Buchanan lobbies for open meetings on health reform

Congressman Vern Buchanan has formally asked President Barack Obama to ensure final meetings on health-care reform are open to the public's viewing.

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  • Robin Roy
  • January 7, 2010
Toy store's beloved sign stolen

Funtoysia's distinctive wooden sign that adorned the toy store for 25 years was stolen on Christmas Eve. Storeowners are offering a reward for its return.

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  • Robin Roy
  • January 7, 2010
New garage designs sought

The City Commission asked the design-and-build team of the Palm Avenue parking garage to submit non-traditional designs for the project.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • January 7, 2010
Patterson Foundation to honor family's giving legacy

The Patterson Foundation will honor Jim and Dorothy Patterson's heritage through nine targeted areas of giving.

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  • January 7, 2010
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  • January 7, 2010
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Christopher Moody, who ran a hedge fund with alleged Ponzi schemer Art Nadel, is nearing the end of a process in which he is ordered to sell all of his material assets.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • January 7, 2010
Kitty kingdom

Cat Depot will launch the grand opening of its new 10,000-square-foot, five-star adoption center Jan. 15 through Jan. 17.

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  • January 7, 2010
Business Observer 01.07.10

Gerry Radford, chief financial officer of Tidewell Hospice, qualified as a certified hospice executive. The program is only available to hospice, home-care and senior managers with significant experience in the field.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • January 7, 2010
Weekday farmers market moves into Phillippi Creek

The Phillippi Farmhouse Market is a seasonal market open on Wednesdays that promotes local growers of produce, agricultural products and prepared foods.

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  • Robin Roy
  • January 7, 2010
Unconditional Surrender gets final reprieve

The owner of the bayfront sculpture will have until the end of the month to respond to the city's copyright-lawsuit concerns or else it will be removed before summer.

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  • Robin Roy
  • January 6, 2010
Alleged Ponzi schemers appear in court

Sarasota couple John and Marian Morgan faced a federal judge in Tampa a day after being extradited from Virginia.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 6, 2010
Burglars target Emerald Harbor

In five burglaries at Emerald Harbor, the alarm keypad panels were stolen from the interiors of three of the homes.

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