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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 6, 2010
Leatherback turtle arrives at Mote for treatment

The species is rarely found in Southwest Florida's Gulf Coast and is the most endangered of sea-turtle species.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 6, 2010
East County drug store robbed

The pharmacy of the CVS on University Parkway, just west of Tuttle Avenue, was robbed Tuesday.

  • East County
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  • Molly Schechter
  • January 6, 2010
Black Tie & Tales

Read the latest social column by Molly Schechter.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 6, 2010
Christ Church project receives blessing

Despite concerns from some Sleepy Lagoon homeowners, the Town Commission voted Monday to approve a new sanctuary on the north end of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 6, 2010
Political sign issues arise

Longboat Key District 1 commission candidate Lee Pokoik and town officials have been sparring over the placement of his campaign signs and the wording of his sign.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 6, 2010
Term limit revision stands

Mayor Lee Rothenberg told those opposing his decision to run for another two-year term that he has done nothing wrong.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 6, 2010
Briefs

Briefs

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 6, 2010
Sand arrives at eroded North Shore Road beach access

The town began placing 600 cubic yards of sand Tuesday at the North Shore Road beach access to protect the road and utilities in the area. The sand cost the town $12,000.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 6, 2010
Key Club project contains fewer issues

Longboat Key Club Attorney John Patterson is hopeful the club's Islandside application has fewer issues and will move along more quickly at the Town Commission level.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 6, 2010
IS TOWN HALL TOXIC?

In a letter to Lakewood Ranch Community Development District supervisors last month, former Town Hall employee Sue Kara called it a 'toxic and dysfunctional environment.'

  • East County
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 6, 2010
Donna Hayes takes county's top seat

District 5 Commissioner Donna Hayes will lead the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners in 2010.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 6, 2010
Residents bring military tradition to Sarasota

Lakewood Ranch's Gene Sweeney and Michael Evers are offering horse-drawn caisson burials for service members who died from enemy action.

  • East County
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  • By Michael Eng and Pam Eubanks
  • January 6, 2010
Despite economy, church growth continues out east

Living Lord Lutheran Church completed recently its 3,500-square-foot expansion, while RiverLife Church is in the middle of the largest change in its 90-plus-year history.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 6, 2010
IN-DEPTH: A Soldier's Diary

Sgt. Maj. Steve Valley kept a journal from the day he was mobilized for war to the day he left the Middle East on Jan. 30, 2005. Now, his story is available to the public.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2010
Business Observer 01.07.10

Ellen Ferber Evans and Alan Evans, formerly of Lakewood Ranch Realty, have joined Wagner Realty at its new Lakewood Ranch office, 11509 Palmbrush Trail.

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