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  • May 2, 2012
News Briefs

Town schedules first budget workshop; City staff investigates St. Armands benches

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Walls for the new CVS began going up earlier this week.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 2, 2012
CVS reaches new heights

The new drug store is beginning to take shape as contractors worked to construct walls this week.

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Beverly sits on her nest. Photos courtesy Lou Newman and David Novak.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 2, 2012
Swan life on Longboat Key called into focus

Vicki the swan has been to Save Our Seabirds twice in one month; her survival is now in question. Friday, April 20, swan keeper David Novak took Vicki in for her second visit.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 2, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Longboat Key Police Officer Shawn Nagell now spends most of his work day patrolling the waters surrounding the Key.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 2, 2012
Officer Nagell assumes marine-patrol position

Officer Shawn Nagell takes on a new assignment - and the wheel of the Longboat Key police boat - after assuming marine-patrol responsibilities from Officer Dennis Silverio Jr.

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Joyce Tappan loves cheering on her thoroughbreds at stakes races.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 2, 2012
Neighbors: Joyce Tappan

Joyce Tappan doesn't just horse around - she has 48 winning pictures.

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Unit 1B4 at Vizcaya, 2333 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has two bedrooms, three baths and 2,499 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,825,000. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 2, 2012
Queens Harbour home sells for $2 million

The following residential real-estate transactions took place between April 16 and April 20. A home in Queens Harbour tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Michael and Helen Donovan sold their home at 3564 Fair Oaks Lane to Hans-Juergen Naumann, of Chemnitz, Germany, for $2 million.

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Ryan Heers, co-owner Dr. Elijah Benioni, Kimberly Marlow, co-owner Dr. Briana Southerland and Warren Decuir
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 2, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Aesthetic Arts Institute business opens on Main Street in Sarasota; Longboat Key triathlon sprint event needs volunteers for this weekend; Longboat Key resident to teach fitness classes at Sarasota Ballet

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    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 2, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Alex Lancaster

St. Armands Key resident Alex Lancaster is a workers compensation and personal-injury lawyer.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 2, 2012
JUST THE STATS

1 - Place Jim and Ann Johnson took in couples bridge Tuesday, April 24, at Sarasota Yacht Club.

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  • By Brian Gunnell
  • May 2, 2012
Bridge Bites: The power of deduction

This is not the most swashbuckling auction ever to appear in Bridge Bites, but the deal does provide a test for Declarer's powers of deduction. Cover up the E-W hands if you would like to test your own powers.

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Tim Smalley submitted this sunset photo, taken near Longboat Harbour on Longboat Key.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 2, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Tim Smalley submitted this sunset photo, taken near Longboat Harbour on Longboat Key.

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Turtle Watch volunteers mark off nests using wooden stakes and tape.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 1, 2012
Turtle-nesting season begins today

Turtles are off to an early crawl, with three nests documented the day before season's start.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 1, 2012
Obituary: Robert S. Bernard

Robert S. Bernard, of Longboat Key and formerly of Albany, N.Y., died Tuesday, April 24. He was 80.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 1, 2012
May 1: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

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