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UPDATE: Two swan cygnets make a fashionably late arrival

Just when it seemed the eggs were infertile, Wendy and Stan's cygnets began to hatch

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  • May 9, 2012
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Susan Levine

Susan Levine spends her time promoting grassroots efforts and women's issues. Read more about her in our candid "Five Things."

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Athlete of the Week: Jean Goetze

When Jean Goetze isn't teaching French at the Arts and Community Enrichment Center in Sarasota, she is active

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  • May 9, 2012
JUST THE STATS

2012 - The first year Joan Kelly has been named Captain of the Year at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center. Pictured are Marsha Thompson, Manager Kay Thayer, Fanny Younger, pro Claudiu Retean, Kelly and pro Eric Hinchman.

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The plans presented to both firefighters and general employees would allow vested employees to keep the benefits they've accrued and wouldn't affect retirees or employees who retire before the freeze date.
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  • May 9, 2012
Town proposes pension freeze

The town manager presented proposals to firefighters and general employees that would freeze existing pension plans and transition them to 401(a) plans.

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  • May 9, 2012
Discussion shows difference in visions

The owner of Whitney Beach Plaza expressed frustration after the Town Commission voted to remove Comp Plan language that would have allowed for an overlay district.

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  • May 9, 2012
Commission wants 'interim' taken out of manager's title

The Town Commission considers options for entering into a long-term agreement with Town Manager David Bullock.

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  • May 9, 2012
Euphemia Haye walks to cure juvenile diabetes

Team Euphemia Haye has raised approximately $8,000 for JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes this year.

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  • May 9, 2012
Msgr. Finegan prepares for pilgrimage

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church Msgr. Gerard Finegan leaves this week for France to pray at the Marian shrine of Lourdes.

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  • May 9, 2012
Public Tennis Center team declared champs

The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center 75 team was the champion of the 2011-12 Suncoast Senior Men's Tennis League.

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  • May 9, 2012
Mother's Day Photo Contest Winner

Melissa Herron and her husband, Mike, of Bradenton, are active members of the Longboat Key Turtle Watch.

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  • May 9, 2012
Colony parties to return for three more hearings

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May has scheduled three separate hearings in July to better address cases surrounding the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

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  • May 9, 2012
Welly, White spar on project history

In 2004, the town held hearings for the Key Club's proposed Ca d'Coure plan, but Michael Welly and Bob White have different memories of the plan.

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News Briefs

Commission makes board appointments; New P&Z director starts Monday; Volunteers needed for Sister Keys cleanup; Key Club ranks No. 11 in top resorts list

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