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  • August 20, 2014
Business Briefs

LeadingAge names Bill Johnston 'Trustee of the Year'; The Chiles Group supports No Kid Hungry campaign; Columbia Restaurants to hold annual Community Harvest

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Sheryl Vieira submitted this sunset photo, taken on Anna Maria Island.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

Sheryl Vieira submitted this sunset photo, taken on Anna Maria Island.

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Ray Robinson with a 200 pound Atlantic goliath grouper, or Jewfish, found washed up on a beach near Cannon Marina Aug. 19. He said that the fish was there for two days but is now gone.
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • August 19, 2014
Beached Behemoth

Atlantic goliath grouper found near Cannon Marina

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  • News
The building official does management and administrative work in the town’s Planning Zoning and Building Department.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 19, 2014
Building official Wayne Thorne resigns

Thorne's last day is Aug. 21. Building inspector Tony Sapuppo will take on the role of building official temporarily.

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Volunteers help to monitor the scallop count in Sarasota Bay during the annual Scallop Search.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 19, 2014
Scallop Search reaches capacity for non-boaters

Sarasota Bay Watch's seventh annual Scallop Search takes place Saturday, beginning at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub.

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The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort closed in August 2010.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 18, 2014
Association vows to fight $5.1 million demand

Association President Jay Yablon says Unicorp and Colony Lender 'are at the heart of a hostile strategy to take over the Colony.'

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Digital Content Producer Alex Mahadevan and Chief Digital Officer Emily Walsh take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 18, 2014
VIDEO: The Observer accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Chief Digital Officer Emily Walsh and Digital Content Producer Alex Mahadevan took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Monday, and called out some Sarasota County Commission candidates in the process.

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Ciarra Buff, a sixth-grader, and Joseph Peery, an eighth-grader, board the bus for their first day of classes at Martha B. King Middle School. Asked if he was excited for school to start, Peery said, "I'd rather be fishing."
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • August 18, 2014
Summer ends, school begins

Longboat Key students prepare for first day of school Aug. 18.

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Sue and Burt Borgelt with Barbara Grimes
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 15, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Christ Church Summer Barbecue

Christ Church held its annual end of summer barbecue dinner Friday, Aug. 15, in the fellowship hall at Christ Church.

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  • Neighbors
This week's FYI Friday features news about a 'sexy' distinction for Sarasota, another beach plane crash and more Colony drama!
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 15, 2014
FYI Friday - Your weekly news roundup

Catch up on the week's most important and most interesting news stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County with FYI Friday.

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The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort closed in August 2010.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 15, 2014
Colony Lender demands $5.1 million from Colony owners

Attorney David Siegal wrote in a letter that unit owners are liable for unpaid rent and real estate taxes of more than $5.1 million.

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Longboat Key Fire-Rescue trucks begin practice drill Friday outside the former Longboat Key Hilton.
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • August 15, 2014
Longboat Key Fire Department conducts drills at former Hilton

Eleven firefighters trained at property Friday prior to sites demolition.

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Mote Marine Laboratory senior scientist Carl Luer said the bonnethead shark is an efficient biomedical model.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 14, 2014
VIDEO: Mote scientist receives Distinguished Fellow award

The American Elasmobranch Society presented its Distinguished Fellow Award this month to Mote Marine Laboratory senior scientist Carl Luer, for his work studying the disease-fighting traits of sharks and rays.

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Applications for Longboat Key's new retirement board of trustees are now available at Town Hall.
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • August 14, 2014
Volunteers needed for new retirement board of trustees

Applications are now available for five open seats.

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  • News
Underwater robot Waldo was recovered by boat Aug. 13, following a mission that covered 140 miles and returned to Mote. (Mote Marine Laboratory)
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 14, 2014
No red tide impacts detected alongshore

Mote, FWC and USF scientists continue to monitor a bloom at least 20 miles offshore from Dixie to northern Pinellas counties.

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