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Sarasota police hire a former Maryland lieutenant colonel as deputy chief
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Top Stories: Sarasota police hire a former Maryland lieutenant colonel as deputy chief; Visit Sarasota County announces Annual National Tourism Week Awards; Sarasota Blues and Music Festival canceled, new blues festival launches

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The Centre Shops is located at 5380 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
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WEEKEND BEST BET: Centre Shops Mother's Day Festival

The festival will include plenty of Mom's favorite things, such as jewelry, antiques and art.

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Last week of stone crab season

The seven-month Florida stone crab season closes May 16.

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Save our Seabirds' founder Lee Fox accuses its board of "hijacking" the organization.
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Top Stories: Save our Seabirds' Lee Fox: 'The board fired me.'; Chalk festival outlines possible move; Daughter keeps memories close to her heart

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Lee Fox began treating injured birds in 1987 on a volunteer basis.
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Save Our Seabirds' Lee Fox: 'The board fired me.'

Save Our Seabirds' founder accuses its board of 'hijacking' the organization.

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After seeing a circus performance many years ago, he was inspired by the magic to get involved in a bigger way. But, it’s the programs that keep him donating every year.
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Today's Stories: Third suspect in violent Sarasota home invasion captured; Mills freezes all school spending; Properties have stake in new Mote turtle policy; Patron Saints: Mitchell McKnight

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Bob Curry and Wende Webb
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PHOTO GALLERY: LBK Chamber Business After Hours

The Longboat Key Chamber held their first business after hours at their new location Tuesday, May 7.

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Nicole and Jonathan Eskew. Courtesy photo.
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  • May 8, 2013
Bostonians get hooked on Longboat

Pamela Hodges and her children, Nicole and Jonathan Eskew, recently visited Longboat Key from Boston for the first time and are already looking forward to a return visit.

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Early birds catch the turtle nest

Sanctuary condominium General Manager Sheila Connell and maintenance supervisor Fred Boessel were out on the beach at 5 a.m. April 30, to ensure the property's lights weren't visible from the beach.

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Vicki and George Workman with their great-grandchildren, 2-month-old Chelsea Allen and her 2-year-old brother, Logan. Courtesy photo.
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  • May 8, 2013
Workmans welcome another great-grandchild

On Thursday, Feb. 28, Vicki Workman "Miss Vicki" awaited an exciting phone call as she offered Publix customers samples of sheet cake.

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Artist Jeff Chouinard, aka Surf Soul Tiki
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  • May 8, 2013
Mar Vista shows its spirit with totem pole

Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub lost a few palm trees during a freeze earlier this year, so artist Jeff Chouinard, aka Surf Soul Tiki, helped the restaurant carve a replacement. He replaced the trunks of two trees by carving two totem poles.

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April 24: the end of two eras

Sports Page owner Kenny Barr got a history refresher last week when he read the "Longboat Lore" item about Shenkel's restaurant, which his mother, Edith Barr Dunn, owned, closing April 24, 1994.

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Shirley Beachum holds a portrait of her late husband, pilot Grady Hunt, who was killed in action in 1943. Photo by Robin Hartill.
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Servicewoman salute: Shirley Beachum

Shirley Beachum was serving in London with the Women's Army Corps (WAC) 68 years ago on V-E Day - one of a few good women who helped to win the war.

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Current and outgoing Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association board members posed with longtime Colony owner Dr. Murray "Murf" Klauber Tuesday, May 7, at the Colony's annual owners' meeting at Temple Beth Israel.
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  • May 8, 2013
Town pressures the Colony

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association's election Tuesday kept seated three out of five board members, paving the way for a developer to continue negotiation settlements.

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Beachgoers could see fewer staked nests like this one, photographed in August, as the result of Mote's new policy of marking nests weekly instead of daily. File photo.
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  • May 8, 2013
Properties have stake in new Mote turtle policy

Mote will only mark nests once a week on most of the beach, which will require many properties to help foot the bill.

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