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Rusty Chinnis snapped this shot of water pooling on General Harris Street Wednesday morning. Photo courtesy of Rusty Chinnis.
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  • August 8, 2012
Full moon pools high tide impact on north end

Water ponding on low-lying north-end streets is a frequent problem as the result of 'spring tides' that occur during full or new moons.

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  • August 8, 2012
Bullock recommends 1.8872 millage

The recommended millage is the rate approved by the commission as the maximum rate it will levy for the upcoming 2012-13 fiscal year.

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Art Ferrante's 22 gold records hang over the living room of the Longboat Key Towers penthouse.
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  • August 8, 2012
Key Towers penthouse was 'Shangri La' for famed pianist

The Longboat Key Towers penthouse was the late famed pianist Art Ferrante's private paradise during his final years of touring and recently hit the market.

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Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub owner Ed Chiles plans to push back construction of a second floor dining area for another season, until late 2013. File photo.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 8, 2012
Mar Vista stays grounded for another season

Ed Chiles still plans to take dining to a new level at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub.

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Asher VanDentBek and Vivi-Kate Waldhalm
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  • August 8, 2012
CAMP SPOTLIGHT: G. WIZ Sci-Warts Academy of Magical Sciences

It's Monday, Aug. 6, and G. WIZ campers are making a big, gooey mess at the Sci-Warts Academy of Magical Sciences.

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Barbara Biscontini Savage and Lawrence Biscontini. Courtesy photo.
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  • Molly Schechter
  • August 8, 2012
Modifying Movements for 'Mom'

Many times in a class or the gym, someone will ask, 'Can I do that exercise?' A better question might be, 'How can I do that exercise?'

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Delores Levy took this sunset photo from the north end of Longboat Key.
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  • August 8, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Delores Levy took this sunset photo from the north end of Longboat Key.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • August 8, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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This home at 512 Cutter Lane in Country Club Shores has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,592 square feet of living area. It sold for $550,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • August 8, 2012
Manchester Bay home sells for $1 million

Thomas and Gwendolyn Watson, of Sarasota, sold their home at 3505 Fair Oaks Court to Norman and Hannah Weinberg, of Longboat Key, for $1,025,000.

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  • By Brian Gunnell
  • August 8, 2012
Bridge Bites: Morton's Fork

We continue our look at some of bridge's exotic coups, and this week it is the Morton's Fork, a play that offers an opponent a choice of evils. Here, the Fork allows Declarer to bring home the 6♥ contract.

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Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • August 7, 2012
Aug. 7: Daily Headlines Video

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Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
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  • August 6, 2012
Aug. 6: Daily Headlines Video

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CVS opened its new Longboat Key store at 7 a.m. Sunday.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 6, 2012
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Open for business

Longboat Key's new CVS opened its doors Sunday morning, one month ahead of schedule.

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Volunteers count the number of hatched eggs during a public nest opening last summer. File photo.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 6, 2012
LBK Turtle Watch holds first nest opening tonight

The nest opening is the first public excavation of the summer.

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Jackie Goryl Williams, Marinda “Zoe” Holland and Pamela “Joy” Whitesell pose in front of a sailboat with a SHS banner during the kickoff to their 40th high school reunion weekend, Friday, Aug. 3, at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • August 4, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: SHS Class of '72 reunion kickoff party

The Sarasota High School class of 1972 held a kickoff party, Friday, Aug. 3, at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron. There will be between 125-150 people attending the reunion festivities this weekend.

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