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Neighbors

  • By Pam McTeer
  • August 19, 2009
Harvest completes West Wing expansion

The $3.4 million project adds 15,000 square feet to the Lakewood Ranch Methodist church.

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  • By Stuart and Lois Scheyer
  • August 19, 2009
Cultural capital

European Capital of Culture 2009 brings its excitement and entertainment to Linz, Austria.

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  • August 19, 2009
Synagogue dedicates home

Beth Israel Messianic Synagogue will dedicate its new location 11 a.m., Aug. 22, at its Peridia home, 3911 Golf Park Loop, Suite 104, in Peridia Office Park.

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  • August 19, 2009
Wedding bells are ringing!

Palm-Aire's William and Stephanie Ryon are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Priscilla Ashley Ryon, to Jason Fredrick Kirkham, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Fredrick Kirkham, of Columbia, S.C.

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  • By Kent Chetlain
  • August 19, 2009
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $2.4 million

The largest transaction on the Key the first week of August was the $2.4 million sale of the Gulf-front home on the north-end beach at 6429 Gulfside Road by Settlers Hill Limited Partnership, of North Chatham, Mass., and 444 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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  • August 19, 2009
Weather

Longboat Key temperatures and weather forecast

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  • Robin Roy
  • August 18, 2009
Merchants issue rallying cry

Spurred by the announcement that Sarasota News and Books is closing at the end of the month, downtown merchants will gather in Five Points Park to spread the message, 'I believe in downtown.'

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  • By Maggie Pahos
  • August 18, 2009
Photo of the day: Blues clues

Can you tell us where on Longboat Key this photo of the day was taken? Leave your guesses under reader comments.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • August 17, 2009
Selby Gardens receives research grant

A grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services will enable the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Center for Tropical Plant Sciences and Conservation to establish a new molecular research program.

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  • By Maggie Pahos
  • August 17, 2009
Longboat resident captures launch on film

Longboat Key resident Mary Lou Johnson snapped photos of the satellite launch that occurred early this morning.

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  • By Maggie Pahos
  • August 17, 2009
Photo of the day: Longboat logo

Can you tell us where on Longboat Key one would find this studious man? Give us your guesses under reader comments.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • August 14, 2009
TBI Russian Dinner

Temple Beth Israel hosted a Shabbat dinner that featured Russian food and entertainment provided by members of the Sarasota-Manatee Russian-Jewish community.

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  • Robin Roy
  • August 14, 2009
Supporters vow to save iconic bookstore

Upon hearing that the economy may claim Sarasota News and Books as one of its victims, Sarasotans take to the Internet to try to save it.

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  • By Maggie Pahos
  • August 13, 2009
THE PERFORMER: Charley Leonard

Booker Middle School: Charley Leonard finishes helping a slew of first- and second-graders across a low-wire balance beam, finds another counselor to watch her group of campers and sits down in one of the Pal Sailor Circus' plastic audience seats to talk.

  • Sarasota
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  • Loren Mayo
  • August 13, 2009
THE KINDERGARTNER: Ansley Morris

Southside Elementary: Ansley Morris is all about chocolate. When she spots her mother, Amanda, stirring a bowl of chocolate-pie filling, the soon-to-be kindergartner doesn't have much interest in discussing school.

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