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  • April 3, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Reception options exist; Smoke detectors should be maintained

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • April 3, 2013
Observed: FGCU students finally have an identity

It was another Saturday on an empty Florida Gulf Coast University - this one in February 2011, when Dennis Jones, an older man with full head of white hair, slowly walked back down the steps to find his usual front-and-center seat at Alico Arena.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 28, 2013
Our View: A Passover / Easter reminder

Perhaps it was providential that the stomping on Jesus incident at Florida Atlantic University surfaced this week - the holiest week of the year for Christians and Jews.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
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  • Jen Blanco
  • March 28, 2013
Practice Pays Off

Riverview High senior Sean Labsan has a 6-1 record on the mound this season. He has helped lead the Rams to a 14-1 record so far this season.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Our View: 'The Andy Adams Colony'?

What follows is not an April Fools' joke. To the contrary, it's a serious moment of truth for the future of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • March 27, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
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  • March 27, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Thank you; Wake-up time

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Al Bavry, president and CEO of Kimal Lumber, looks for ways to innovate to keep revenues growing.
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  • Mark Gordon
  • March 27, 2013
Innovation spurs on Kimal Lumber

Lumberyard entrepreneur Al Bavry has a gutsy plan for growth: He wants to bring drive-thru convenience to his industry. In the process he will wage battle with bigger competitors.

  • Longboat Key
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  • March 21, 2013
Our View: Why not a health trust?

No one should be surprised the vast majority of attendees at Monday's Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System hearing urged the system's board to remain a not-for-profit, tax-supported community hospital system.

  • Sarasota
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  • March 20, 2013
Our View: Go forward; stay focused

Elections often can and do engender ill will and bitterness that some candidates never forget.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • March 20, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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  • March 20, 2013
Letters to the Editor

We lost 'em all; Joggers should stay out of the bike lane

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • March 18, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Sam Snead's St. Patrick's Party

Sam Snead's hosted its annual St. Patrick's Day block party Saturday, March 16, on Hillview Street. Partygoers dressed in green and enjoyed live music as well as traditional Irish food and drink.

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  • March 14, 2013
Holland, Lumpkin hold keys

It's probably not too surprising that Susan Chapman garnered the most votes in Tuesday's Sarasota City Commission election.

  • Sarasota
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  • March 13, 2013
Our View: Back to normal?

It's feeling normal again - the ambience on Longboat Key. It feels like some of the "Seasons" from the past.

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