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Lynches Pub & Grub is located on St. Armands Circle and offers a selection of authentic Irish cuisine and American favorites.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2014
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Lynches Pub & Grub

This week we went in the kitchen at Lynches Pub & Grub with owners and sisters Chris and Ethna Lynch as they prepare traditional Irish lamb stew. Get the recipe and watch an instructional video in this week's 'In the Kitchen.'

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Daiquiri Deck Vice President of Operations Matt Grover, President Troy Syprett and Vice President of Marketing Russell Matthes. Photo by Robin Hartill
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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 13, 2014
A Full Deck

Daiquiri Deck's owners plan to expand the restaurant's St. Armands location to the first floor, but that's just the first course of their plans for growth.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2014
Election 2014: Sarasota County Hospital Board

This is the final installment featuring candidate questionnaires for the local races in the Aug. 26 primary election. This week includes candidates for the Sarasota County 12th Circuit Court Judge and Hospital Board.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 13, 2014
Election 2014: Sarasota County 12th Circuit Court Judge

This is the final installment featuring candidate questionnaires for the local races in the Aug. 26 primary election. This week includes candidates for the Sarasota County 12th Circuit Court Judge and Hospital Board.

  • Longboat Key
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Gov. Rick Scott honors veterans with medals at the Sarasota National Guard Armory Tuesday.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 12, 2014
VIDEO: Rick Scott honors veterans in Sarasota

Gov. Rick Scott stopped in Sarasota Tuesday, to honor local veterans during an event at the National Guard Armory.

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Photo courtesy of Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. The plane crashed around the 7900 block of Sanderling Road on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • August 12, 2014
VIDEO: Small plane crash on Siesta Key

The Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport received a mayday call this morning.

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Sarasota County is one of the best American cities for "growing old and happy," according to an Aug. 11 Huffington Post article.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 12, 2014
Sarasota makes Huff/Post50 list on 'growing old and happy'

The Huffington Post listed Sarasota among six of the 'best American cities for growing old,' in an article published Monday.

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Michael White, 50, allegedly leaned toward the passenger window and pointed a handgun towards a deputy when he was pulled over Saturday.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • August 11, 2014
VIDEO: Suspect of several robberies arrested

Michael White of Sarasota was spotted in a vehicle matching the description of a car at a previous armed robbery.

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Police found powder and rock cocaine, heroin, oxycodone and other drugs at 1083 Colleton Dr. after residents in the area complained about drug sales.
    By
  • David Conway
  • August 11, 2014
Police seize drugs, guns from home

The Sarasota Police Department arrested four men for drug-related offenses after seizing money, a variety of drugs and two firearms from a home Friday.

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Former Sarasota City Commissioner Terry Turner won the dismissal of a Sunshine lawsuit Tuesday, regarding personal emails from 2012.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 11, 2014
Judge dismisses Barfield Sunshine suit

Last week, Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Charles Williams dismissed the third amended complaint in a public records lawsuit filed by paralegal Michael Barfield against former Sarasota City Commissioner Terry Turner.

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A thin white male with dark hair allegedly used a knife to rob a pizza restaurant on the 3800 block of South Tuttle Avenue Sunday.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 11, 2014
Sarasota authorities investigate another armed robbery

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office is looking for a white male suspected of robbing Papa John's Pizza on South Tuttle Avenue Sunday evening.

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Jane Kitchner, Eerin Hibnick and Ariel Downey
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 11, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Bath & Racquet Tennis Camp

Kids hit the courts at Bath & Racquet Monday, Aug. 11, for the last week of summer tennis camp.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Featured speaker John McCarthy and Sarasota Bay Watch president Larry Stults
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 9, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Scallopalooza

Guests gathered at Sarasota Yacht Club Saturday, Aug. 9, for Sarasota Bay Watch's 4th annual fundraiser for community based scallop restoration, Scallopalooza.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Bruno Sutley, Connie Goldstein and Dolores Damsky
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 9, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Democratic Club of Sarasota Luncheon

The Democratic Club of Sarasota hosted a luncheon Saturday, Aug. 9, at Marina Jack. Author Claire Connor and candidate Ray Porter spoke at the event.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
This week's FYI Friday features a story about Hart's Landing and a Sarasota County Sheriff's Office homicide investigation.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 8, 2014
VIDEO: 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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