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  • Robin Hartill
  • June 18, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Mote Marine Laboratory Turtle Walks

Mote-trained volunteers will guide participants as they learn about protecting sea turtles.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 17, 2010
RECIPE AND RESERVATION: First Street Chop House

First Street Chop House owner and Executive Chef David Arnold shares an exclusive recipe with YourObserver.com readers.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 17, 2010
Unconditional Surrender removed temporarily

The sculpture needs maintenance to prepare it for permanent placement on the bayfront.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 17, 2010
Judge denies Ed Smith Stadium injunction

Groups suing the county over its baseball negotiations sought to halt construction, but a judge ruled Wednesday that work can continue.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 17, 2010
'Daddy' chefs visit preschool

Wearing tall, floppy hats, the children at Temple Sinai's preschool, The Gan, gathered around a table to make hummus and chocolate-dipped strawberries with Chef Paul Mattison, a special guest of the "Little Iron Chefs" summer camp, June 9.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 17, 2010
Kids test their tastebuds at G.WIZ

Using various parts of their tongues that denote sweet, sour, bitter and salty, the 4- and 5-year-olds enrolled in G.WIZ The Science Museum's "Fun, Fitness and Food" camp tasted unsweetened dark chocolate, lemon juice, salt water and sugar water June 16.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 17, 2010
County: 2012 to be turnaround

Sarasota County will trim $16.7 million from its budget this fiscal year.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 17, 2010
SOUR DOUGH

Solorzano Bros. Pizzeria used a parked van on Beach Road to advertise its business, but condo owners across the street say it blocks their view and takes a parking spot away from tourists.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 17, 2010
HISTORIC REVIVAL

SemCon 2010 brings together community visionaries to discuss ideas for downtown improvement.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 17, 2010
Homeowners say plant kills crossed the line

Sarasota County ordered an Osprey homeowners association to kill non-native vegetation that crept from homeowners' properties onto the community's nature reserve.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 17, 2010
City pursues red-light camera installation

A state law going into effect July 1 gives the city and other municipalities the green light to install red-light cameras.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 17, 2010
Let the Panhandle be a lesson

If local government officials haven't tuned in to what occurred Monday in Destin and Okaloosa County, they better get on Google and on the phones and start researching. Be ready.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 17, 2010
Why I love my dad

He's a hero, memory-maker, comedian, storyteller and friend. The Sarasota Observer caught up with a group of kids at the Boys and Girls Club to chat about Father's Day, which falls on Sunday, June 20. Here's what they had to say about some of Sarasota's special dads.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 17, 2010
Twins make strides for donation effort

Devon and Reagan Sullivan hope to raise $12,000 this year to help InStride.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 17, 2010
Cops Corner 06.17.10

A man saw a woman throw something heavy into the water at Bay Island Park and hurry back to her car. He thought it may have been a gun, so he called police.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
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