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  • April 30, 2010
Selby Foundation awards $1 million in grants

Twenty-eight local organizations were awarded funds ranging from $14,396 to $50,000. Twelve received the most top award.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • April 29, 2010
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: Bay Haven School of Basics-Plus

Students in Rolf Hanson's fifth-grade physical science class used spoons, tuning forks, mallets and salt to learn about sound waves.

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  • April 29, 2010
Italian Republic knights local resident

Having recently been bestowed knighthood by the Italian Republic, the Sarasota Sister City of Treviso, Italy, honored Cavallere Richard Storm with a luncheon Wednesday, April 21, at Mattison's 41.

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  • April 29, 2010
Foundation offers 'smile' wristbands

As part of its first fundraiser, the Alton Thomas Yung Foundation will be offering "What Would Alton Do" wristbands in Pine View School colors with WWAD on one side and 'SMILE' on the other.

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  • April 29, 2010
Sarasota Observer reader wins 'mother' of all contests

The votes are in - more than 15,000 total - and the winners of the YourObserver.com Mother-Daughter Lookalike contest have been named.

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  • April 29, 2010
Siesta Fiesta draws crafty crowd

Siesta Key Village transformed into an artful showcase April 24 and 25, as shoppers perused 250 of the nation's most talented artists and crafters who displayed life-size sculptures, handmade jewelry and paintings, photography and ceramics.

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  • April 29, 2010
'Biggest Loser Sarasota' contestants tighten their belts, winner drops over 50 pounds

It took diet, nutrition and exercise under the guidance of certified personal trainer Patti Linn Stanley, but the 13 contestants who underwent the first "Biggest Loser Sarasota" program shed between 7.5 and 20 percent of their body weight.

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  • Robin Roy
  • April 29, 2010
'Racism fuels Newtown perception'

An adviser to the Police Advisory Panel believes if Newtown residents believe whites think they are criminals, they wonder why they should obey the law.

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  • Robin Roy
  • April 29, 2010
Retailers clamor for new downtown garage location

With so much interest in the retail section of the Palm Avenue parking garage, the city may increase the space by 33%.

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  • Robin Roy
  • April 29, 2010
Road closure could hurt businesses

Construction of a new drug store in the Southbay Shopping Center has led to the permanent closure of road that residents in the Southbay community used to access the shopping center.

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  • Robin Roy
  • April 29, 2010
Keys seek to define 'private beach'

With the county preparing again to discuss public access to beaches, residents of Siesta Key and Casey Key want to ensure they retain private-property rights.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • April 29, 2010
St. Martha's students cook up creative inventions

Andrea Hempill, a teacher at St. Martha's, has led her class through a solar-oven project exhibition in honor of Earth Day. Her top-three teams will compete Saturday, May 1, at the Energy Whiz Olympics, in Cocoa Beach.

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  • April 29, 2010
Our View

2050 plan: economic death

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  • April 29, 2010
Letters to the editor

Stadium: House of cards; Wrong kind of change

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  • April 29, 2010
Siesta Key home sells for $2.3 million

A home in Mira-Mar tops all real-estate transactions from March 29 to April 2.

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