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  • Adam Hughes
  • July 15, 2010
Oyster Bay Estates home sells for $3 million

Gary and Julie Hester sold their home at 1137 N. Lake Shore Drive to Rudolph and Lois Lucek, of Longboat Key, for $3.05 million.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • July 15, 2010
RECIPE AND A RESERVATION: Columbia Restaurant

Columbia Restaurant owners Richard and Casey Gonzmart share an exclusive recipe with YourObserver.com readers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 15, 2010
Audit finds no baseball bid rigging

County employee who had personal contact with two companies bidding for spring-training contracts was cleared of wrongdoing.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 14, 2010
CAMP SPOTLIGHT: The Children's Garden

Throughout the month of July, The Children's Garden is teaching kids about the magic of gardening with its summer camp.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 14, 2010
Five Points Park may receive boost

A grant application with the Marie Selby Foundation seeks $51,000 to pay for features that were dropped from the official park-improvement plan.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 14, 2010
Bird Key phase of MURT plan nears end of trail

Plans for the Bird Key portion of the West Bayfront Multi-Use Recreation Trail (MURT) have been in the works for four-and-a-half years. But for Bird Key, the city of Sarasota is approaching the end of the trail.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 14, 2010
RECIPE AND A RESERVATION: Station 400

Station 400 co-owner and Executive Chef Eric Bein shares an exclusive recipe with YourObserver.com readers.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2010
OUR VIEW: Rick Scott for governor

If you cut through all of the Bill McCollum and Alex Sink character-assassination attack ads; if you discard the standard operating procedure of the daily newspapers and their editorialists - which is to discredit anyone who has been a success in business; and if you judge Florida's gubernatorial candidates on their professional accomplishments, the choice for governor is overwhelmingly clear.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2010
Scott explains what happened

Florida's daily newspapers and Rick Scott's gubernatorial opponents have rushed to paint him as an unethical profiteer. And everything they present you is through their filter. We're reprinting Scott's own explanation of the Medicare fines that his former company paid in 2000 and 2003.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 13, 2010
Business leaders work to attract German airline

Tina Rudek and Ray Alexander, of Engel & Völkers, are organizing leaders to support direct flights from Hamburg to Sarasota.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 13, 2010
Pines residents mentor students in English language

Pines residents were paired with students in the English Speakers of Other Languages program to help them learn proper pronunciation of words, meanings of American expressions and correct use of words in different contexts.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 13, 2010
Pineapple Square reveals new store

Women's fashion store Eileen Fisher will move onto Main Street by September.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 9, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Whole Foods Summer Brews Fest

Whole Foods will host its summer beer festival tonight.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 9, 2010
Cat Depot to add second floor

Cat Depot will expand its facility with the addition of an education center.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 9, 2010
Sea turtle nests vandalized on nearby beach

At least a half-dozen sea turtle nests have been disturbed on Siesta Key beaches this nesting season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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