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  • Jen Blanco
  • January 27, 2011
BLEX BlueSox seek players

The BLEX BlueSox 13 travel baseball team is currently looking for one to two more players for its roster.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 27, 2011
Pirates advance to district semis

The Braden River High boys soccer team defeated Dixie Hollins 3-0 in a Class 4A-District 10 quarterfinal match Jan. 26.

  • East County
  • Sports
Pictured are Beverly Fisher, Jaymie Klauber, host of the event at the Polo Grill, and Audrey Coleman
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 27, 2011
Girls Inc. celebrates donors

More than 70 people attended the kickoff party for the Growing Great Girls Circle membership society on Jan. 23.

  • East County
  • News
Lakewood Ranch Running Club vice president Stefan Thoenes, pictured with his daughter, Ayva, 16 months, and president Jim Nelson are trying to set up a team this year.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 27, 2011
Ranch Relay hosts team kick-off party

Relay for Life of Lakewood Ranch looked to get local residents excited about its upcoming Relay for Life event during a Team Premiere Party Jan. 26 at the Lakewood Ranch Cinemas. Guests and volunteers were able to register for this year's relay while enjoying popcorn, prizes and more. Relay for Life of Lakewood Ranch is looking to get 50 teams registered for this year's relay, which will be held April 9-10 at Lakewood Ranch High School.

  • East County
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Brothers Martin Gramatica and Santiago Gramatica stand in front of the panels that will be used to build three homes for underprivileged families in Haiti.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 27, 2011
Brotherly Love

The well-known former Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker Martin Gramatica and his placekicking brothers chose Sarasota to start their green building business, which has just secured a deal to provide housing to earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

  • Sarasota
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The wooded property beyond this gate off Central Sarasota Parkway will be home to a new Lowe's store, which could open next January.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 27, 2011
Palmer Ranch Lowe's to begin construction

The home-improvement chain will start construction on its long-dormant Central Sarasota Parkway store.

  • Sarasota
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A 630-square-foot space at the visitors center at Historic Spanish Point will house a library to serve the Osprey community.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 27, 2011
County checks out library service for Osprey

The community of Osprey will soon begin a new chapter.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 27, 2011
Siesta Key residents riled over rumor

When Key residents saw a chain-link fence on Shell Road, they mistakenly thought homeowners put it up.

  • Sarasota
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The Booker High School rebuild groundbreaking ceremony took place Wednesday morning, at Booker High School.
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2011
News Briefs

Booker High breaks ground on new school project; Agreement signed for Palmer Ranch park; Sarasota County index crime rate falls 8%

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A few seahorses hold on to a plant with their tails for support.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 27, 2011
Mote specialist horses around during lab tours

Mote Marine Aquarium now offers tours of its Seahorse Conservation Laboratory.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2011
Our View

Corporate food stamps

  • Sarasota
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  • By Rod Thomson
  • January 27, 2011
My View

Better DEAL than Jackson Labs

  • Sarasota
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Bokorney
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 27, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Jake Bokorney

Jake Bokorney plays soccer for Cardinal Mooney High School's team the U17 FC Sarasota Soccer team.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Roxanne Jerde has worked at Hallmark and, most recently, the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. She will become president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County in March.
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • January 27, 2011
Community Foundation names new leader

The Community Foundation of Sarasota County has announced Roxanne Jerde, an executive of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, as its incoming president and CEO.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 27, 2011
Compeer program builds friendship, lends support

The Compeer Breakfast will take place Thursday, Jan. 27 at the Senior Friendship Center Cafe.

  • Sarasota
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Maddie Egan
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • January 27, 2011
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: ASHTON ELEMENTARY (WITH VIDEO)

Students at Ashton Elementary got to travel the world and experience different cultures and customs for the school's annual International Celebration of Diversity Day held Thursday, Jan. 20.

  • Sarasota
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This home at 4141 Higel Ave. has five bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 7,548 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.75 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 27, 2011
Home in Cocoanut Bayou sells for $2.75 million

A home in Cocoanut Bayou tops all transactions this week.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2011
Cops Corner

Jan. 17 Clean freaks 5:30 p.m. - 8400 block of South Tamiami Trail. Shoplifting. Four 20-something men were walking together through a supermarket. They were acting suspiciously and were headed toward the exit carrying a bag. An employee asked if he could look in the bag. One man dropped the bag, and all four men scattered and disappeared. Inside the bag - two bottles of Dove body wash.

  • Sarasota
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Alan Peck submitted this sunset photo, taken at Big Pass.
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: Waterfront View

Alan Peck submitted this sunset photo, taken at Big Pass.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Ozanda Gray, vocalist
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 26, 2011
Jazz concert starts off on right note

An interactive concert Jan. 26 opened the Longboat Key Center for the Arts' "Sounds of Music" concert series with an enthusiastic crowd. Vocalist Ozanda Gray got the audience singing along with him with "Ain't Misbehavin.'" Bass player John Lamb got lots of audience participation with "Bye, Bye, Blackbird." And a piano solo by Michael Royal drew tons of applause, as did Scott Blum's drum solo.

  • Longboat Key
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Judy Felts
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 26, 2011
Seaplace hosts worldly night of fun

Seaplace condominium mixed Italian pizza with a dash of Irish music and created a fun evening for all. Ninety-plus Seaplace residents gathered at sunset Jan. 26 in the clubhouse for an informal pizza party that featured music by the Irish duo Patsy and Magella.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mary Lou Johnson, Jayne Weiss, Chris Meyers, Margaret Wallae and Lynn Walters couldn't resist sporting these T-shirts.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 26, 2011
Game on!

Longboat Key Club hosted its annual Game Day featuring gin, mahjongg, canasta and scrabble, to benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 26, 2011
Key Club rides new wave at entrance

Malcolm Robertson's "Wave2Me" sculpture, which was on display last year at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, was installed Jan. 19, at the entrance to the Key Club's Islandside Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • January 26, 2011
Tennis Center puts its best foot forward

The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center is stepping up to help others. Resident Linda Adrian is working with the Tennis Center to collect gently-used shoes through Feb. 28 for Soles4Souls, an international charity that provides shoes to people around the world who are victims of disasters or live in extreme poverty.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2011
TBI members cruise into new year

A group of 18 Temple Beth Israel started the new year by setting sail. They enjoyed a five-night mini cruise to Key West and the Bahamas.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lynn Wallace Roodbergen, Linda Swain, Charmaine Engelsman-Robins and Pola Sommers
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2011
Who let the dogs out?

Linda Swain, of Longboat Key and Toronto, hosted the first fundraiser for the new group, Unchain My Heart of Sarasota Inc., Sunday, Jan. 23, at Harry's Continental Kitchens.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Manatee Chamber of Commerce Communications Director Karen Jones and Membership Representative Marianne Goldrainer
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 26, 2011
Chamber holds annual appreciation ceremony

The Manatee Chamber of Commerce held its 48th Annual Dinner and Membership Appreciation Ceremony Jan. 25 at the Polo Grill and Bar in Lakewood Ranch. Members and their guests enjoyed dinner, a silent auction, musical entertainment by Daniel Fugazzotto and an awards presentation.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Presenters Carolyn Landry, Winnie Dumbaugh, Laura Lattanzio and Judith Hart
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • January 26, 2011
Charitable organization celebrates 50 years

Chapter CE, the largest chapter of the Philanthropic Education Organization in Sarasota, celebrated its 50th anniversary Jan. 26 at Church of the Palms.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Rico Alcala, Alisha Snelson and Matthew Beard
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 26, 2011
Concession, Bistro offer 'culinary carnival'

The Concession Golf Club and the Beach Bistro Culinary joined forces to raise money for the All Children's Hospital Foundation and the Aldo Castaneda Foundation with the Culinary Winter Carnival golf and dining event Jan. 21-22. Participants enjoyed a variety of golfing opportunities, guided fishing excursions and an assortment of food some from of the area's finest chefs as part of the festivities.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Sarasota contractor Fred Derr, stands beside a 17-step soil cement-step revetment project he built on Casey Key.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 26, 2011
Steps to a new solution

Sarasota contractor Fred Derr thinks the town of Longboat Key should consider a beach alternative that has worked on three separate portions of Casey Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • January 26, 2011
Concert series will engage audiences

The Longboat Key Center for Arts' 2011 concert series kicks off Wednesday, Jan. 26.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 26, 2011
Persson: Courts not needed

Town attorney David Persson believes the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort can re-open without requiring owners have use of the 12 tennis courts in the middle of the property.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key residents on the north end of Longboat Key saw beach equipment arrive last week in preparation for a north-end beach-restoration project scheduled for February.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 26, 2011
Town begins sand speech

Town officials and beach engineers told Key residents Saturday why a $16 million beach project next year is necessary.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 26, 2011
Commission approves town's beach pitch

The Town Commission also decided not to change a sea-turtle ordinance prohibiting overnight beach furniture.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Deputy Chief Sandi Drake, left, leads her team of firefighters in conducting a simulated response to a person who fell off a rood.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 26, 2011
News Briefs

Commission agrees to postpone impasse hearing; Firefighters conduct training exercise at Publix; North end beach project delayed until February

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Officer Shawn Nagell has been with the Longboat Key Police Department since 2003.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 26, 2011
Police officer answers call of duty

Officer Shawn Nagell is the 2010 Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Police Officer of the Year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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