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Len Trudell, Vice Commodore; Fred Schwing, Commodore Emeritus; and Bob Geraci, Dockmaster
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • January 15, 2011
Longboat Harbour residents change watch

Longboat Harbour held their annual Change of Watch ceremony Saturday, Jan. 15 at Bird Key Yacht Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Chairwoman Molly Klauber and Raja
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • January 14, 2011
Dogs' Night Out 'An Evening at the Bow-Wow Bistro'

Dogs' Night Out 'An Evening at the Bow-Wow Bistro'

  • Black Tie
Town Commissioner Phil Younger, Jeremy Whatmough, Virginia Sanders, Jackie Salvino and Alice Blueglass
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 14, 2011
Garden Club plants arboreal addition

The Longboat Key Garden Club planted a gumbo limbo tree Jan. 14 at Overlook Park in recognition of Arbor Day. Event Chairwoman Virginia Sanders gave a presentation focusing on how tree planting helps to combat carbon emissions.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Shannon Gault, President Phyllis Black and John Wild
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 14, 2011
Whitman speaks about Obama's health-care plan

"Obama's Health-care Plan and What's Wrong With It" was the topic for discussion at the Longboat Republican Club's Jan.14 luncheon meeting, at the Sarasota Yacht Club. Dr. Jim Whitman, a practicing psychiatrist, was the speaker.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Sarasota Crew hosted a weekend of intense training and rowing Jan. 6-9.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 14, 2011
Crew hosts US Junior Men's National Sweep Team

The Sarasota Crew hosted the 2011 US Junior Men's National Sweep Team for a high performance weekend of intense training and rowing Jan. 6-9 at its Bay Preserve training facility.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 14, 2011
Manatee schools declares impasse

The district and the MEA have continued in the collective bargaining process for the 2010-2011 school year from June 28, 2010, to Jan. 5, 2011. By declaring an impasse, the district is stating it does not desire to mediate and has requested the appointment of a special magistrate.

  • East County
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Rollie Truelove looks to see where her shot lands.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 14, 2011
Palm-Aire tees off for breast health

More than 50 members of the Palm-Aire Nine Hole Women's Golf Association bundled up and hit the green for the association's Breast Health Day nine-hole tournament Jan. 13. Members enjoyed a luncheon before teeing off to benefit breast health. Following the tournament, participants enjoyed an ice cream social.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
At the 2009 ceremony, a crowd gathered to watch the unveiling of the newest inductees.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 14, 2011
WEEKEND BEST BET: Circus Ring of Fame

Five new members will be inducted to the Circus Ring of Fame.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 14, 2011
Substitute teacher charged with child abuse

The teacher was in a second-grade classroom when Sarasota County Sheriff's Office detectives say he snapped, punching two students and pushing a third.

  • Sarasota
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Mote staff and volunteers hold the calf in the Dolphin and Whale Hospital's medical pool. Photo courtesy of Mote Marine Laboratory.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 14, 2011
Bottlenose dolphin calf brought to Mote

The young dolphin was rescued from a wildlife refuge in Sanibel Island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The beach near North Shore Road won't be restored until the middle of February at the earliest.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 14, 2011
Beach project delayed again

Bulldozers and other equipment will be placed on the beach near North Shore Road today in preparation for a beach restoration project on the north end.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 14, 2011
Lady Mustangs close out regular season with wins

The Lakewood Ranch High girls soccer team closed out its regular season with a pair of wins over Venice and St. Stephen's Jan. 11 and 13.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 14, 2011
Mustangs top Pirates

The Lakewood Ranch High boys soccer team defeated Braden River 3-1 Jan. 13.

  • East County
  • Sports
Tonight's "Dog's Night Out" benefits Animal Rescue Coalition.
    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • January 14, 2011
WEEKEND BEST BET: Black Tie

Take your dogs for a night on the town at "Dog's Night Out" tonight, at Saks Fifth Avenue.

  • Sarasota
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Bob Leibold of Liebold Enterprises and Morgan Gerhart with the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • January 14, 2011
Chamber kicks off new year

The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce scored a touchdown with their 2011 Annual Kick-Off Breakfast, held Friday, Jan. 14 at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota. Chamber members donned football jerseys for the sports-themed event, where Chamber president, Steve Queior and Board of Directors Chairman, Rick Piccolo, gave attendees a play-by-play of the Chamber's upcoming season.

  • Sarasota
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Caleb Baker, 10 months, thoroughly enjoyed playing with a straw, much to the amusement of his grandfather, Phill.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 14, 2011
Manatee County Fair in full swing

The sights and sounds of the Manatee County Fair filled the air as the fair opened Jan. 13. Festivities, including concerts, demonstrations and shows, continue nightly through Jan. 23.

  • East County
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Bill Buchman and Natalie Friedberg
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 13, 2011
Arts Center hosts exhibits for artistic duo

The Longboat Key Center for the Arts presented two exhibits at its Jan. 13 opening reception for "Life and Still Life," by artist David Leffel, and "The Expressive Figure," by artist Bill Buchman.

  • Longboat Key
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Mote's seahorse exhibit opened to the public in 2009.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 13, 2011
Mote begins new seahorse tours

The tours offer information about Mote's seahorse conservation efforts.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The new location will feature Eileen Fisher's signature collection, shoes and accessories.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 13, 2011
Eileen Fisher opens in Pineapple Square

The 1,900-square-foot store was designed by the company's in-house architecture team, which renovated the building's façade but left the original roof and trusses intact.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Animal-rights group PETA proposes placing these pro-vegan ads on future downtown parking meters.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 13, 2011
PETA offers ads for parking meters

A female officer in revealing clothes is featured on an advertisement the animal-rights organization wants to place on parking meters.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 13, 2011
Palm-Aire tower application under consideration

A Manatee County hearing officer now is reviewing the application for Vertex Development to place a telecommunications tower in Palm-Aire.

  • East County
  • News
A liquidation sale at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is ongoing.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 13, 2011
Colony liquidation sale continues

Buyers continue to trickle in to the liquidation sale at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jane von Hahmann of the Manatee County School District made speed networking look easy.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 13, 2011
Business Alliance 'speeds' into new year

The Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance hosted its first networking event of 2011 Jan. 12 at The Polo Grill and Bar. Sixty alliance members participated in the group's first speed-networking event, taking just three minutes to share about themselves and their companies before swapping partners.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Out-of-Door Academy seniors Amelia Cotter and Tim Dobosz are pictured with Lynda Carver and Jenna and Avery Carver.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 13, 2011
Families attend Private School Fair

The Out-of-Door Academy and St. Stephen's Episcopal School welcomed families to the Polo Grill and Bar's Fete Ballroom Jan. 11 for the seventh annual Private School Fair event. More than 20 area schools were on hand to answer questions about their programs.

  • East County
  • News
Dorfman
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 13, 2011
Commission Changes

Nine candidates will jockey for three City Commission district seats in the city's March election. At least two districts will be represented by a new commissioner.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota Memorial Hospitals’s new Courtyard Tower, scheduled to open in 2013, will replace the oldest wings of the hospital.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 13, 2011
Sarasota Memorial Hospital marks 85 years

To kickoff its anniversary, Sarasota Memorial staff, volunteers, philanthropists and community leaders will gather Jan. 20, for the official "Breaking Ground" ceremony for the hospital's new Courtyard Tower.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Don Hughes stands atop the pedestrian bridge that links two Gulf Gate neighborhoods. Hughes believes the bridge brought vandalism into his neighborhood.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 13, 2011
Bridge over troubled water

Gulf Gate residents, who fought against building a footbridge in their neighborhood, say their fears of vandalism have come true.

  • Sarasota
  • News
All that's left in the former Pine Shores Trailer Park is overgrown brush, a few trees and empty streets.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 13, 2011
Former trailer park may soon see movement

By late spring, dirt could be moved on the former trailer park at the Stickney Point Road gateway to Siesta Key. Two hotels are being discussed for the site.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Regular SCAT buses now serve Siesta Key from Siesta Drive to Stickney Point Road. By mid-year, only trolley-type vehicles will be seen on all routes on the Key.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 13, 2011
Siesta Key trolley receives service boost

A $1 million state grant will allow the county to operate a trolley system that will run the entire length of Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 13, 2011
Our View

Reason for optimism

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Rod Thomson
  • January 13, 2011
My View

Politically incorrect suggestions

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The ceremony unveiling Selby Five Points Park's computerized lighting system took place Jan. 7.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 13, 2011
News Briefs

CCNA thanks the DID for park improvements; Selby Five Points Park sound system discussed; City and county offices to be closed for holiday

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 13, 2011
Central Sarasota County Little League Baseball registration begins

Registration dates for the spring 2011 season are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15 and 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, at Twin Lakes Park, 6700 Clark Road.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jim Taylor enjoys riding his skateboard Saturday afternoon, at Payne Park's skate park.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 13, 2011
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Board Meeting

Jim Taylor enjoys riding his skateboard Saturday afternoon, at Payne Park's skate park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Wenstrup
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 13, 2011
Athlete of the Week: Dan Wenstrup

This week's featured athlete is Dan Wenstrup. Locally he plays at the Oaks Club, but he has also played at every course on the Golf Digest Presents America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses - 1987 list.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 13, 2011
Cops Corner

Jan. 1 As a jay bird 12:12 a.m. - 1100 block of John Ringling Boulevard. Suspicious Person. A nude man was seen running down the street. Well, that's one way to start off the new year.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
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