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  • June 24, 2010
News Briefs 06.24.10

Leaders of the Downtown Sarasota Farmers Market spoke before the City Commission June 21 to provide a progress report.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2010
Observer Updates 06.24.10

After an outcry from members of the Harbor Acres and Bay Point Park neighborhoods, the Parks, Recreation and Environmental Protection Board has taken the proposal for a park at 1150 S. Orange Ave. off the table.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2010
OUR VIEW: Sarasota Power & Light? Ugh

Having the government of the city of Sarasota own and operate a not-for-profit electric company definitely does not make sense.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Rod Thomson
  • June 24, 2010
MY VIEW: Impervious to common sense

The decision to spend $250,000 extra on paver sidewalks in a rural area is to save us from the environmental threat of ... a pond.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Jessica Luck
  • June 24, 2010
Pope bestows papal honors on local priests

The Very Rev. Fausto S. Stampiglia and Monsignor Joseph E. Stearns received papal honors from Pope Benedict XVI, along with three other priests in the Diocese of Venice.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2010
Cops Corner 06.24.10

A business owner began his workweek by discovering his business sign and front window were defaced with red lipstick.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 24, 2010
Bay Island home sells for $3.2 million

Hermes and Gail Eraclides, of Sarasota, sold their home at 835 Norsota Way to B. A. P. T. LLC for $3.2 million.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 24, 2010
Dr. Kay Glasser remembered (UPDATED)

The co-founder of the Glasser/Schoenbaum Human Services Center died Monday after a brief illness.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Larson: 'I wasn't confused'

Commissioner Lynn Larson told The Longboat Observer she knew what she was doing when she voted for an Islandside project last week.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 23, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: L'Annexe

L'annexe consignment boutique joined the Rosemary District June 1.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 23, 2010
Stadium demolition nears completion

Construction crews expect to finish the demolition of Ed Smith Stadium next week and begin rebuilding.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 23, 2010
District 67 candidates to debate at Town Hall

All four state District 67 candidates are slated to debate tonight at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 23, 2010
U17 boys win summer showcase

The FC Sarasota U17 boys soccer team was recently crowned the champion of the Disney Summer Showcase Tournament June 18-20 in Orlando.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 23, 2010
Observe a happy Fourth of July

Coming soon to a newsstand near you: The Longboat Observer will feature its special "Spirit of America: Slice of Americana" section in its July 1 issue in honor of the Fourth of July.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 23, 2010
Turtle Tracks

Week of June 13 to June 19

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 23, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: O'Brien Smiles

This Lakewood Ranch dental practice takes a community-based approach to dentistry.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 23, 2010
Jack Peffley recovering after heart procedure

Jack Peffley, owner of Taffy's Menswear on St. Armands Circle, was released from the hospital after undergoing a heart procedure earlier this month.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 23, 2010
Mote gets a whale of a visit

Mote Marine Laboratory scientists tagged three whale sharks from a group of 10 whale sharks that gathered June 18, approximately 23 miles southwest of Sarasota.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Key Club mulls modifications

Longboat Key Club and Resort officials are considering moving the Islandside project's wellness center to the north parcel.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 23, 2010
Whitney Beach Plaza under contract

A major grocery chain could buy the north-end plaza in a commercial short sale.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Brown: 'This is our island'

The Longboat Key Town Commission agreed to allow Town Manager Bruce St. Denis to do whatever it takes to keep oil off Longboat Key's shoreline and its nearby waterways.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Trustee selected in Colony case

St. Petersburg-based William Maloney began overseeing operations at The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort last week.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 23, 2010
In Brief

Community News and Notes

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Town requests input for Bay Isles Road sign

The Town Commission wants business owners to provide input before it places names on its Bay Isles Road wayfinding sign.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Town will enforce chair removal at beach access

Vice Mayor Jim Brown said the chairs people leave behind at the Gulfside Road beach access 'are not very attractive.'

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • June 23, 2010
Our View: Lessons from 'the vote'

It's difficult to erase the ending to last week's Longboat Key Town Commission meeting. It was surreal.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Sylvia McNichol
  • June 23, 2010
BP ads adding insult to injury

I know business is tough, and you are getting what you can get. But, the BP ads about the oil spill are just too much.

  • East County
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 23, 2010
Sisters tops at talent show

East County sisters Eliza, 10, and Audrey Lipton, 9, won top honors at Temple's Got Talent, a lively dinner and talent show at Temple Emanu-El.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 23, 2010
Resident continues fight against Summerfield HOA

Joani Ellis says the Summerfield/Riverwalk Association is withholding information. The association's attorney disagrees.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 23, 2010
Family questions bank's foreclosure proceedings

Eight days before GMAC Mortgage formally took the title of the Meyers' home, it changed the locks. Many of the family's belongings still were inside.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 23, 2010
Rio named new BRE principal

Hayley Rio, assistant principal at Prine Elementary School, will be taking Braden River Elementary's top post this summer.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 23, 2010
American Ideals breaks ground on veterans park

The park in San Marco Plaza should be finished by Veterans Day.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 23, 2010
Inside Central Park

Developer Pat Neal shares his vision for Lakewood Ranch's newest community - its first north of State Road 70.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 23, 2010
News Briefs 06.24.10

A man threatening he had a vial and syringe containing the AIDS virus robbed the Lakewood Ranch Hallmark June 18.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 23, 2010
Letters to the Editor

To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, 34228.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Stuart Scheyer
  • June 23, 2010
My View

How curious: Welcome to Longboat Land

  • Longboat Key
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