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Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: The Schimberg Group

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Sarasota Film Festival

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Pines of Sarasota

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: MyGreenBuildings LLC

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Judith V. Cuppy

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Golden Apple Dinner Theatre

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Elise Lipoff

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Courtney Wise

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Circus Sarasota

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Alex Miller

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  • June 17, 2010
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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Janet Hamel Solomon

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Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Frank Maggio

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Sarasota Orchestra

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Ambo Foods

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Willis A. Smith Construction Inc.

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Veterinary Neuro Services

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Sunovia Energy Technologies

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Grapevine Communications Int'l Inc.

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  • June 17, 2010
Sarasota Small Business of the Year Awards: Serendipity Racquet Club

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 16, 2010
Search suspended for missing boater

The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a search for a man who fell off a commercial fishing boat 10 miles off Longboat Key's shores.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 16, 2010
Islandside project alterations are allowed

If the Town Commission chooses, it can amend the Islandside project ordinance June 28 to include the golf course condominium towers.

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  • June 16, 2010
YourObserver.com wins national award

YourObserver.com won first place in its class for "Best Site Architecture and Overall Design" in the 2010 Suburban Newspapers of America Community Website Contest.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • June 16, 2010
Water-main break causes flood

The break has been repaired but caused asphalt to lift near St. Judes Drive.

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  • Robin Roy
  • June 16, 2010
County to consider new fees, taxes

To offset further property-tax revenue losses this year, Sarasota County officials will discuss again paid beach parking and new utilities taxes.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • June 16, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: The Tile Market

The Tile Market features tile from all over the world.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 16, 2010
FAREWELL TO A HERO

Robert 'Bob' Intoccia served in both the Battle of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge with the 36th Tank Battalion of the Eighth Armored Division of the U.S. Army during World War II.

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  • June 16, 2010
'Friends' refute Fishkind study

The Friends of Lakewood Ranch formally explained why it is opposed to incorporation during a public meeting June 9.

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  • June 16, 2010
Ranch delivers 5,000th baby

Even at his birth, Sebastian Lemke was already making headlines.

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  • June 16, 2010
San Marco shop i tesori turns 3

San Marco Plaza's i tesori Gifts and Home Furnishings from Italy will celebrate its third anniversary with a variety of activities June 21.

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  • Michael Eng
  • June 16, 2010
OBSERVED: In honor of Dad and his drawer

Growing up, I must have come to my dad with hundreds of broken toys, shoelaces and scraped knees. And every time, he knew just how to fix them. That's just what dads do.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Sheree Napier
  • June 16, 2010
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Honor Sanctuary isn't only east rescue

Once again we see a statement from Honor Sanctuary printed in your newspaper stating that Honor Sanctuary is the only rescue in the East County supporting the East County people.

  • East County
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  • By Tom Thomaides
  • June 16, 2010
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ranch incorporation

The growth projected over the next 10-20 years will occur regardless of incorporation. However, by becoming a city, residents would have a much more active voice in how that growth and development occurs.

  • East County
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