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  • Jen Blanco
  • July 23, 2010
CAMP SPOTLIGHT: Bayside VBS

Kindergarten and first-grade students at Bayside Community Church share their favorite parts of Vacation Bible School.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 23, 2010
Key Video to close

The store has operated on Longboat Key for five years.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 23, 2010
Key Video to close

The store has operated on Longboat Key for five years.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 23, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Longboat Resort Wear

Longboat Resort Wear has operated in the Centre Shops since February 1989.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 23, 2010
City sets higher tax rate

The millage rate was increased for the first time in four years, but most taxpayers will still see a decrease in their actual tax bills.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 23, 2010
Trustee will oversee Colony settlement hearing

U.S. trustee William Maloney does not believe The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort should be converted to a Chapter 7 liquidation.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 22, 2010
School board earns 'master board' distinction

Manatee County School Board members and Superintendent Tim McGonegal completed 22 hours of training.

  • East County
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    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • July 22, 2010
CAMP SPOTLIGHT: Sarasota Orchestra

The Sarasota Observer checked in with the Sarasota Orchestra's summer camp on its final and most exciting day - recital day.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 22, 2010
Repair work begins near St. Judes Drive

Workers currently are replacing asphalt that was damaged in June.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2010
Families celebrate Splash Shabbat

More than 55 people beat the heat Saturday, July 10, by attending Temple Emanu-El's Splash Shabbat - a fun-filled day of prayers, songs, stories and plenty of water activities.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2010
Make new friends, but keep the old

The Sarasota Newcomers Club helps form new friendships.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 22, 2010
Mayor, city manager spar

A rare public spat broke out between the mayor and city manager while the City Commission discussed the adoption of the Police Advisory Panel's recommendations.

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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 22, 2010
Parking meters a near certainty

Because the city's parking department is on track to run out of money at the end of the next fiscal year, four commissioners want paid parking downtown soon.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 22, 2010
Condos seek to shut out hotel

Property owners on South Palm Avenue have come up with a new strategy to keep a proposed timeshare hotel out of their neighborhood, but the move may no longer be necessary.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 22, 2010
Candidates tangle at Tiger Bay

Four County Commission candidates fielded questions on the county's biggest challenges and Amendment 4.

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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 22, 2010
News Briefs 07.22.10

Because the city feels the parking situation on Gulfstream Avenue requires a slower speed limit, it wants to reduce the speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph.

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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 22, 2010
Observer Updates 07.22.10

An ambitious plan to place a large ice-skating rink at Five Points Park got a big boost this week, when the City Commission unanimously approved the plan and offered financial support.

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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 22, 2010
Candidates talk accountability, responsibility

A mother and grandmother compete for the School Board District 5 seat on platforms of communication, fiscal responsibility and better student training.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2010
OUR VIEW: Indoctrination by the state

Let's be blunt: Segments of Sarasota's political and intellectual elite - liberal and conservative alike - often regard Dr. Rich Swier (a doctor of education administration) as a conservative gadfly-extremist. And that's being polite.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Joe Gruters
  • July 22, 2010
MY VIEW: Obamacare taxes will destroy medical industry

The new excise tax on medical-device makers is a blatant strategy by the Obama administration to create a single-payer system.

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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 22, 2010
Investigation finds no county bid rigging

An audit by the Sarasota County Clerk of Courts Office found that a county employee did not improperly influence spring-training contract bids. when he made personal contact with two companies seeking those contracts.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2010
Decorate a bra and help support fight against cancer

Calling all designers! Design a bra to be auctioned off at the 2010 Key to the Cure event Oct. 21, at Saks Fifth Avenue, and help fight women's cancers.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2010
Kiwanians deliver new robes to Pines residents

One-dozen members of the Kiwanis Club of South Sarasota recently presented new bathrobes to 188 residents of the Pines of Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2010
Ninety-one-year-old will put her mark on event

On Aug. 10, Sarasota resident Polly White, 91, will take to the skies in her first parasailing adventure at Siesta Key Beach

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2010
CYD announces online activity directory for youths

For the past three years, Community Youth Development has avidly collected data about activities for Sarasota County youth.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2010
Cops Corner 07.22.10

A large box of roofing nails spilled all over the westbound lanes of the causeway. Wile E. Coyote was nowhere to be seen.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 22, 2010
Rivendell home sells for $500,000

Richard Birnbaum and Mary Birnbaum, of Osprey, sold their home at 1113 Millpond Court to John Shintaffer, of Osprey, for $500,000.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 21, 2010
Commissioners debate police budget

The City Commission questions why the Sarasota Police Department's budget is more than twice that of the police departments in Bradenton and North Port.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 21, 2010
News Briefs 07.22.10

Community News and Notes

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 21, 2010
Business leaders want SRQ on Condor radar

Engel & Völkers Longboat Key/Anna Maria Island President/broker Ray Alexander and agent Tina Rudek are hoping Hamburg-based Condor Air will hear "welcome" if it reaches its goal of $300,000 in pledges from local business leaders.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 21, 2010
Colony Lender pursues mortgage foreclosure

Colony Lender LLC partner David Siegal says that he is now moving forward with a foreclosure against Colony Chairman and owner Dr. Murray 'Murf' Klauber.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 21, 2010
Expert Opinions

Two of Longboat's residents have expansive knowledge of oil drilling and oil-spill cleanup efforts. They have talked with town officials about what to expect if oil comes ashore.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 21, 2010
Vision Plan touted as catalyst

The town's Vision Plan, which was never adopted by the Town Commission, could spur a review of the tow''s Comprehensive Plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 21, 2010
Turtle Tracks

Turtle Tracks

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 21, 2010
St. Jude luncheon collects early support

D.M. Williams, general manager of Casa del Mar and longtime, dedicated supporter of the annual St. Jude Gourmet Luncheon placed a 5-gallon jug at the front desk for donations.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 21, 2010
Chief Hogle takes speedy snapshot

Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle participated in a refueling mission training exercise June 18, at MacDill Air Force Base.

  • Longboat Key
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