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  • Loren Mayo
  • January 7, 2010
Registration under way for Gulf Coast Senior Games

The games will take place Feb. 16 through Feb. 21 at venues throughout Sarasota and Manatee counties.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 7, 2010
Buchanan lobbies for open meetings on health reform

Congressman Vern Buchanan has formally asked President Barack Obama to ensure final meetings on health-care reform are open to the public's viewing.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2010
SYC celebrates at Hanukkah dinner

Sarasota Yacht Club hosted a Hanukkah dinner Sunday, Dec. 27, at the club.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2010
Generous donation grows out of love

About two years ago, siblings Hunter, 11, and Sydney Hampton, 9, started a nonprofit business called "Pots of Love" that donates money to food-allergy research.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 7, 2010
Toy store's beloved sign stolen

Funtoysia's distinctive wooden sign that adorned the toy store for 25 years was stolen on Christmas Eve. Storeowners are offering a reward for its return.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 7, 2010
New garage designs sought

The City Commission asked the design-and-build team of the Palm Avenue parking garage to submit non-traditional designs for the project.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 7, 2010
Patterson Foundation to honor family's giving legacy

The Patterson Foundation will honor Jim and Dorothy Patterson's heritage through nine targeted areas of giving.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2010
News Briefs 01.07.10

News Briefs 01.07.10

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  • January 7, 2010
Observer Updates 01.07.10

Christopher Moody, who ran a hedge fund with alleged Ponzi schemer Art Nadel, is nearing the end of a process in which he is ordered to sell all of his material assets.

  • Sarasota
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  • Loren Mayo
  • January 7, 2010
Kitty kingdom

Cat Depot will launch the grand opening of its new 10,000-square-foot, five-star adoption center Jan. 15 through Jan. 17.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2010
OUR VIEW: Kissing off the kiss

Four months ago, the Sarasota City Commission voted to create a 10-year home for the Unconditional Surrender sculpture on Sarasota's bayfront, contingent on satisfying a list of measures that appeared solvable, albeit more difficult than necessary.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Ronny Salomon
  • January 7, 2010
Letter to the editor 01.07.10

Regarding your Dec. 31 editorial, "The Road To Prosperity," I respectfully beg to differ with your premise that George W. Bush achieved a high degree of success.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2010
Business Observer 01.07.10

Gerry Radford, chief financial officer of Tidewell Hospice, qualified as a certified hospice executive. The program is only available to hospice, home-care and senior managers with significant experience in the field.

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  • Loren Mayo
  • January 7, 2010
Weekday farmers market moves into Phillippi Creek

The Phillippi Farmhouse Market is a seasonal market open on Wednesdays that promotes local growers of produce, agricultural products and prepared foods.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2010
Cops Corner 01.07.10

A woman called police, saying she found blood and a latex glove in a neighbor's trash can. When an officer closely inspected the garbage can, he discovered that the substance was not blood - it was red fruit punch or juice.

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  • Adam Hughes
  • January 7, 2010
Tower Residences condo sells for $3.4 million

Donald Carter, of Dallas, sold his Unit 1704 condominium at 35 Watergate Drive to Douglas Holder, trustee, for $3.35 million.

  • Sarasota
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  • Robin Roy
  • January 7, 2010
Unconditional Surrender gets final reprieve

The owner of the bayfront sculpture will have until the end of the month to respond to the city's copyright-lawsuit concerns or else it will be removed before summer.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2010
Village Association looks back on the Key's history

The Longbeach Village Association met Wednesday, Jan. 6.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2010
New books will send tongues wagging

Sue-Ellen Welfonder's passions: Scotland. The paranormal. Dogs. Welfonder, a Longboat Key resident, wishes dogs everywhere were as beloved as her Jack Russell terrier, Em. So, she has contributed a story, 'A Man, a Woman and Haggis' to 'Tails of Love,' an anthology of never published stories from 10 authors. Part of the authors' proceeds will go to the Animal Adoption Foundation. Tempted for more reading material? Welfonder also has out a new Scottish historical romance novel, 'A Highlander's Temptation.'

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2010
Wine glass still half full at Harry's wine tastings

No whining: Harry's Continental Kitchens won't be holding a wine tasting this Thursday, Jan. 7. But you can keep 'wining': The restaurant is now holding its wine tastings on Wednesdays, the first of which will take place Jan. 6. This Wednesday's wine tasting will benefit the Longboat Key Garden Club. Cost is $10. Call 383-0777.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2010
McKitrick's tournament record shoots up

Arlene McKitrick, of Longboat Key, increased her championship record to 154 tournament victories when she won the American Seniors Golf Association 2009 Stroke Play Championship in December, at the Naples Grande Resort and Club, in Naples. She shot 76,76, and last month McKitrick won the International Senior Championship held in Bermuda.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 6, 2010
Happy Birthday, Dora!

Okay, so she's another year older. But Longboaters know that having Longboat Observer Senior Editor Dora Walters on the scene never gets old. On Jan. 4, Walters celebrated her birthday with cake at the office and, ever the reporter, then headed off to the Longboat Key Town Commission meeting to snap photos. When she got up to take a crowd shot, the group surprised her by singing 'Happy Birthday.' One person in attendance asked her if she was turning 39 again. Her response: 38.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2010
Puzzling occurrence in the Dec. 24 issue

The Sudoku answers printed in the Dec. 24 issue on page 22B were incorrect.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2010
SYC celebrates at Hanukkah dinner

Sarasota Yacht Club hosted a Hanukkah dinner Sunday, Dec. 27, at the club. Both kids and adults alike celebrated side-by-side, with Hanukkah-themed puzzles to complete and a traditional Jewish feast to eat.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2010
Observer to host candidates forum

The Longboat Observer will host a forum next week for District 1 commission candidates who will face off in a preliminary election Jan. 26. The candidates, Mayor Lee Rothenberg, Lee Pokoik and Lynn Larson, will be present to answer the public's questions. The forum, open to the public, will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts' cultural/media room, 6860 Longboat Drive South. For information call 383-5509.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2010
Ranch resident donates locks

Summer Egly, daughter of Billie Delaney, donated 11 inches of her precious hair to Locks of Love.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2010
UPCC women assist Manatee kids

The University Park Women's Club showed true Christmas spirit during its gift drive for Manatee Children's Services.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 6, 2010
Tigers pull past Pirates

The Braden River High boys soccer team fell to Palmetto 4-2 in Class 4A-District 10 action tonight.

  • East County
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 6, 2010
Alleged Ponzi schemers appear in court

Sarasota couple John and Marian Morgan faced a federal judge in Tampa a day after being extradited from Virginia.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 6, 2010
Burglars target Emerald Harbor

In five burglaries at Emerald Harbor, the alarm keypad panels were stolen from the interiors of three of the homes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 6, 2010
Leatherback turtle arrives at Mote for treatment

The species is rarely found in Southwest Florida's Gulf Coast and is the most endangered of sea-turtle species.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 6, 2010
East County drug store robbed

The pharmacy of the CVS on University Parkway, just west of Tuttle Avenue, was robbed Tuesday.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • January 6, 2010
Black Tie & Tales

Read the latest social column by Molly Schechter.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • January 6, 2010
Black Tie & Tales

Read the latest social column by Molly Schechter.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 6, 2010
Christ Church project receives blessing

Despite concerns from some Sleepy Lagoon homeowners, the Town Commission voted Monday to approve a new sanctuary on the north end of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 6, 2010
Political sign issues arise

Longboat Key District 1 commission candidate Lee Pokoik and town officials have been sparring over the placement of his campaign signs and the wording of his sign.

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