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Mary Lou Robinson Courtesy photo
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 26, 2017
Longboat Key Obituaries: April 27, 2017

Mary Lou Robinson, Aflred Bremble, Jr., Katherine Brooks and John Spalding died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
File photo from Ed Mues' 95th birthday
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • April 26, 2017
Happy birthday, Ed Mues!

Mues celebrated his 100th birthday on April 12.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 26, 2017
Noise violation, shoplifting top this week's cops corner

Read about crime in East County.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • April 26, 2017
Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation awards $3.4 million in grants

The foundation has approved more than $6 million in grants in 2017.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Some residents wants to preserve the 1930s-era Whitney cottage on the property of the Longboat Key Center for the Arts.Â
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 26, 2017
The cost of preserving LBK history

As with most things, it’s all about the money.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Mill Creek' s Rae Dowling talks interchange design with FDOT engineering consultant Angel Rivera.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 26, 2017
Interchange looped in for improvement

Interchange work to start after Memorial Day.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 26, 2017
Lakewood Ranch CDD supervisors: 'Watch your watering'

Lakewood Ranch CDD overuses irrigation water two months in a row.

  • East County
  • News
This home on West Royal Flamingo Drive sold for $3.1 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • April 26, 2017
West Royal Flamingo Drive home sells for $3.1 million

Real estate transactions for April 10-14.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Looking east on to Cortez Road, with 119th Street West to the right.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • April 26, 2017
Longboat Key leaders see traffic help in Cortez project

FDOT will hold a public meeting about proposed changes to the intersection on May 9.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Janine Hoffman, Jan Marshall, Alexandra Lillis
    By
  • John McGuire
  • April 26, 2017
With a closing arts center, where will the Longboat Key artists go?

The Longboat Key Center for the Arts will close in May.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Enjoy this week' s edition of Cops Corner!
    By
  • John McGuire
  • April 26, 2017
4.27 Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner!

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Chuck Whittall will push for an 80-foot height limit on Longboat Key.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • April 26, 2017
Chuck Whittall agrees to new terms with Colony unit owners

The Unicorp president will push for an 80-foot height limit on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Michael Levitan.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • April 26, 2017
East County Athlete of the Week: 04.26.17

East County Athlete of the Week: 04.26.17

  • East County
  • Sports
Saraiah Walkes.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • April 26, 2017
East County High 5 Moments: 04.26.17

East County High 5 Moments: 04.26.17

  • East County
  • Sports
John Hanlon, Zack Mozina, Tim Boyll and Austin Rushnell play for Tampa Bay Hurling Club.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • April 26, 2017
Lakewood Ranch residents take up the Irish sport of hurling

The game is known as "the fastest sport on grass."

  • East County
  • Sports
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