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  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • January 6, 2016
Bags on bags on bags

Amie Swan helps you organize the inside of your bag with her new line, OTG | 247.

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Florence Katz celebrates her 100th birthday in July 2015. She told the Longboat Observer as she prepared to celebrate a century, “I’ve loved every day.”
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 6, 2016
Katz, 100, was small in stature, yet larger than life

Florence Katz died Dec. 26. Her magnum opus is her decades of service throughout the community.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Fiscal 2016 will be Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock's busiest year to date.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 6, 2016
People to Watch: David Bullock

The town manager has millions of dollars in capital project to oversee in 2016, but none are as important to him as obtaining permits to renourish the island’s shoreline.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2016
OBITUARY | Theodore Tilton

Theodore Lake Tilton Sr., 74, of Longboat Key, died Jan. 1.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2016
OBITUARY | Riva Kramer

Riva Kramer, 92, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key, died Dec. 24.

  • Longboat Key
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Welcome to the dais in March District 1 Commissioner elect Armando Linde and District 5 Commissioner elect Ed Zunz.Linde will serve in the seat Commissioner Lynn Larson will
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 6, 2016
People to Watch: Armando Linde and Ed Zunz

Armando Linde and Ed Zunz become the newest town commissioners in March, after the deadline for candidates to qualify passed without challengers last year.

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  • January 6, 2016
OBITUARY | Marguerite Coffey

Marguerite Coffey, 92, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key, died Dec. 15.

  • Longboat Key
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Carol Erker
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 6, 2016
People to watch in 2016: Carol Erker

Carol Erker, president of the Rotary Club of Longboat key, has helped raise money for Bayfront Park’s new off-leash dog park.

  • Longboat Key
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Susan Phillips
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 6, 2016
People to watch in 2016: Susan Phillips

Susan Phillips is assistant to the town manager, president and scholarship chairwoman of the Longboat Key Garden Club and scholarship chairwoman of the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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Maureen Burke did almost all the planting of her garden herself, with supervision from Sanders.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • January 6, 2016
East County master gardener: in this oasis, she rules

This gardener adds her personal touch to a world of uniformity.

  • East County
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Bob Simmons
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 6, 2016
People to watch in 2016: Bob Simmons

As the chairman of the Longboat Key Foundation, Bob Simmons has helped pave the way for a new medical facility on the Key.

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The home at 570 S. Spoonbill Drive has five bedrooms, six baths, a pool and 6,846 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 6, 2016
Bird Key home sells for $3.88 million

The home at 570 S. Spoonbill Drive has five bedrooms, six baths, a pool and 6,846 square feet of living area.

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Ted Bogusz, far left, and Anila Jain, far right, organized a graduation party for Bill Mariotti Friday, Dec. 11, at the USFSM Culinary Innovation Lab in Lakewood Ranch. Rocky the bull made an appearance.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • January 6, 2016
Lakewood Ranch resident earns degree of perseverance

After 30 years, Bill Mariotti goes back to school at the University of South Florida to earn his diploma.

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  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • January 6, 2016
Events to Attend in 2016

Ring in the New Year with these top picks.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 6, 2016
People to Watch: Manfred Welfonder and Chuck Whittall

Whose development project proposal will Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners select? All unit owner eyes are on Manfred Welfonder and Chuck Whittall in 2016.

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