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Starbucks has other locations in Manatee County, including one near Interstate 75 and State Road 64, as well as one on Lakewood Ranch Main Street. File photo from Flickr.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 6, 2016
Starbucks has plans for new East County location

Benderson Development has submitted plans to develop a Starbucks on Lockwood Ridge Road and State Road 70.

  • East County
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Braden River High's new facility will house 10 cattle and cost more than $100,000 to construct.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • January 6, 2016
Braden River High opens new livestock facility

The school's new pole barn cost more than $100,000 to construct and will house 10 cattle.

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    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • January 6, 2016
Cops Corner 1.7.2016

Crime reports from around the area.

  • East County
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Lakewood Ranch Main Street celebrated its 10-year anniversary this year.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • January 6, 2016
Getting ready for growth: Main Street choosy about new tenants

With only one retail unit unfilled, Lakewood Main Street stocked and ready to serve an expanding population.

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Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 6, 2016
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 1.7.16

Enjoy this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
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Marsha Panuce with Kelly, a cockatoo, at 2015’s Save Our Seabirds Sunset Soiree.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 6, 2016
10 events in '16

Check out the 10 events on our radar for 2016.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • 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.

  • Black Tie
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.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • 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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  • Observer Staff
  • 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.

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