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Team Corgi members participate in a walkathon fundraiser for Southeastern Guide Dogs. The organization will hold a walkathon in Lakewood Ranch in April 2016. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 29, 2015
Calendar for July 30

Find out what's happening this week in East County.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 29, 2015
East County Cops Corner 07.30.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 29, 2015
OBITUARY | Arden Fowler

Arden Fowler died July 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The home at 121 S. Washington Drive has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,778 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 29, 2015
Three-bedroom St. Armands Key home sells for $1.95 million

The home at 121 S. Washington Drive has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,778 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Lazy Lobster bartenders Mackenzie Flanagan and Courtney Rossler
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • July 29, 2015
It’s 5 o’clock somewhere

With Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant gone, what will be your new favorite happy hour spot?

  • Longboat Key
  • Business
A common grackle prepares to feed.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • July 29, 2015
Save Our Seabirds migrates to baby bird season

Think twice before attempting to rescue a baby bird that appears to be injured.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 29, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 7.30.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 29, 2015
News Briefs: Longboat Key 7.23.15

St. Armands Circle clinic variance requests revived; Island mayors wary of mainland growth

  • Longboat Key
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Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock discusses Key issues with the Longboat Observer.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 29, 2015
Bullock bytes: Town manager sounds off

Dave Bullock sits down with the Longboat Observer monthly to discuss town issues.

  • Longboat Key
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Will a referendum that asks if the town’s electorate wants to fund the burying of overhead power lines and utilities on Gulf of Mexico Drive fail?
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 29, 2015
Undergrounding: Too little, too late?

The town of Longboat Key will hold workshops beginning in September to educate residents about the Nov. 3 GMD utilities referendum. But some wonder if it’s time enough to get the word out before the vote.

  • Longboat Key
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Longboat Key Human Resources Manager Lisa Silvertooth has worked to create a new merit-based incentive increase program for Longboat Key general employees in the last year.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 29, 2015
Town wagers on merit pay

Not all Longboat Key general employees are due to make the same wage increase. A new system doles out cash based on performance in the past fiscal year.

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Catcher John Schroeder and his teammates have only allowed two runs in five games.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 29, 2015
State Bound

The Lakewood Ranch Little League 11- and 12-year-old All-Stars will compete in the Florida State Tournament July 31 and Aug. 1, in Tallahassee.

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  • Sports
Toby Madison works with Lakewood Ranch freshman Matthew Dugan on ball handling during a private lesson.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 29, 2015
Scoring Range

Lakewood Ranch High JV boys basketball coach Toby Madison started Mid-Range Game to offer offensive skills camps and clinics to local players.

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  • Sports
Justin Norwood, with his daughter, Bekah, worries approving the Lakewood National/Bridgewater East development will compound traffic problems on State Road 70.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 29, 2015
Lennar plans Lakewood Ranch expansion

Panther Ridge residents worry the company’s plans for nearly 2,000 homes east of Lorraine Road will further compound traffic woes on S.R.70

  • East County
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“I think a lot of people do research, but I feel I’m really doing something helpful,” says Lakewood Ranch Country Club resident and researcher Cecile Lengacher. “Each new study we find out (more).”
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 29, 2015
East County researcher combats 'chemo-brain' with focus

Cecile Lengacher believes casting worries aside can help memory and concentration in cancer survivors. Now, she's going to prove it.

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