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Your Observer | All

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  • November 24, 2014
Obituary: John Joseph Stevenson

John Joseph Stevenson, 78, died Nov. 18.

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  • November 24, 2014
Obituary: John Helm Lockwood

John Helm Lockwood, 99, of Longboat Key and formerly of Short Hills, N.J., died Nov. 15.

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  • November 24, 2014
Obituary: Ronald Curry

Ronald Curry, 81, of Longboat Key, died Nov. 14.

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    By
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  • November 24, 2014
Obituary: Barbara Mae Capron

Barbara Mae Capron, 76, of Longboat Key, died Oct. 26.

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  • November 24, 2014
It's Read Everywhere

Headed on a great trip? Make sure to take your Observer along! Snap a photo of you holding your Observer on vacation, then submit it and you could win travel tickets, courtesy of Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

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The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office charged 28-year-old Michael Levanti with two second-degree felonies for installing malware that affected the district's email system.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • November 24, 2014
School employee charged in cyber attack

Deputies arrested 28-year-old Michael Levanti today for allegedly installing malware that wreaked havoc on the Sarasota County School District's computer network last month.

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Robin Zoller submitted this photo of storm clouds rolling in over the Seafood Shack near Cortez.
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  • November 24, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

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Unit B-504 at the Sanctuary II has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,115 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.2 million. File photo
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 24, 2014
Sanctuary II condominium sells for $2.2 million

A condominium in Sanctuary II at Longboat Key Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

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Longboat Massage owner Liz Yerkes and Ellen Cross
  • By Robin Hartill and Kristen Herhold
  • November 24, 2014
Business Briefs

Ellen Cross joins Longboat Massage; Sarasota Yacht Club announces board of directors; Realtors accept Team Renick challenge

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    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • November 24, 2014
Aerobic grandma: Time to give thanks for exercise benefits

It is the busy season. It is the eating, or shall we say overeating, season. All of that and more make it a time of year when it is too easy to make excuses not to exercise.

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  • By Yusuke Horiguchi
  • November 24, 2014
My View

Officials must work together for peak traffic relief

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  • Observer Staff
  • November 24, 2014
Our View

The 'why' of Thanksgiving

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Beachplace
    By
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  • November 24, 2014
Observer contest seeks bright, shining lights

We're making our list and checking it twice.

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John Clarke enjoys Longboat Key's beach at age 12 during a 1978 family vacation at the old Holiday Inn. Courtesy photos
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 24, 2014
Travel terror

John Clarke was visiting the Longboat Key Holiday Inn in 1978, when one of the Key's most notorious crimes unfolded.

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Cumming, right
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 24, 2014
Cumming heads back to school

Where in the world is Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming?

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