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Dr. Joseph Mendels and Harold Ronson
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 4, 2014
Ronson does double duty

Longboat Key resident Harold Ronson was a veteran on a mission to honor the war dead on Memorial Day May 27.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
(Photo courtesy of Rebecca Goldwaite)
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 4, 2014
Shark heads to sea after photo-op

Beachplace resident Rebecca Goldthwaite spotted a group of young men in May who caught a sandbar shark near the Resort at Longboat Key Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Wayne McCammon at his desk.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 4, 2014
Hail the Chief

Retired Longboat Key Police Chief Wayne McCammon, 83, died May 27. He served as the island's top cop for 23 years.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
So much sand has been lost that at high tide behind L'Ambiance that Gulf water laps at 7-foot beach escarpments that are being kept in place by large areas of vegetated dunes.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 4, 2014
South end beach fix up next on the agenda

A $1.7 million south end beach project is the next erosion hot spot that needs sand as soon as possible.

  • Longboat Key
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Dr. Mike Mossler, of Bayshore Animal Hospital in Bradenton, found the cub to be in good health, except for a slight irritation to one eye, upon examination Monday.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 4, 2014
PHOTO OF THE DAY: On the road

A 7-week-old bobcat found in Lakewood Ranch has been transported to the Wildlife Center of Venice for rehabilitation. East County-based wildlife rehabilitator Justin Matthews received a call Sunday night from the Manatee County Sheriff's Office, after Deputy April Allison found the young bobcat near the corner of State Road 70 and Lorraine Road. The Wildlife Center of Venice took the bobcat Tuesday for rehabilitation with three other cubs.

  • East County
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USA Pentathlon Communications Director John Amabile shares details about the pentathlon with volunteers during an “all hands on deck” meeting May 28, at the USF Culinary Innovation Lab.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 4, 2014
All Hands on Deck

A team of volunteers works tirelessly to make sure the 2014 Modern Pentathlon World Cup Finals run smoothly. More than 400 volunteers will pitch in to assist with the three-day event.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 4, 2014
Cops Corner

May 24 Native son 11:16 p.m. - 3600 block of Fair Oaks Place. Suspicious Circumstance. A man said there were cars and people at the home of his neighbor, who is in England. Police found the homeowner at the house, who was confused because he does not know anyone in the neighborhood and has not been in England. He lives in Tampa and comes to the home once a month.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 4, 2014
Our town: Art association makes donation

The Creative Art Association of Lakewood Ranch awarded $300 to Art Center Manatee to distribute to local youth for scholarships.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 4, 2014
Our town: Elks promote child safety

Seven Elks club members from Lakewood Ranch-Sarasota Lodge 2855 recently read the book 'Let's B Safe' to first-graders at Freedom Elementary School.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 4, 2014
Our town: Second-grader helps the homeless

East County second-grader student Anthony Longo, of Saint Joseph Catholic School, recently came up with an idea that would allow himself and his classmates to help the homeless.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 4, 2014
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Auditors reveal problem with School District bonds

  • East County
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Allied troops on Omaha Beach
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • June 4, 2014
Our View: 'Never again'?

This is the 70th anniversary of D-Day ... June 6, 1944. We all have seen the photographs and footage from the beaches of Normandy. We have seen the rows upon rows of our nearly 9,400 military dead at the Normandy American Cemetery - most of them killed in Operation Overlord, the code name for the Allies' invasion of France. But so few of us in subsequent generations can even imagine what author Rick Atkinson vividly re-creates in his epic book, 'The Guns at Last Light.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 4, 2014
Administrator recommends maintaining millage rate

The county's roughly $520 million proposed budget provides funding for public radio system improvements.

  • East County
  • News
Maggie Mooney-Portale
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 4, 2014
Town attorney considers rescinding her resignation

Maggie Mooney-Portale will meet with commissioners individually to evaluate whether she will leave the post.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Tara Master Association plans to reduce flowers and prune shrubs in medians to improve safety.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • June 4, 2014
Safety improvements planned for Tara Blvd.

The Tara Master Association plans to reduce flowers and prune shrubs in medians to improve safety.

  • East County
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