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  • September 25, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week'd Castaway cartoon.

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Benedict estate home at Villa Am Meer
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
Our View: The tide is turning on LBK

The turn started with two transactions: First, the town approval in 2011 and then the redevelopment of Avenue of the Flowers and construction of the new Publix Super Market and CVS drug store.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • September 25, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • September 25, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Get rid of Obamacare; Save Beer Can Island?; Sept. 11 tribute thank you

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  • September 25, 2013
The Good News: Rebecca Lockwood of Forty Carrots Family Center

Rebecca Lockwood is the preschool director of Forty Carrots Family Center. Read more about her and watch a video in this week's The Good News.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • September 25, 2013
School days to begin at Education Center

The Longboat Key Education Center's fall semester begins Oct. 21 with a few core courses and several new additions.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • September 25, 2013
Price Points: Longboat Key real-estate

Longboat Key's real-estate values are rising, but the island still has plenty to offer in a wide range of prices.

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Units 115-N and 116-N at 2301 Gulf of Mexico Drive have three bedrooms, three and one-half baths and 2,470 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.15 million. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 25, 2013
Three-bedroom condo at Islander Club of Longboat sells for $1.15 million

A condominium in Islander Club of Longboat tops all transactions in this week's real estate. William and Diane Wakely sold their Units 115-N and 116-N condominium at 2301 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Jeffrey Park, trustee, of Naperville, Ill., for $1.15 million.

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David Johnson submitted this sunset photo, taken from a dock at Cannons Marina on Longboat Key.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
OBSERVER WEATHER: Longboat Key

David Johnson submitted this sunset photo, taken from a dock at Cannons Marina on Longboat Key.

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  • Josh Siegel
  • September 25, 2013
Manatee commissioners adopt status quo millage

The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners adopted a 2013-14 budget that keeps property values the same and sets aside money from higher property values to the sheriff's office.

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  • Josh Siegel
  • September 25, 2013
Manatee County School Board adopts budget

A new administration receives approval of a $568.3 million budget that attempts to shake an ugly past and build a future.

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  • September 25, 2013
NEWS BRIEFS

Get caught of with East County news in this week's news briefs

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  • September 25, 2013
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • September 25, 2013
Sarasota University boasts roots in Lakewood Ranch

Licensed psychologist and former college professor Dr. Ronald Ogrodnik is going back to school.

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This home at 7119 Teal Creek Glen has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,640 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,275,000. Photos by Josh Siegel.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 25, 2013
Country Club Village home sells for $1,275,000

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Wanda Brown Inc. sold the home at 7119 Teal Creek Glen to Wall and Karol Kent, of Roswell, Ga., for $1,275,000.

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