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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • July 24, 2013
Castaway

Read this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
One source of the controversy: on Bayview Drive on the north side of Longboat Key. Photo by Kurt Schultheis.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 24, 2013
Our View: Boat-trailer trash; or is it?

Knowing the history of restrictive zoning on Longboat Key, it's quite remarkable that now, in 2013, 58 years after the town's incorporation, there is not a law on Longboat Key's books banning the parking of boats in residential yards.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Start your day with a stroll down Historic Bridge Street.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 24, 2013
Destination: Anna Maria Island

Head north from Longboat Key to check out the shops, destinations, restaurants and beaches of Anna Maria Island.

  • Siesta Key
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Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 24, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • July 24, 2013
Balmoral gate solution still elusive

Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 6 supervisors rejected CDDs 2 and 5's proposal meant to share costs; they also voted to delay the gate discussion until August.

  • East County
  • News
H. Terrell "Terry" Griffin released his seventh Matt Royal mystery, "Fatal Decree," in 2012. His latest book, though, doesn't include protagonist Matt Royal. File photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 24, 2013
New Griffin book to thrill, minus Matt Royal

Longboat Key novelist H. Terrell Griffin introduces a new protagonist and a new platform in 'The Assassin's Game,' set to release later this month.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 24, 2013
Town employee salaries and benefits analysis

Attached is a look at town employee salaries, the cost of their benefits and the percent of their benefits to wages and other compensation.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Tyler Stevenson, Alexis Graham and Saraiah Walkes run for the Manatee Mustangs Track Club, which ODA strength-and-conditioning coach Rod Miller coaches.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 24, 2013
NATIONAL SPEEDSTERS: Manatee Mustangs Track Club

Six members of the Manatee Mustangs Track Club qualified for the AAU Track and Field Junior Olympic Games July 29 through Aug. 3, in Michigan.

  • East County
  • Sports
Courtesy photo The Manatee Cal Ripken 9U All-Stars finished July 15 as the state runner-up in the 9U state tournament, in Altamonte Springs.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 24, 2013
9U All-Stars qualify for Southeast Regional

The Manatee Cal Ripken 9U All-Stars finished as the state runner-up in the 9U state tournament July 11 through July 15, in Altamonte Springs.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 24, 2013
Obituary: Thomas Vincent Getchell

Dr. Thomas Vincent Getchell, 73, of Longboat Key and Lexington, Ky., died July 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo The Manatee Cal Ripken 12U All-Star team will compete in the Southeast Regional Tournament, which begins today in Palm Beach Gardens.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 24, 2013
STATE CHAMPS: Manatee Cal Ripken 12U All-Star

The Manatee Cal Ripken 12U All-Star team defeated Winter Park 6-4 to capture the state championship July 15, in Sanford.

  • East County
  • Sports
George Bryan, vice chair of the Central Florida Region of LeadingAge Florida, with Plymouth Harbor CEO Harry Hobson. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 24, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

LeadingAge Florida names Plymouth Harbor CEO Executive of the Year; Harry's Continental Kitchens wins Wine Spectator's 2013 Award of Excellence; Casa del Mar Beach Resort receives TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence; Patterson takes office as president of Florida Bar Foundation;Lisa Derketsch joins the Longboat Key Club & Resort's membership staff

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 24, 2013
OUR TOWN: Garden Club visits Riverwalk

Members of the University Park Women's Club toured the Riverwalk along the Manatee River, in downtown Bradenton, July 11.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 24, 2013
OUR TOWN: Salon hosts Ladies Night Out

New York Hair Co. owners Jeff and Shea Yoder recently hosted a Ladies Night Out to help East County women gain a "power-you-up-image."

  • East County
  • Neighbors
3-year-old Clark Berry
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 24, 2013
OUR TOWN: Son shares East County news

Every time 3-year-old Clark Berry heads to grocery store with his mom, Sarah, he makes sure to pick up a copy of the East County Observer to deliver to his dad, Jeff.

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