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  • By Bob Gault
  • September 11, 2013
Letters to the Editor: Out of the jaws of victory

Recently our Town Commission and town manager have done a responsible job of 'stopping the bleeding' from our underfunded employee pension plans by freezing them.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Bradford Saivetz
  • September 11, 2013
My view: ULI group needs wider representation

Most of the task force members have connections to the town's 'body politic' of Town Hall insiders.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Science fiction author Marty Fugate thinks this cosmic statue in Selby Five Points Park looks like a portal to another dimension — ideally, he would have positioned himself in the center of it.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 11, 2013
Out of this World

Writer Marty Fugate has an infinite, sometimes terrifying, and hilarious knowledge of an imagined future, which he occasionally turns into science fiction anthologies.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 11, 2013
Out of this World

Out of this World

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Out-of-Door Academy junior Desmond Lindsay participated in the 2014 Power Showcase Home Run Derby.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 11, 2013
Baseball: Giving Back

The Out-of-Door Academy junior Desmond Lindsay was one of 20 players from across the country selected to participate in the 2014 Power Showcase Home Run Derby.

  • East County
  • Sports
Middle hitter Madison Jaco has been playing on Braden River’s varsity volleyball team since she was a sophomore.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 11, 2013
Volleyball: Court General

Senior Madison Jaco has spent the past two years developing into one of the vocal leaders for the Lady Pirates team.

  • East County
  • Schools
The Lakewood Ranch High boys golf team improved to 16-0 after winning the Lakewood Ranch Invitational Sept. 7.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 11, 2013
5 High Moments of the Week

Lakewood Ranch High and Cardinal Mooney athletes make this week's 5 High Moments.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lauren Maxey is a senior at Out-of-Door Academy and plays on the volleyball team.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 11, 2013
Athlete of the Week

Lauren Maxey is a senior at Out-of-Door Academy and plays on the volleyball team.

  • East County
  • Sports
USA Today article cites Sarasota as "possibly the cultural capital of Florida."
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 11, 2013
Sarasota gets nod from USA Today

Columnist says Sarasota is "possibly the cultural capital of Florida," in a Sept. 10 article.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Miss Manatee Softball 8U travel team won a Labor Day tourney.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 11, 2013
Sidelines

Briefs from the sidelines, Standout Player - PLUS the Game to Watch

  • East County
  • Sports
This week in sports by the numbers.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 11, 2013
Just the Stats

This week in sports by the numbers.

  • East County
  • Sports
Fore you: Community Golf Scores
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 11, 2013
Community Golf 9.11.13

Check out this week's community golf scores from Lakewood Ranch, Palm-Aire, River Club, Rosedale, Tara, University Park and Waterlefe.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 11, 2013
Longboat Lore: 9/11 is a day of remembrance

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks hit close to home on Longboat Key, where President George W. Bush began that fateful day.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Even on a Thursday afternoon in the slow month of September, shoppers and diners filled up St. Armands Circle.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 11, 2013
Longboat Key businesses experience summer surge

Hotels and business owners aren't experiencing the summer slump that was once synonymous with the month of September.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,068 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.3 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 11, 2013
Country Club Village home sells for $1.3 million

Paul and Heidi Phillips, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 6804 Belmont Court to Cedar Oak LLC for $1.3 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
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Jonathan Hande, senior avian hospital technician with Save Our Seabirds, demonstrates how NOT to hold a brown pelican when bringing it in for assessment at the bird rescue organization. Anyone handling an injured pelican should keep an ideally gloved finger between the bird's beak to keep the bird restrained without inhibiting its ability to breathe.
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Lucy Clark and Carlin and Ellie Mackintosh, granddaughters of Longboat Key artist May Lou Johnson, help release the first of 250 butterflies at Freedom Fest. The Fourth of July festivities also included a parade, canine costume contest, rededication of Bicentennial Park and family activities.
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The 1,475 square foot Udermann house has been partially raised using about 50 hydraulic jacks in The Village in Longboat Key. It currently sits 4 and a half feet up and will eventually be raised to 12 feet.
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State Rep. James Buchanan was one of the driving forces behind a one-year accommodation in a state tax bill that requires either county governments to cover any fees associated with collecting voter-approved school taxes or to waive those fees.
  • July 4, 2026
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