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Longboat Key resident Charles “Chuck” Nechtem, president and CEO of Charles Nechtem Associates Inc., uprooted his life to make both a professional and a personal move to Longboat Key five years ago.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 28, 2013
BUSINESS & PLEASURE: Charles Nechtem Associates Inc.

A Longboat Key-based company continues to thrive five years after its relocation from New Jersey. The company is also attracting its clients to the Key for annual meetings.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 28, 2013
All eight employees enter DROP

Every general employee eligible to enter the DROP for five years while also working is taking the town up on its retirement offer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mary Nell Moore, Mindy Towns and Patricia Reed explored Lakewood Ranch Main Street to find subjects for photographs that would fit a unique theme.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • August 28, 2013
PURPOSEFUL PHOTOS

A year ago this month, three East County women started the 52-Week Challenge, a photo-sharing, web-based project they created to unite photographers.

  • East County
  • News
Loretto Sadkin, chairwoman of Peridia Golf and Country Club’s opposition group, and Manatee County Public Works Director Ron Schulhofer talk a recent commission meeting.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • August 28, 2013
U.S. Coast Guard sets parameters for bridge

The potential bridge, which would provide a path into Lakewood Ranch and complete the long-planned 44th Avenue East extension, will at least require an environmental assessment.

  • East County
  • News
Learn how to make homemade ravioli with Andrea Bozzolo of Andrea's
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Andrea's

This week we went in the kitchen with Andrea Bozzolo, owner of Andrea's, for a homemade ravioli dish. Get the full recipe and watch an instructional video in this week's In the Kitchen.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
A mock-up of the skylight ceiling system to be used in the Mall at University Town Center weighs more than 100 tons. It will be torn down after January. Photo by Harriet Sokmensuer.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • August 28, 2013
Archway represents sky-high idea

On the property of the future Mall at University Town Center, a 40-foot-by-60-foot archway, a mock-up of a ceiling system, will come down in January to make way for the real thing.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • August 28, 2013
State considers selling land at Manatee State Park

A preliminary surplus-lands list from the State Department of Environmental Protection includes Manatee State Park land on a list of 5,300 acres in Florida that the state will potentially sell. The move is part of a plan to buy property with greater conservation value.

  • East County
  • News
GreyHawk Landing CDD took control of the new pool and amenity center in July. Photo by Harriet Sokmensuer
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • August 28, 2013
Residents wait for GreyHawk Landing's new amenity center

There's been progress on the new pool and amenity center in GreyHawk Landing West, but the lights are still out for public use.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
A 2.5-foot-tall bubbling fountain waterfall statue made of basaltic rock has been a part of the Longboat Island Chapel for many years. Church officials call the statue "irreplaceable."
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 28, 2013
Chapel statue reported stolen

A 2.5-foot-tall statue was stolen this month in the Longboat Island Chapel's garden. Parishioners want the statue returned, no questions asked, as soon as possible.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 28, 2013
County stops billing town for trolley

The town of Longboat Key refuses to pay Manatee County for its trolley service. The county stopped sending bills, but it now must find a way to fund the route.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 28, 2013
Town plans to get charter back on track

A referendum voters approved in November is null and void unless the Legislature reverses its course in early 2014.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
NEWS BRIEFS

Longboat Key burglaries decrease 62.5%; Holiday schedule changes

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • August 28, 2013
Groin debate affects renourishment

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Sarasota County are debating whether or not a plan to include groins is the right course of action for the Big Pass dredging project.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Three wise men came to a special Town Commission meeting Aug. 14, and one of them was a woman. They came to bring wisdom to this town. Instead, they bore witness to the demise of a long-awaited opportunity to bring fairness to the taxpayers and non-unionized employees.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By David Lern
  • August 28, 2013
My View: City's challenge paved way for our bridge

Kudos on a well-written celebration of the Ringling Bridge's 10th anniversary in last week's edition.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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