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Alan Kasow submitted this sunset photo, taken from the top of Marina Tower overlooking the bay.
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 1, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Alan Kasow submitted this sunset photo, taken from the top of Marina Tower overlooking the bay.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kimberly Braun
  • October 31, 2012
Home, heart and you

Home, heart and you

  • Arts + Entertainment
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Anne Summers and Linda Carrier
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • October 31, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Island Chapel Harvest Host Dinner

Anne and John Summers held a Harvest Home dinner party in their home to raise money for the Longboat Island Chapel. Linda Carrier helped decorate and prepare the meal. Twenty-seven guests attended the Halloween themed dinner party.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Henry Gilbertson gets a gummy fruit snack from preschool director Sarah Schebel.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • October 31, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: St. Boniface Preschool Halloween Parade

Preschoolers at St. Boniface Preschool had a Halloween Parade on Wednesday Oct.31. The children paraded around the courtyard wearing a variety of costumes. Teachers and parents handed out candy to the children.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • October 31, 2012
SCF President Hafner steps down, two trustees join him

Dr. Lars A. Hafner signed a settlement agreement at a State College of Florida board meeting on Oct. 30, while trustees Joe Miller and Jennifer Saslaw resigned.

  • East County
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One person was transported to Sarasota Memorial Hospital. The crash occurred at 8:46 a.m. in the 1000 block of S. Tamiami Trail.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • October 31, 2012
Car crash causes injury, closes roadway

A car crash on S. Tamiami Trail near Sarasota High School sent one person to the hospital with injuries.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2012
Women's club cooks up fun

The LWR Women's Club enjoyed an evening of hands-on cooking demonstrations Sept. 19, at the Viking Culinary Center on Lakewood Ranch Main Street. Members and guests of the event sipped wine while browsing the Viking showroom.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Bill and Judy Carman. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2012
50 years of wedded bliss

Longboat Key residents Bill and Judy Carman recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married July 27, 1962, in Ann Arbor, Mich., and honeymooned on Mackinaw Island, Mich.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2012
Sanders feels paws-itive about presidential pick

Hideaway Bay resident Virginia Sanders knows who will get her vote this Tuesday: Snoopy.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The new Longboat Key Fire Rescue boat is a 33-foot WorldCat. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2012
Key Fire Rescue to dedicate new boat

Longboat Key Fire Rescue will dedicate its new fire rescue boat at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at Longboat Key Club Moorings, 2630 Harbourside Drive.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2012
Mendels publishes new ebook novel

Longboat Key snowbird and author Ora Mendels has published a new novel, "Family Wars: A Novel of Modern Israel," as an ebook available on Amazon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lynn Weddington and Longboat Key Club and Resort General Manager Michael Welly were married during a recent trip to Italy. They’ll head to the West Coast before deciding the next step in their careers.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 31, 2012
Right place, right time

The Longboat Key Club and Resort's general manager Michael Welly is saying 'goodbye' after eight-and-a-half years.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 31, 2012
Port Dolphin sand to arrive next summer

The town of Longboat Key will perform a hot spot beach project in summer 2013 to help high-erosion areas Key-wide.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Town officials are concerned about a sinking hole in the post office building at Whitney Beach Plaza and a fence with panels falling down at the former gas station site.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 31, 2012
Whitney Beach Plaza tapped for stronger codes, renovation

Town officials want to strengthen codes to upgrade the site of Whitney Beach Plaza, and the plaza owner promises a complete renovation in the coming months.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 31, 2012
Jaleski makes campaign proposal

Gene Jaleski wants candidates for the March Longboat Key Town Commission election to agree to spending limits, but other candidates aren't ready to adopt his proposal.

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