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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 22, 2012
Manatee County not offering marine patrol dollars

Manatee County officials viewed Longboat Key data showing the Key's marine patrol officer spends 75% of his time in county waters. The county is declining to help pay for patrol of those waters.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Deficits, debt are the issues!; Keep it flowing; You should apologize

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Children start a conga line to try to get in a picture.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 22, 2012
Observed: Summer splash-out

I often get small swarms of children by my side at school dances or other events where the children are eager to have their photos taken for the newspaper. Sometimes, one even will follow me around at events.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Denise Kleiner, president of Old Braden River Historical Society, currently lives in Manatee County is an independent financial advisor, writer and speaker influenced by history and the non-profit sector.
  • By Denise Kleiner
  • August 22, 2012
My View: Jiggs Landing memories could fill an auditorium

Times have changed for those living on the Braden River and in the surrounding communities.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Enjoy this week's "The Castaway," by Jorge Blanco.
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • August 22, 2012
The Castaway

Enjoy this week's "The Castaway," by Jorge Blanco.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
A representative of the U.S. Department of Agriculture visited the area Aug. 14 and Aug. 15, to meet with local citrus producers and state and federal partners who are working to eliminate invasive citrus pests and diseases.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
News Briefs

County accepting applications for seats; USF plans expansion of Sarasota-Manatee campus; Chamber celebrates business partnerships; Manatee Schools announces lunch criteria

  • East County
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Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Lakewood Ranch resident Chris Kennedy advanced to the state tournament as an individual in 2004 while playing golf for Cardinal Mooney. Kennedy returns to his alma mater this fall as the Cougars' new boys golf coach.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • August 22, 2012
Student becomes the teacher

Lakewood Ranch resident Chris Kennedy, a 2006 graduate of Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School, is returning to his alma mater this fall as the Cougars' new boys golf coach.

  • East County
  • Sports
After walking away from competitive wrestling in 2007, Lakewood Ranch High wrestling coach Pat Ancil returned to the mat in April in preparation for the Veterans World Wrestling Championships Sept. 15-22 in Hungary.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • August 22, 2012
Lakewood coach hits the mat

Lakewood wrestling coach Pat Ancil is set to compete in the Veterans World Wrestling Championships Sept. 15 to 22, in Hungary.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • August 22, 2012
Comment: Players get back in action

It all began 17 days ago when a couple hundred East County football players walked onto their respective practice fields for the first day of fall practice.

  • East County
  • Sports
Thirteen-year-old Noah Candocia began competing on trampoline four years ago for Kids SuperGym. This year, the Braden River Middle School seventh-grader hopes to earn Junior Elite status.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • August 22, 2012
Braden River seventh-grader soars to even greater heights

Noah Candocia began competing on the trampoline at Kids SuperGym four years ago. This year, Noah is preparing to earn Junior Elite status.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • August 22, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Alana Kutt

Six-year-old Alana Kutt recently won the Walt Disney World Resort "Little Linksters" Junior Masters Florida Tournament at the Oak Trail Course in Orlando.

  • East County
  • Sports
Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Something fishy going on at Mote; Foxy Lady to open second location on St. Armands

  • Longboat Key
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This home at 604 Lyons Lane in Sleepy Lagoon Park has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,671 square feet of living area. It sold for $800,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 22, 2012
Two-bedroom L'Ambiance condo sells for $1,735,000

A condominium in L'Ambiance at Longboat Key Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Charles and Betty Ewing, of McLean, Va., sold their Unit J-404 at 435 L'Ambiance Drive to Donald Zimmerman and Claudia Zimmerman, trustees, of Atlanta, for $1,735,000.

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  • Real Estate
  • By Brian Gunnell
  • August 22, 2012
Bridge Bites: The Anti-Bath Coup

West leads the King, and Declarer craftily ducks. Now, if West continues, he gives Declarer a second trick in the suit.

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