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  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Dog owners should demonstrate their rights; What you didn't see in the online video

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Read this week's edition of Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Claude Engle lighted Malcolm Robertson’s “Wave 2 Me” sculpture, which is on display at the entrance to the Longboat Key Club and Resort. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 18, 2012
Neighbors: Claude Engle

As a design consultant, Engle helps shed light on some interesting places.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Clyde Butcher: Nature Through the Lens runs through Aug. 31 at Selby Gardens Historic Spanish Point campus in Nokomis.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • January 18, 2012
Photographer displays natural link to Florida subject matter

Photographer Clyde Butcher started taking photos of the Everglades in order to heal after a drunk driver killed his son.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Join Emily Walsh for the Observer Daily Headlines.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
JAN. 17: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota, and Siesta Key.

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On Jan. 29, St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church Music Director Michael Tucci will retire.
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 18, 2012
St. Mary music director exits on a high note

Looking back on his eight-and-a-half years as music director at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, Michael Tucci says he has met many wonderful people.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
Michael Edmund Schetter

Michael Edmund Schetter, 63, of Bradenton, died Jan. 8.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Meet this week's athlete of the week, Jeff Casseus.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 18, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Jeff Casseus

Braden River senior Jeff Casseus had a team-high 17 points and 11 rebounds, helping lead the Pirates to a 64-44 victory over rival Lakewood Ranch Jan. 11.

  • East County
  • Sports
Bella Smith
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
Observer Team Spotlight Q&A

Meet this week's Observer Team Spotlight Athlete: Bella Smith

  • East County
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Photo by Jen Blanco.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 18, 2012
Rice earns Most Valuable Player honors in Band Weintraub Cup

Hillcroft/Regent defeated Ten Oaks/Rude Boy 11-10 in the Band Weintraub Cup Jan. 15, at The Sarasota Polo Club.

  • East County
  • Sports
This stained-glass window lies behind the pulpit.
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 18, 2012
Members of Christ Church attend official dedication of the new sanctuary

On. Jan. 14, Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, members attended the official dedication of the new sanctuary.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Pettingell
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
REAL ESTATE REPORTS

Pettingell tops $8 million in pending volume; Mitchell, Rodgers join Coldwell Banker LBK; SAR opens School of Real Estate

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  • Real Estate
  • By Brian Gunnell
  • January 18, 2012
Bridge Bites: The power of tens

Put yourself in the South chair. Your partner opens a 15 to 17 1NT, and you have to decide whether to invite game, or whether to bid 3NT all by yourself.

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Ken Lang submitted this sunset photo, taken near Buttonwood Cove on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Ken Lang submitted this sunset photo, taken near Buttonwood Cove on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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Mastro
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Keller Williams' Mastro named Member of the Year

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