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Lakewood Ranch Little League will advance to the Section IV Tournament July 22 in Haines City.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 15, 2011
Lakewood Ranch wins District 26 11/12 crown

Behind the arm of 12-year-old Steven Varone, Lakewood Ranch Little League shut out Braden River Little League 9-0 to capture the District 26 11- and 12-year-old division title July 13 at G.T. Bray.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the East County Observer archives.

  • East County
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Town Manager Bruce St. Denis eliminated the $265,000 budget shortfall and created a $222 budget surplus.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 14, 2011
Town manager makes budget reductions

The Longboat Key Town Commission was pleased with Town Manager Bruce St. Denis' progress in eliminating a $265,000 budget shortfall.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Lucy Fox submitted this photo of Cardinal Mooney graduate Matthew Taylor catching a snook on Father's Day on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2011
Weather

See this week's weather photo and temperatures.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Unit 202C at Summer Cover on Siesta, 1660 Summerhouse Lane, Siesta Key, has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,110 square feet of living area. It sold for $605,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 14, 2011
Summer Cove condo sells for $605,000

Unit 202C at Summer Cover on Siesta, 1660 Summerhouse Lane, Siesta Key, has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,110 square feet of living area. It sold for $605,000.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Don't feed the early birds; charge them a fee.
  • By Dr. Lori
  • July 14, 2011
The economics of antiques

Some important aspects of successful antiquing are to avoid financial missteps. Here are some tips to enhance your antiquing experience.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Photo courtesy of Norman Schimmel Siesta residents who live on the key’s canals often talk of vessels speeding past their homes.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • July 14, 2011
Island Beat: Siesta Key residents say, 'whoa,' to boaters

Siesta Key residents bring discuss the issue of damage from the wakes of boats that do not comply with the "slow" signs in the canals and other boating issues.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Red pentas
  • By Rick Wielgorecki
  • July 14, 2011
Is there a dwarf in your garden?

The subject of dwarf plants and their use in the landscape is the Holy Grail of homeowners - everybody wants a landscape that requires no maintenance.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2011
Worship services

A list of worship services this week on Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Siesta Key Association Vice President Peter van Roekens and SKA member Bob Luckner take a break from picking up litter on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2011
Turnout collects record haul

Members of the Siesta Key Association, the Siesta Key Village Association and the Bay Island Association joined forces on Saturday to pick up trash on Ocean Boulevard and on Higel/Siesta Drive all the way to the north Siesta bridge.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
It was a close call between three of the lifeguards in the men’s rescue board race Thursday, July 14 during the 2011 James "MAC" McCarthy Southeast Regional Lifeguard Competition.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 14, 2011
VIDEO: Men's Rescue Board Race

The Men's Rescue Board Race took place on the first day of the 2011 James "MAC" McCarthy Southeast Regional Lifeguard Competition on Siesta Key Public Beach. The competition will run July 14 - 16.

  • Siesta Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2011
Cops Corner

July 7 Forget me not 8:44 p.m. - 200 block of Beach Road. Impaired Person. A deputy responded to a report of a drunken man walking into the water. The deputy found the man wading in the surf, and he asked the man to get out of the water. The man stumbled to the sand and slurred his words. He was apparently so drunk that he forgot his last name. The deputy took him to a treatment center.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Holly Ferguson sets off the first firework July 4, on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 14, 2011
Raffle winner detonates fireworks

On July 2, Holly Ferguson won the first raffle that allowed the winner to detonate the TNT box for the Siesta Key Fireworks show.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Sherry Griffith jumps out of the dory while her twin sister, Shelly, gets ready to whip the boat back around to head back out into the Gulf of Mexico Thursday, July 14 during the 2011 James "MAC" McCarthy Southeast Regional Lifeguard Competition.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 14, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: SE Regional Lifeguard Competition

The 2011 James "MAC" McCarthy Southeast Regional Lifeguard Competition started Thursday, July 14 out at Siesta Key Beach. The three-day event features professional lifeguards with Florida's junior lifeguards being featured on the final day. Lifeguards run, swim, paddle and row - testing their lifesaving skills among their peers in 13 different events.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 14, 2011
Community Golf Scores 07.05.11 to 07.11.11

East County golfers post amazing numbers on area courses.

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