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The beach access point at Stickney Point Road will close for about one month for improvements and repairs.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 22, 2011
Siesta Key beach access to close temporarily

Siesta Key Beach Access 12 will close for about a month, starting Monday, Aug. 1.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Click inside to see one of our favorite Cops Corner entries from the archives.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: East County

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

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 22, 2011
Deputies Baker Act man outside restaurant

Manatee County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a man after he said he wanted to kill himself and then resisted being taken into custody.

  • East County
  • News
People enjoyed themselves at the Longboat Key Chamber event Thursday, July 21 at the Sports Page.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 21, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: LBK Chamber at Sports Page

The Longboat Key, Lido Key, and St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce held a get together Thursday, July 21 at the Sports Page Bar & Grille in downtown Sarasota.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • July 21, 2011
Siesta hotel sells for $6.25 million

Beach Club at Siesta Development LLC, of Indianapolis, sold the Beach Club at Siesta Key to FL Beach Club Siesta LLC.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Eva Rey will start Aug. 1 as Town Hall's executive director.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 21, 2011
New Town Hall manager readies for work

Members of the Lakewood Ranch Inter-District Authority today officially hired Eva Rey as the district's new executive director of Lakewood Ranch Town Hall.

  • East County
  • News
The Meteors 8U travel baseball team went undefeated in the USSSA World Series tournament.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 21, 2011
Meteors win World Series Championship

The Meteors 8U travel baseball team recently captured the USSSA World Series tournament championship in Kissimmee.

  • East County
  • Sports
Arnav and Arsav Mohanty are ranked 13th and 14th, respectively, in the Florida USTA rankings.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 21, 2011
Mohanty brothers win Florida Open doubles title

Arnav and Arsav Mohanty, who play tennis for Lakewood Ranch High, captured the Florida Open Nationals Boys 16 Doubles title July 12 in Fort Myers.

  • East County
  • Sports
Parking meters will be back online effective Oct 1.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 21, 2011
Commission will move around parking meters

City commissioners agreed to move meters around and remove some meters altogether in certain places to appease downtown business owners.

  • Siesta Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 21, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: East County

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

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 21, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Sarasota

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Sarasota Observer archives.

  • Sarasota
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Susan Scott was the second county government director to resign this week.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 21, 2011
Another top county official resigns

Susan Scott, a former deputy county administrator who had been demoted, phoned in her resignation Thursday. County leaders say her departure is not related to the ongoing purchasing scandal.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Terry O'Hara says choosing the right club and making small adjustments to your stroke and shave several strokes off your score.
  • By Terry OHara
  • July 21, 2011
COMMUNITY SPORTS TIPS: The Short Game

This week, Longboat Key Club and Resort Director of Golf Terry O'Hara shares tips on improving your short game.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Matt Binkley, a deputy with the Sheriff’s department, jumps from the helicopter into the water from about 10-feet up in the air in order to save a mannequin during the mock marine search and rescue mission.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 21, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Mock marine search and rescue mission

The Sheriff's Underwater Recovery Force (SURF) conducted a mock marine search and rescue mission from 1 -3 p.m. Thursday, July 21 at Ken Thompson Park Boat Ramp. The main exercise involved divers dropping from the agency helicopter into the water below, saving a mannequin and dragging the mannequin to a rescue boat. All members of SURF were required to do the mock mission twice.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The club's entrance will be permanently rerouted to East Flamingo Drive.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 21, 2011
BKYC to begin facade project

BKYC, which typically closes for three weeks during the month of August, will close Aug. 1 and re-open Sept. 5 for the project.

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