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  • Observer Staff
  • July 6, 2011
Our View: Trolley folly

Prioritizing is never easy, particularly so for politicians when, for every government service, there is some sort of constituency, or special interest, wanting that service. That's true whether it is tennis courts, community rooms or kayak access.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By George Rauch
  • July 6, 2011
My View: Debt causes direction of market to stay questionable

Right now, even though the market has sold off recently, we remain in what is technically called a bull market.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • July 6, 2011
The Castway

This week's Castaway

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Kalahar
  • By Dean Kalahar
  • July 6, 2011
My View: Reality check for schools

To add insult to injury, schools spent their financial windfall in hard cash, while homeowners watched the equity of their property plummet as the housing bubble burst.

  • East County
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 6, 2011
Cops Corner

Goggle ogle 3:08 p.m. - 5200 block of GMD. Suspicious Person. A woman reported that a suspicious looking man approached a nearby condominium unit door and took a pair of goggles that was near the door. The woman confronted the man about his actions, and he returned the goggles and fled the area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
A hatchling emerges from its shell in a nest recently laid on Longboat’s beach.
  • By Virginia Sanders
  • July 6, 2011
Turtle-nesting season sees sensational start

Ring the bells and fly the flag! This 2011 turtle season is off to a sensational start.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 6, 2011
Obituary: Lois Rosenthal

Lois Rosenthal, 81, of Longboat Key, died June 26.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The 6,520-square-foot home at 667 Mourning Dove Drive, on Bird Key, was built by Murray Homes and designed by Cliff Scholz. It sold for $4.95 million.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 6, 2011
Bird Key home sells for $4.95 million

The Bird Key home at 667 Mourning Dove Drive sold for $4.95 million - the largest sale on the island since January 2008, when the home at 643 Mourning Dove Drive sold for $6.9 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 6, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Andrew Bers Team named recipient of Five Star Award

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Donna Swan
  • July 6, 2011
Deal Us In: Contributor shows team spirit

In a recent pairs event, the contributor made his day when he played this hand.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Carla Vooren submitted this sunset photo, taken on Holmes Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 6, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: Front row seats

Carla Vooren submitted this sunset photo, taken on Holmes Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
"I like weaving beads with lots of small stones to create something big and chunky," Kimberly Frimel says. "It's always kind of unexpected, and that's where the boldness comes in."
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 6, 2011
Natural design

Kimberly Frimel uses jewelry as her main mode of expression and communication.

  • Arts + Culture
Banyan Opening Night Dinner Chairwoman Anne Howard, David Howard, Banyan Artistic Director Carol Kleinberg and Ted Shears
  • By Loren Mayo and Molly Schechter
  • July 6, 2011
Scene & Heard

Longtime chef to produce theatrical parody; Comedy tonight; 'Operation Epsilon' offers up food for thought

  • Arts + Culture
Sunny Thompson brings Marilyn Monroe back to life in "Marilyn: Forever Blonde."
  • By Paula Atwell
  • July 6, 2011
Theater

Marilyn lives again through Thompson's 'Forever Blonde'

  • Arts + Culture
Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor play a father and son in "Beginners."
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • July 6, 2011
Film Review: 'Beginners'

Writer/director Mike Mills has a far-fetched story to tell in his new film, "Beginners." Shortly after his wife's death, a 75-year-old father announces to his 38-year-old son that he's gay. Interestingly, it's all true, based on Mills' real-life experience.

  • Arts + Culture
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