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  • June 8, 2011
Cops Corner

May 27 Sneak peek 11:52 p.m. -- Broadway Beach Access. Code Enforcement. Police warned a couple they were on the beach after hours. They told police they had just arrived for a vacation and wanted to take a quick glance at the beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 8, 2011
Obituary: Dorothea Hall

Dorothea Hall, 83, of Bradenton and formerly of Philadelphia, Cape Point May, N.J., and Longboat Key, died May 29.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unit F-208 at L'Ambiance, 415 L’Ambiance drive, has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, two half-baths and 3,220 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,375,000.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 8, 2011
L'Ambiance unit sells for $2,375,000

The sale was the largest of 12 transactions recorded on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys during the week of May 23 through May 27 at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 8, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Danny Marr has joined the St. Armands Circle office of Michael Saunders & Co

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Guy Bond submitted this sunrise photo, taken on Coquina Beach over Memorial Day weekend.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 8, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: Morning Glory

Guy Bond submitted this sunrise photo, taken on Coquina Beach over Memorial Day weekend.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Only a handful of tenant spaces remain on Lakewood Ranch Main Street. Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty President Brian Kennelly attributes the 92% leased rate to a positive trend in gross sales.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 8, 2011
MIX ON MAIN

Has Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty found the 'perfect' mix for Lakewood Ranch Main Street?

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 8, 2011
Mandalay resident finds feathered friend

Mandalay resident Tom Cohen snapped a photo of this feathered friend as it perched atop a lily pad in the community lake.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Bill Miller and Anita Shelare Miller enjoyed the poolside view.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 8, 2011
Muirfield bids farewell to season

Residents of the Muirfield community in the Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club celebrated the "End of the Winter Season" with a special pool party gathering May 23, to honor the community's winter residents.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 8, 2011
Church to host fundraiser

Members of Lakewood Christian Church will transport the Lake Osprey Cabaret back in time this weekend as they "Ring in 1955" for a special murder-mystery dinner theater fundraiser.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Tammy Kovar has moved 47 times in her life. She had hoped her home in Summerfield Bluffs, where she's lived for 12 years, would be her last home.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 8, 2011
Homeowner seeks relief for erosion issue

Summerfield Bluffs resident Tammy Kovar is out of options for resolving an erosion problem in her yard.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 8, 2011
Cops Corner

7300 block of Desert Ridge Glen. Identity theft. The victim reported unknown person(s) used her identity and credit card information without her permission to make unauthorized charges.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Supervisors on the Heritage Harbour South Community Development District spent more than three hours June 2 finalizing cuts to the proposed stormwater management system budget.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 8, 2011
Supervisors slash stormwater costs

Board members have modified proposed stormwater-maintenance programs to reduce the budget.

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  • News
"It opened my eyes that people are out there that really need help," said Can Food Drive organizer Christina Meiser, 15, about seeing homeless people outside the Salvation Army five years ago.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 8, 2011
River Club youth hold can drive

Fifteen-year-old Christina Meiser will collect canned goods in the River Club community this weekend for the Salvation Army.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 8, 2011
Cuts will not affect East County

Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker cut 54 positions. The cuts should not disrupt county programs, he said.

  • East County
  • News
Fourth- and fifth-grade students at Willis Elementary School showed off their artistic talents May 26, as they presented their animated films during the Gecko Film Festival 2011.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 8, 2011
News Briefs

Willis art students walk red carpet for film debuts; Foreclosed restaurant space burglarized; Scott appoints three to SCF Board; and LECOM breaks ground on dental school.

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