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Backyard chicken enclosures cannot be closer than 10 feet from an adjacent property line.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 19, 2011
Commission OKs chicken keeping

City residents now will be able to legally keep up to four chickens in their backyards.

  • Sarasota
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Brittany Targaszewski and Jovana Christiani are filling their jars with money through Feb. 3.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 19, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: LADIES OF THE DANCE

Brittany Targaszewski and Jovana Christiani are in a race against time to collect every penny they can for Booker Middle School's Valentine's Dance, Feb. 4. Depending on their grade level, the team that raises the most money will become the school's duke and duchess (sixth-grade); princess and princess (seventh-grade) and king and queen (eighth-grade).

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Maya Tamir
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • January 19, 2011
Black Tie & Tales

Scene stealer; Something new under the sun; And the winner is ...; Tidbits; Black Tie Affair

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2011
Kiwanians will have a ball Valentine's Day

The Longboat Key Kiwanis Foundation is holding its first Valentine's Day Ball from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at the Longboat Key Club and Resort Harbourside Dining Room.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2011
Observe slice of paradise in this issue

This week's issue of the Longboat Observer comes with a special key to paradise: the 2011 Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce Visitors Guide and Community Directory.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Joe Peterson chats with John and Teresa Ginevan.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2011
Villagers bend over backwards for speaker

Kathleen Gallen, massage therapist and yoga instructor, was the guest speaker at the Jan. 5 meeting of the Longbeach Village Association.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mary Ahern
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2011
Beachplace residents put on their game faces

Beachplace residents and New England Patriots fans Mary Ahern and her husband, Paul, showed their team spirit by inviting over friends to watch the Patriots play the New York Jets Jan. 16.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2011
'Hooray! It's a Soiree'

"Hooray! It's a Soiree" will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, at Longboat Key Club and Resort Harbourside Dining Room.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Cindy Shoffstall and Debbie Comer
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2011
Lido Key residents rise for annual breakfast

The Lido Key Residents Association rose early Saturday, Jan. 8, for its annual breakfast at the Helmsley Sandcastle Hotel, on Lido Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2011
Longboat Key Club gears up for annual Game Day

Game Day takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, at the Harbourside Dining Room.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2011
Correction

The Jan. 13 issue of the Longboat Observer stated that Lois and Bill Cohodas recently celebrated their 61st anniversary. But we were wrong - that was so 10 years ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The logo for Longboat Key Club and Resort is similar to the Wave 2 Me sculpture that was created by Malcolm Robertson.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 19, 2011
Wave 2 Me sculpture finds new home

The Wave 2 Me sculpture that has been an iconic piece at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, was installed Wednesday morning at the front entrance of the Longboat Key Club and Resort Islandside.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Wave 2 Me sculpture gets put into place at the entrance to Longboat Key Club & Resort Islandside on Wednesday, Jan. 19. The sculpture was previously located at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 19, 2011
Wave 2 Me sculpture finds new home

The well-known Wave 2 Me sculpture that has been an iconic piece at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts and was created by Malcolm Robertson was installed at the front entrance of the Longboat Key Club & Resort Islandside around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 19. The Longboat Key Club & Resort was drawn to the sculpture due to its resemblance to their own company logo.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The cast of "Ain't Misbehavin'": Ariel Blue, Donald Frison, Whitney Johnson, Jnana Cherie and Leon Pitts II
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 19, 2011
Scene & Heard

Find out what's "scene" and heard in Sarasota's arts and entertainment world.

  • Arts + Culture
Maria Wirries
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • January 19, 2011
Maria Wirries sings a show tune (VIDEO)

Maria Wirries, this week's A&E cover girl, warms up her famous pipes by belting out a Broadway favorite.

  • Arts + Culture
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