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Donna Maiden and Patty Sabal
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 12, 2011
Island Chapel dines on worldly dishes

International cuisine was the theme of a Jan. 12 dinner at the Longboat Island Chapel. The buffet menu, organized by Connie Gill and Linda Dias, featured Moroccan lamb with carrots, chicken teriyaki, tabouli salad, vegetables with curry and coconut, plus the always-popular Italian lasagna. Dessert was America's favorite: apple pie and ice cream.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Surveillance tape shows Dep. Mark Perrin grabbing a teenage girl and throwing her out of her seat.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 12, 2011
Deputy fired for excessive use of force (VIDEO)

Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Dep. Mark Perrin jerked a girl completely out of her seat on a school bus.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Nick Trivisonno, 12
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 12, 2011
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: Out-of-Door Academy

The Out-of-Door Academy's sixth-graders are spending Thursday and Friday touring the Kennedy Space Center.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
December's median sale price for single-family homes rose $4,900 to $165,000.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • January 12, 2011
Sarasota real-estate sales spike

The sale of single-family homes and condos jumped 28% in December.

  • Sarasota
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Dane Russell Edwards, born Jan. 11, wasn't due to be born until next week.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 12, 2011
Luck be a baby, tonight!

The number '11' will certainly be Dane Russell Edwards' lucky number. Dr. Wayne Cohen delivered Dane at 11:11 p.m. Jan. 11 (1/11/11) in room 11 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. (Video included!)

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
President of Mystery Florida Inc. Terry Griffin presents a check for $2,000 Jan. 4 to Longboat Library President Amy Roth and library volunteer Don Judd.
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 12, 2011
Griffin checks out Longboat Library

Mystery Florida Inc. holds an annual conference with Florida mystery writers and out-of-state writers whose work is set in Florida. The conference proceeds are donated to the Longboat Library and the Tingle Memorial Library, in Anna Maria.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lois and Bill Cohodas
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 12, 2011
Key residents celebrate 61 years

Lois and Bill Cohodas celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary on Christmas Day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 12, 2011
Seguso family celebrates daughter's christening

Lennon Shy Charlotte Seguso, the youngest daughter of Robbie and Carling Bassett Seguso and granddaughter of Sue Bassett Klauber, was baptized Jan. 2, at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Cecilia Mould enjoys a game of twister.
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • January 12, 2011
SYC hosts First Friday Family Fun Fest

Local kids had a fun-filled evening at Sarasota Yacht Club's First Friday Family Fun Fest, held Friday, Jan. 7, at the club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 12, 2011
Kiwanis seeks nominations for Citizen of the Year

The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key is still seeking nominees for its 2010 Longboat Key Citizen of the Year award.

  • Longboat Key
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Chantal and Ed Diem
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 12, 2011
Villager gets 60-year birthday surprise

Ed Diem was truly surprised when his wife, Chantal, and several Village residents hosted a birthday party for him Jan. 5, at Bayou Tavern in Whitney Beach Plaza.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Heidi Thomas, left, meets artist Susanna Spann.
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 12, 2011
All Angels art show displays unique watercolor works

Works by Bradenton artist Susanna Spann are on display in the All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church gallery.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 12, 2011
Letters to the editor

Town should seek long-term planning for beach funding; where the land meets the sea

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
This August 2001 aerial of the north end of Longboat Key was taken eight years after the town's previous island-wide beach project was performed in 1993.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 12, 2011
Beach project in limbo

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis wants direction on how the town should move forward with renourishing its beaches.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 12, 2011
Attorney disputes association's claim

A dispute has arisen over what a 5% undivided interest in 12 tennis courts obtained by one unit owner means for The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

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