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Mark Walsh, vice president of Delray Beach-based Ocean Properties Ltd., has been making weekly trips to Longboat Key to inform community associations about the upcoming referendum May 12. Photo by Kurt Schultheis
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 15, 2015
Q+A with Mark Walsh

All eyes are on Mark Walsh, vice president of Delray Beach-based Ocean Properties Ltd., as Longboaters prepare to vote in a special mail-only referendum.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 15, 2015
MARKET WATCH | What fuels the current economy?

There is little to say that is bad about the existing economy, short term, but many potential problems exist long term.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 15, 2015
Town pitches traffic study for mainland/barrier island

Longboat Key Mayor Jack Duncan said for the first time during his tenure on Longboat Key he’s hearing that residents are rethinking living on Longboat Key because of traffic problems.

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Adam Caldwell, 17, visited Israel last year through the Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee’s Young Ambassador’s Program. That trip focused on Israeli culture and history. Photo by Pam Eubanks
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 15, 2015
March of a Lifetime

GreyHawk Landing’s Adam Caldwell, 17, takes steps to make sure the Holocaust is never forgotten.

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John Korff, creator of the Sarasota Music Half Marathon, wanted the first-year race to be a “moving party” to make sure it becomes a go-to race for the area. Photo by Pam Eubanks
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 15, 2015
Marathon organizer sounds off for LWR Business Alliance

Sarasota Music Half Marathon founder John Korff calls the event a ‘13.1-mile moving party.’

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Heritage Harbour South CDD supervisor Tad Parker believes a refinance would benefit residents and make sense.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 15, 2015
Lighthouse Cove bond re-fi yields savings

What would you do with a $43 to $50 windfall?

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Jim and Amanda Baar and Mary Jo Baar (not pictured) hike a 14-mile trail near Gainesville to prepare for the 28.3-mile hike they’ll complete next month in South Carolina. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 15, 2015
Family puts best feet forward for 28.3-mile hike

The Baars will hike 10 hours on a trail to raise money for cancer research for two reasons: Joey and Matthew.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 15, 2015
Villa project gains traction

Neal Communities will learn May 7, whether it can build 92 paired villas near the Cascades community.

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Manatee County School District officials anticipate an annual growth of 800 students countywide for the next four years.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 15, 2015
Growing pains

Manatee County is considering three new schools, including a new East County high school. But first, it must answer the $150 million question of funding.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 15, 2015
News briefs

Assistance available for residents; Libraries celebrate namesake week

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Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets offer Wal-Mart brand groceries and are smaller than the corporation’s super centers. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 15, 2015
What’s in store for former Winn Dixie site?

A Walmart Neighborhood Market could be in store for the southeast corner of Lockwood Ridge Road and State Road 70.

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Carol Turner-Dembrowski and her husband, Jim, turned their household of two into a full house of six after adopting their Golden Girls — Penny, Candy, Buttons and Bambi. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • April 15, 2015
Golden Girls shine in new home

Four senior dogs at Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue find the most precious gift of all: a forever home.

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A hearing today in U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May’s courtroom involves reviewing sanctions for Colony Lender LLC. File photo
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 15, 2015
Colony Lender, Unicorp face sanctions

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May will order both entities to dismiss lawsuits against unit owners and consider what monetary damages they should face.

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A man was pronounced dead at the scene of a car crash on Gulf of Mexico Drive near Pattigeorge’s restaurant, 4120 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 15, 2015
Bradenton man dies in GMD crash

A head-on collision resulted in the death of one man and sent another man to the hospital.

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Mark Walsh, vice president of Ocean Properties, and Andy Berger, vice president of operations for Ocean Properties, have been making weekly trips to Longboat Key from Delray Beach to present a rough sketch of a future Key Club project.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 15, 2015
Checkout time

Voters will decide May 12 whether Ocean Properties can proceed with a plan that could yield a 259-unit hotel, 93 condominiums and seven villa units.

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