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  • Robin Roy
  • July 18, 2011
County's finance chief resigns

After being placed on administrative leave, Jeff Seward resigns his post amid an ever-growing procurement scandal.

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Paul Brzycki was found in The Cascades community pool at about 2:30 p.m., July 16.
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • July 18, 2011
Man dies in Cascades community pool

Manatee County Sheriff's Office detectives do not suspect foul play in the death of Paul Brzycki, 34.

  • East County
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Ruth DeLynn, in October 2007, speaks at the dedication of the Ruth DeLynn Cetacean Osteological Collection.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 18, 2011
DeLynn collection earns ASM accreditation

The honor recognizes the scientific value of the bone collection.

  • Longboat Key
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Greenbrook residents Mike and Tara Warmuth enjoyed their first-ever shrimp boil.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 17, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Spyder Broussard Low Country-East County Shrimp Boil

Hundreds of East County residents enjoyed a taste of the Crescent City during the 4th Annual Spyder Broussard Low Country-East County Shrimp Boil July 16 at The Polo Grill and Bar. Guests feasted on Cajun classics, including Oysters Bienville, Gumbo Ya-Ya, boudin, boiled shrimp, beignets du monde and more, while listening to the sounds of the Gumbo Boogie Band.

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Jason Berzowski of Longboat Key Fire and Rescue prepares to drop the tape measure from the top of the cotton plant down to the ground Friday, July 15 at Casa del Mar.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 15, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Casa del Mar's cotton plant ceremony

The famous cotton plant at Casa del Mar had its annual height measuring event Friday, July 15 by the tennis courts at Casa del Mar where the plant is located. The cotton plant's new height is 32 feet.

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Sen. Mike Bennett, SMR Director of Sports Tim Mulqueen, State Rep. Greg Steube, Manatee County Commission candidate Vanessa Baugh and former NBA referee Bob Delaney poured drinks for tips.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 15, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Charity Bartending Night

Dozens of East County residents sipped on cocktails during the Charity Bartending Night July 14 at The Polo Grill and Bar. Former NBA referee and Lakewood Ranch resident Bob Delaney, State Rep. Greg Steube, Sen. Mike Bennett, Manatee County Commission candidate Vanessa Baugh and SMR Director of Sports Tim Mulqueen poured drinks for tips to benefit Lakewood Ranch Community Activities Corporation's LWR Remembers 9-11 Flagpole Dedication and Memorial. The event, which is scheduled for Sept. 10 at the Premier Sports Complex, will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.

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The town's Public Works Department won an award that communities in eight Southern states were eligible to receive.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 15, 2011
Longboat receives water award

The town of Longboat Key received a prestigious award for its water system supply and water quality reports.

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Town Manager Bruce St. Denis eliminated the $265,000 budget shortfall and created a $222 budget surplus.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 14, 2011
Town manager makes budget reductions

The Longboat Key Town Commission was pleased with Town Manager Bruce St. Denis' progress in eliminating a $265,000 budget shortfall.

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Unit 202C at Summer Cover on Siesta, 1660 Summerhouse Lane, Siesta Key, has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,110 square feet of living area. It sold for $605,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 14, 2011
Summer Cove condo sells for $605,000

Unit 202C at Summer Cover on Siesta, 1660 Summerhouse Lane, Siesta Key, has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,110 square feet of living area. It sold for $605,000.

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Photo courtesy of Norman Schimmel Siesta residents who live on the key’s canals often talk of vessels speeding past their homes.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • July 14, 2011
Island Beat: Siesta Key residents say, 'whoa,' to boaters

Siesta Key residents bring discuss the issue of damage from the wakes of boats that do not comply with the "slow" signs in the canals and other boating issues.

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Siesta Key Association Vice President Peter van Roekens and SKA member Bob Luckner take a break from picking up litter on Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2011
Turnout collects record haul

Members of the Siesta Key Association, the Siesta Key Village Association and the Bay Island Association joined forces on Saturday to pick up trash on Ocean Boulevard and on Higel/Siesta Drive all the way to the north Siesta bridge.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2011
Cops Corner

July 7 Forget me not 8:44 p.m. - 200 block of Beach Road. Impaired Person. A deputy responded to a report of a drunken man walking into the water. The deputy found the man wading in the surf, and he asked the man to get out of the water. The man stumbled to the sand and slurred his words. He was apparently so drunk that he forgot his last name. The deputy took him to a treatment center.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2011
Our view: Poor decisions drive budget

Sarasota's new city commissioners knew they had some tough going ahead of them following the spending and promises of previous commissions. Residents also had a hint, electing at least two new commissioners bent on reining in spending and government scope.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2011
Letters to the Editor

State would get great return from rowing center funding; Jellyfish aren't '¨the problem here

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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • July 14, 2011
Pelican Press going back to its roots

This edition of the Pelican Press marks the completed transition of the Pelican Press' ownership from Milwaukee-based Journal Community Publishing Group to our company, The Observer Group Inc., locally owned and publisher of the Sarasota Observer, Longboat Observer, East County Observer and Gulf Coast Business Review and the Palm Coast Observer on the east coast of Florida.

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