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Two Sarasota suspects confessed to stealing $152,000 in jewelry from a Country Club Shores home this week.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 27, 2015
Police recover $104,000 in missing jewelry

Police believe a couple pawned at least $152,000 worth of jewelry from a home.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Forrest Schield with his dog, Penny, in March.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 27, 2015
Forrest Schield, 22, is cancer free and ready to resume a normal life

Nearly a year after his diagnosis with a rare skin cancer, Forrest Schield, 22, is ready to resume a normal life.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Commissioner Pat Zunz, pictured at the Longbeach Village bus stop, keeps an eye on the Manatee County School District, including the $10 million and the handful of children the town sends to it. Photo by Heather Merriman
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 27, 2015
Q+A with Pat Zunz

Longboat Key Commissioner Pat Zunz has represented District 5 for four years and previously served on the Planning and Zoning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 5.28.2015

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Diane Proios checks Town Planner Maika Arnold’s blood pressure at the Longboat Key health fair May 21. Photo by Kristen Herhold
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 27, 2015
Town provides helping of healthy eating tips

The town will host a wellness program for town employees and those who live and work on the Key.

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This home at 211 Robin Drive on Bird Key has four bedrooms, five and a half baths, a pool and 6,149 square feet of living area. It sold for $3.8 million. Photo by Kristen Herhold
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 27, 2015
Four-bedroom Bird Key home sells for $3.8 million

A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 27, 2015
Will Sarasota County show Bayfront Park the money?

Longboaters sent more than $487 million in ad valorem taxes to Sarasota County in the past 10 years. That includes $13 million-plus toward a county environment and parklands program. Here’s what it got the town: Zero dollars for park maintenance and upkee

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Correct posture (left) vs. “chicken head” (right) is posture, which is a forward tilt of your neck.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • May 27, 2015
AEROBIC GRANDMA | “Chicken head” posture: Causes and cures

My partner in this month’s column is a fully qualified expert: John Sutherland, P.T.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A dilapidated seawall that needs repaired at 759 St. Judes Drive N. has caused a rift between the commission and its code board.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 26, 2015
Code board asks town commission for seawall fix

Did the Longboat Key Code Enforcement Board code board neglect its duty when it asked the commission if the town of Longboat Key would pay for repairs?

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 22, 2015
FYI Friday: Sarasota craft brewers tap into booming industry

This week's FYI Friday features news about Sarasota's newest craft brewery, an update on the Colony saga on Longboat Key and more!

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  • News
Two Sarasota suspects confessed to stealing $152,000 in jewelry from a Country Club Shores home this week.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 22, 2015
Police recover $104,000 in missing jewelry

Two Sarasota suspects were allegedly involved in a jewelry theft in the 700 block of Putter Lane on Longboat Key that involved stealing multiple pieces of jewelry from a Country Club Shores home since February.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 22, 2015
G. Fried floors Chamber members

G. Fried FlooringAmerica hosted Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours on May 21.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Town Manager Dave Bullock and Finance Director Sue Smith are reorganizing the Finance Department.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 21, 2015
Finance Department changes are coming

The Longboat Key Town Commission agreed to fund a purchasing manager position and a part-time finance position.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Warren and Margot Coville
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 20, 2015
Coville celebrates pitch-perfect 90th

Bird Key resident Warren Coville celebrated his 90th birthday Saturday, at Michael’s Wine Cellar.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 20, 2015
Share the beaches with turtles

A reminder to those hitting the beach this Memorial Day weekend: The beaches belong to the turtles, too.

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