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  • August 20, 2014
Bob Havel celebrates 90 years with family members

Bob Havel recently celebrated his 90th birthday on Longboat Key with 24 members of his family.

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GOLDEN GIRLS. Christina Filkins and Tory Newman read their Longboat Observer news in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2014
It's Read Everywhere

Headed on a great vacation? Make sure to take your Observer along! Visit YourObserver.com/itsreadeverywhere to submit your entries.

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This home at 356 W. Royal Flamingo Drive has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,353 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,355,500. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 20, 2014
Four-bedroom Bird Key home sells for $2,355,500

A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Sydney Bellinger, Leslie Becker and Rober

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2014
Business Briefs

LeadingAge names Bill Johnston 'Trustee of the Year'; The Chiles Group supports No Kid Hungry campaign; Columbia Restaurants to hold annual Community Harvest

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Sheryl Vieira submitted this sunset photo, taken on Anna Maria Island.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

Sheryl Vieira submitted this sunset photo, taken on Anna Maria Island.

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Ray Robinson with a 200 pound Atlantic goliath grouper, or Jewfish, found washed up on a beach near Cannon Marina Aug. 19. He said that the fish was there for two days but is now gone.
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • August 19, 2014
Beached Behemoth

Atlantic goliath grouper found near Cannon Marina

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The building official does management and administrative work in the town’s Planning Zoning and Building Department.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 19, 2014
Building official Wayne Thorne resigns

Thorne's last day is Aug. 21. Building inspector Tony Sapuppo will take on the role of building official temporarily.

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Volunteers help to monitor the scallop count in Sarasota Bay during the annual Scallop Search.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 19, 2014
Scallop Search reaches capacity for non-boaters

Sarasota Bay Watch's seventh annual Scallop Search takes place Saturday, beginning at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub.

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The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort closed in August 2010.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 18, 2014
Association vows to fight $5.1 million demand

Association President Jay Yablon says Unicorp and Colony Lender 'are at the heart of a hostile strategy to take over the Colony.'

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Digital Content Producer Alex Mahadevan and Chief Digital Officer Emily Walsh take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 18, 2014
VIDEO: The Observer accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Chief Digital Officer Emily Walsh and Digital Content Producer Alex Mahadevan took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Monday, and called out some Sarasota County Commission candidates in the process.

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Ciarra Buff, a sixth-grader, and Joseph Peery, an eighth-grader, board the bus for their first day of classes at Martha B. King Middle School. Asked if he was excited for school to start, Peery said, "I'd rather be fishing."
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • August 18, 2014
Summer ends, school begins

Longboat Key students prepare for first day of school Aug. 18.

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Sue and Burt Borgelt with Barbara Grimes
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 15, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Christ Church Summer Barbecue

Christ Church held its annual end of summer barbecue dinner Friday, Aug. 15, in the fellowship hall at Christ Church.

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This week's FYI Friday features news about a 'sexy' distinction for Sarasota, another beach plane crash and more Colony drama!
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 15, 2014
FYI Friday - Your weekly news roundup

Catch up on the week's most important and most interesting news stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County with FYI Friday.

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The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort closed in August 2010.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 15, 2014
Colony Lender demands $5.1 million from Colony owners

Attorney David Siegal wrote in a letter that unit owners are liable for unpaid rent and real estate taxes of more than $5.1 million.

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Longboat Key Fire-Rescue trucks begin practice drill Friday outside the former Longboat Key Hilton.
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • August 15, 2014
Longboat Key Fire Department conducts drills at former Hilton

Eleven firefighters trained at property Friday prior to sites demolition.

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