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Mary Ann Muccio and Carol Messerly
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  • Kelsey Grau
  • January 22, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Harry's Continental Kitchen Wine Tasting

On Wednesday, Jan. 22, Harry's Continental Kitchen held a wine tasting on its restaurant patio that benefited the Save Our Seabirds Organization. Guests enjoyed a large sampling of wines along with hors d'oeuvres and live entertainment.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The School Board took its first step in planning the 2014-2015 budget at a Jan. 21 work session.
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • January 22, 2014
School Board anticipates first balanced budget in years

Rising property values will allow the district to increase spending and accrue a budget surplus during the 2014-2015 school year without raising millage rates.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • January 22, 2014
Fatal accident on Midnight Pass Road

Preliminary reports indicate that one person was killed Wednesday morning in a vehicle collision with a pedestrian at the southern end of Midnight Pass Road.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • January 22, 2014
Fatal accident on Midnight Pass Road

Preliminary reports indicate that one person was killed Wednesday in a vehicle collision with a pedestrian at the southern end of Midnight Pass Road.

  • Siesta Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
VIDEO: Siesta Key beach project groundbreaking

Stakeholders and Sarasota County commissioners came out to the beach Wednesday, to break ground on the $21.5 million beach renovation.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
School Board members, County Commissioners, City Commissioners and SMA Board of Directors used gold shovels for the groundbreaking.
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • January 22, 2014
SMA holds groundbreaking ceremony for SMA Prep

The middle school will serve sixth-, seventh-and eighth-grade students and offer the International Baccalaureate's Middle Years Program.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Pair focuses eagle eyes on babies

Longboat Key photographer Mary Lou Johnson snapped photos of the nest that holds the Key's youngest bald eagles earlier this month.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Judy and Alan Fishbein
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Couple stirs the pot at Food Festival

Longboat Key residents Alan and Judy Fishbein were key ingredients to the success of Temple Sinai's Jan. 12 Jewish Food Fest.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Marsh
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Island Chapel honors Rev. Jim Marsh's memory

The late Rev. Jim Marsh died in 2008, but his legacy lives on at Longboat Island Chapel.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Key bell ringers and donors help the Salvation Army

Once again, bell ringing proved lucrative on Longboat Key: The kettle brought in $8,462.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 22, 2014
Fire rescue stops vehicle fire

Firefighters are responding to a vehicle fire at the intersection of University Parkway and Interstate 75.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Don't forget to submit your love story

How did you know you had found the one?

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo Peter and Sherry Tracy, Paul Reamer and Dean Congbalay
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Key residents make fearsome foursome

A foursome from Longboat Key came from behind to win a three-session knockout match Friday, Jan. 17, at the Sarasota Sectional Bridge Tournament.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Longo set free

Manatee County's resident manatee, Snooty, bid farewell to the last of his two roommates Jan.16.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Horses need home

Napier's Log Cabin Horse and Animal Sanctuary is seeking new homes for several companion horses - horses too small to be considered full-size horses and too large to be called ponies.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • January 22, 2014
Olympic figure skaters to visit local ice rink

United States Olympic Figure Skating Team members Felicia Zhang and Nathan Bartholomay will be available for a local meet-and-greet.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Funding families

The Lakewood Ranch-based Payton Wright Foundation assisted 600 families of children affected by brain cancer last year, with bills such as mortgages and transportation needs.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The forums, new this school year, are a way for the district to promote transparency.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • January 22, 2014
District hosts community engagement forum

The Manatee County School District rolls out its second community engagement forum tonight, in a meeting of district staff and the public.

  • East County
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On busy days, cars crowd North Shell Road, making it difficult for residents to enter and leave their driveways. (File photo)
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • January 22, 2014
County plans parking fix for North Shell Road

Sarasota County staff presented plans to improve parts of the Siesta Key street during a meeting with residents Tuesday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Salute! Ristorante, in downtown Sarasota, offers authentic Italian cuisine along with a vast wine selection.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Salute! Ristorante

This week we went in the kitchen at Salute! Ristorante with co-owners Marco Guadagnini and chef Laszlo Bevardi, as Bevardi prepares their agnolotti pasta dish. Get the recipe and watch an instructional video in this week's 'In the Kitchen.'

  • Siesta Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Salute! Ristorante

IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Salute! Ristorante

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • David Conway
  • January 22, 2014
Commission approves first phase of Lift Station work

City commissioners were upset to hear the cost of the Lift Station 87 project could grow to more than $20 million, but accepted the first phase of work from its new engineering firm.

  • Sarasota
  • News
File photo Two permeable adjustable groins, like the two groins placed behind The Islander Club, will be placed on the north end of the Key after the town receives state and federal permits.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 22, 2014
Groin-plan delay worries residents

North-end condo owners fear an agreement to hold off on building a groin on Beer Can Island leaves them and their properties at risk.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Aria
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 22, 2014
P&Z approves $60 million project

Sixteen luxury beachfront condominiums priced as high as $4.25 million move one step closer to breaking ground at the former Villa Am Meer site.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Aria Condominiums
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Our view

Why property is so expensive

  • Longboat Key
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Triton Bend
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 22, 2014
Projects add inventory to market

Three new projects will bring new condos and single-family home construction to the Key, marking the first new inventory for the island since the recession.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
News Briefs

P&Z Board recommends stripping ZBA Board duties; Town hosts health fair; Town seeks volunteers

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Courtesy photo Larry Marthaler and Nik Wallenda
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 22, 2014
Longboat resident at center of Circus Ring of Fame

Larry Marthaler, who founded the Circus Ring of Fame to recognize Sarasota's colorful big-top history, receives plaque.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Robin Hartill The Rev. Bruce Porter stands in the sanctuary of Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, which was completed in 2011.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 22, 2014
Porter has final word at Christ Church pulpit

The Rev. Bruce Porter preached his final sermon Dec. 28, after leading the congregation for more than seven years.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 22, 2014
Revenue problems in 2013 create a $1.4 million deficit in

Town Manager Dave Bullock will implement a two-year plan for commissioners starting this summer to restore the town's emergency operating fund back to 90 days.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Courtesy photo Roger Pettingell began his career with in 1983, with Arvida Corp. His sales volume for his career totals more than $1 billion.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 22, 2014
Pettingell ranks No. 1 for 2013 sales volume

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate's Roger Pettingell had the highest sales volume on the Sarasota-Manatee Multiple Listing Service for the second consecutive year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 22, 2014
Kiwanis rolls the dice for Valentine's Day

This year's dinner dance will allow participants to test their luck, Las Vegas-style.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
File photo Cheryl Loeffler participated in last year's fashion show.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 22, 2014
Taste of the Keys offers new flavors in 2014

The Longboat Key Garden Club event brings fashion, food and fun to the Key for the fourth year in a row.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Obituary: Robert Neher

Robert Neher, 92, of Longboat Key, died Jan. 8.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2014
Obituary: Doris Lytle

Doris Lytle, 88, of Naples and formerly of Longboat Key and Andover, Mass., died Jan. 10.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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