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  • Robin Hartill
  • September 4, 2013
Obituary: Kevin C. Landry

Kevin C. Landry, 69, of Boston and Longboat Key, died Aug. 1. He was born April 18, 1944.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 4, 2013
Obituary: Margie A. Kallmeyer

Margie A. Kallmeyer, 85, of Longboat Key, died Aug. 28.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 4, 2013
Obituary: Thomas Bramble

Thomas Edwin Bramble, 101, of Bradenton and formerly of Longboat Key, died Aug. 17.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • September 4, 2013
Business Observer

Register for the East Meets West Regional Business Expo; Boston Proper on the Circle will open next week; Reid T. Winder completes financial planner series; Community Harvest begins next month

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This home at 631 Mourning Dove Drive has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,755 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,023,400.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 4, 2013
Bird Key home sells for $2,023,400

The following residential real-estate transactions took place between Aug. 19 and Aug. 23.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Henry Adomonis submitted this sunrise photo, taken overlooking Sarasota Bay.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2013
Weather photo: Longboat Key

Do you love taking photos? We want your best photos of sunrises, sunsets, rainbows, etc.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 4, 2013
School district to hire 85 teachers

The hiring of 85 additional teachers for this school year is one of many unexpected costs the Manatee County School District added to its budget.

  • East County
  • News
Competitors race toward the finish line in August as USRowing hosted its 2013 Masters National Championships at Nathan Benderson Park.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 4, 2013
Benderson Park to host rowers

Rowing's governing body chose Nathan Benderson Park to host the 2017 World Rowing Championships, which would be the largest international event in East County's history.

  • East County
  • News
Bill Curphey kept his tickets from every game and bought a key chain from every ballpark.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 4, 2013
All-American Tourist: Bill Curphey

Bill Curphey visited 30 major league baseball ballparks in 38 days, a trip that showed him a country united by an American pastime.

  • East County
  • News
Dylan Jones hopes the festival becomes an annual event.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 4, 2013
East County performer puts on first Manatee Playreading Festival

Dylan Jones, an actor, writer and composer, wants to share the playwriting process with the public.

  • East County
  • News
Hosts and co-owners of Supper Sleuths Christa and Wes Harding pose as their characters for the evening, artist Michaela Gelato and architect Mark Chase.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 4, 2013
Lakewood Ranch solves murder mystery

Wes and Christa Harding are murder-mystery game writers who host a dinner during in which their guests solve the pretend murder the couple has scripted.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2013
NEWS BRIEFS

County delays decision on tax relief for seniors; Lakewood Ranch vehicle burglaries are not a trend; Rosedale begins construction on its 'pristine' new models

  • East County
  • News
Nikole Stephens spends most of her time in a lab coat, but at night, she puts on skates and kneepads and becomes, Hailey Explosive, her roller derby alter ego.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 4, 2013
Med student embraces bruising hobby

Nikole Stephens, a second-year medical student at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, takes off her lab coat to play roller derby with the Bradentucky Bombers.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2013
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Quarterback Chad Rex scores one of his five rushing touchdowns on the night.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 4, 2013
Running Wild: Chad Rex

Quarterback Chad Rex accounted for six touchdowns in leading Lakewood Ranch to a 55-34 victory over Southeast Aug. 31.

  • East County
  • Sports
Katie Wray, Michelle Last and Emily Perez are relying on their faith and belief in one another to carry them this season.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 4, 2013
Fresh Faces: Emily Perez, Michelle Last and Katie Wray

Lakewood Ranch High seniors Emily Perez and Michelle Last and junior Katie Wray are adjusting to their new role as the leaders of the Lakewood Ranch High girls cross-country team.

  • East County
  • Sports
Courtesy photo
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 4, 2013
Athlete of the Week: Riley Bohan

Lakewood Ranch High sophomore Riley Bohan won three silver medals at the U15 Pan American Championships Aug. 15 through Aug. 19, in Shreveport, La.

  • East County
  • Sports
Natalie Buffett is this week's standout player
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2013
SIDELINES

TOPSoccer season is on the horizon; Manasota LAX to hold free clinics;ODA swimmers post wins in opener; 8U River Dawgs to hold tryouts; Mustangs swing to tournament win

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2013
JUST THE STATS

5 - The number of East Manatee Bulldogs teams that posted season-opening victories over the Valrico Rams Sept. 1.

  • East County
  • Sports
Don Thompson, center, with his family: daughter and son-in-law Karen and Tom Vaclavik and their children, Alicia Vaclavik, Breanne Vaclavik, Brian Gaydek and Jeff Vaclavik. Courtesy of Nancy Lively.
    By
  • Harriet Sokmensuer
  • September 4, 2013
Centennial Celebration: Don Thompson

Bradenton resident Don Thompson, who turns 100 this week, looks back fondly on his Navy days in World War II.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The first formal concert of the FWCS Youth Orchestra was held in 1960. Pictured is the Youth Orchestra in rehearsal in 1978.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 4, 2013
Orchestra celebrates instrumental moments

In an economy with orchestras facing musician strikes, closures and bankruptcy, the current news for orchestras is not always positive.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
This home in Winding River has five bedrooms, four baths, four half-baths, a pool and 8,709 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,685,000. Photo by Harriet Sokmensuer.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 4, 2013
Winding River home sells for $2,685,000

A home in Winding River tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Larry and Lynda D'Urso, of Bradenton, sold their home at 14007 11th Terrace N.E. to Francis and Linda Wenthur, of Bradenton, for $2,685,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Karen Rawlings submitted this sunrise photo, taken in East Bradenton.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2013
Observer Weather: East County

Karen Rawlings submitted this sunrise photo, taken in East Bradenton.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
We stopped by the Anna Maria Oyster Bar's landside "halfway" location, at 6906 14th St.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2013
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Anna Maria Oyster Bar

This week we went in the kitchen with owner John Horne, and chef Tim Swafford, of Anna Maria Oyster Bar, for mussels Provencal. Get the full recipe and watch an instructional video in this week's In the Kitchen.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch senior Lauren Owen goes up for a block during the Lady Mustangs 3-0 victory over Sarasota Sept. 3.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 3, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Lakewood Ranch Volleyball vs. Sarasota

The Lakewood Ranch High volleyball team defeated Sarasota 25-18, 25-18, 25-20 Sept. 3.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Longboat Key Town Commission agreed on first reading and public hearing Tuesday night to raise the town's millage rate 10%, up from 1.8872 mills to 2.0760 mills.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 3, 2013
Commission approves 10% millage increase

Commissioners agreed to raise the property tax rate for the first time since 2010, when the commission raised the tax rate 25.8%, from 1.5 mills to 1.8872 mills.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • September 3, 2013
SKVA praises plans for Siesta Trolley

The SKVA met for its monthly general meeting Tuesday; discussions included the recent approval of a SCAT-operated trolley service for Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Jon Iglehart, of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, presented Tim Holliday, of Children's World, with the Department Recycling Recognition Award Wednesday, Aug. 28
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • September 3, 2013
Children's World receives state recognition for recycling

Jon Iglehart, of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, presented the store with the Department Recycling Recognition Award Wednesday, Aug. 28

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Witnesses called deputies after a man wearing a blue button-down shirt, jeans and a black mask, and toting a pistol led employees to the back of the restaurant and took the cash.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 3, 2013
Masked man robs Sarasota McDonald's

A masked man robbed the McDonald's at 5554 Fruitville Road after 4 a.m. this morning.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 3, 2013
Mustangs swing to tournament win

The Lakewood Ranch High boys golf team won the eight-team East Lake High School Invitational Sept. 1, at Lansbrook Golf Club in Tarpon Springs.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 3, 2013
DID talks downtown restaurant restrictions

One DID board member is hoping the district will consider limiting the space restaurants can occupy downtown in an effort to encourage a better mix of retail developments.

  • Sarasota
  • News
PIC and the Longboat Observer cosponsored a debate for Longboat Key commission candidates earlier this year. (File photo)
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 3, 2013
PIC to discuss its future

New statewide campaign-finance laws, along with a ruling from the Florida Elections Commission mean changes are in store for PIC.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota County deputies arrested two men at the beginning of what looked to be an ambitious cloned credit card scheme Friday, Aug. 30, according to a Sheriff's Office news release.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 3, 2013
Deputies arrest two men for credit card scheme

Sarasota County deputies found 120 fake credit cards in the possession of two Lehigh Acres men Friday, Aug. 30.

  • Sarasota
  • News
An unnamed witness snapped pictures of a man disturbing a Casey Key sea turtle nest Aug. 13.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 3, 2013
Man arrested for possessing sea turtle

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrested 21-year-old man Sunday, who may be connected to a nest disturbance on Casey Key.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Manatee County Sheriff's Office is looking for two gunmen who robbed a Circle K early Tuesday morning.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 3, 2013
Masked gunmen rob gas station

A Manatee County Sheriff's Office report says two masked gunmen robbed a Circle K store in East County Tuesday morning.

  • East County
  • News
Tallahassee United’s Ian Hildebradnt and FC Sarasota’s Cameron Roscamp battle for possession.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 2, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Labor Day Showcase Tournament

Nearly 300 youth soccer teams from across the state put their skills to the test during the 2013 Labor Day Showcase Aug. 31 through Sept. 2, at the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch. Players ranging in age from U11 to U18/19 participated in this year's tournament. Several local teams participated in this year's tournament, including the Lakewood Ranch Chargers and FC Sarasota.

  • East County
  • Sports
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