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The southern half of Longboat Key, pictured, has mostly planned-development neighborhoods and condominiums, while north-end construction is more eclectic.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 25, 2013
Vision for the Future

An upcoming Urban Land Institute study will help the town plan its short- and long-term goals.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week'd Castaway cartoon.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Benedict estate home at Villa Am Meer
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
Our View: The tide is turning on LBK

The turn started with two transactions: First, the town approval in 2011 and then the redevelopment of Avenue of the Flowers and construction of the new Publix Super Market and CVS drug store.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Get rid of Obamacare; Save Beer Can Island?; Sept. 11 tribute thank you

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • September 25, 2013
The Good News: Rebecca Lockwood of Forty Carrots Family Center

Rebecca Lockwood is the preschool director of Forty Carrots Family Center. Read more about her and watch a video in this week's The Good News.

  • Siesta Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 25, 2013
School days to begin at Education Center

The Longboat Key Education Center's fall semester begins Oct. 21 with a few core courses and several new additions.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 25, 2013
Price Points: Longboat Key real-estate

Longboat Key's real-estate values are rising, but the island still has plenty to offer in a wide range of prices.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Units 115-N and 116-N at 2301 Gulf of Mexico Drive have three bedrooms, three and one-half baths and 2,470 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.15 million. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 25, 2013
Three-bedroom condo at Islander Club of Longboat sells for $1.15 million

A condominium in Islander Club of Longboat tops all transactions in this week's real estate. William and Diane Wakely sold their Units 115-N and 116-N condominium at 2301 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Jeffrey Park, trustee, of Naperville, Ill., for $1.15 million.

  • Longboat Key
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David Johnson submitted this sunset photo, taken from a dock at Cannons Marina on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
OBSERVER WEATHER: Longboat Key

David Johnson submitted this sunset photo, taken from a dock at Cannons Marina on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 25, 2013
Manatee commissioners adopt status quo millage

The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners adopted a 2013-14 budget that keeps property values the same and sets aside money from higher property values to the sheriff's office.

  • East County
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    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 25, 2013
Manatee County School Board adopts budget

A new administration receives approval of a $568.3 million budget that attempts to shake an ugly past and build a future.

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  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
NEWS BRIEFS

Get caught of with East County news in this week's news briefs

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Read this week's Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
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    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • September 25, 2013
Sarasota University boasts roots in Lakewood Ranch

Licensed psychologist and former college professor Dr. Ronald Ogrodnik is going back to school.

  • East County
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This home at 7119 Teal Creek Glen has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,640 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,275,000. Photos by Josh Siegel.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 25, 2013
Country Club Village home sells for $1,275,000

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Wanda Brown Inc. sold the home at 7119 Teal Creek Glen to Wall and Karol Kent, of Roswell, Ga., for $1,275,000.

  • East County
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Doreen Steinhauser submitted this sunset photo, taken at Palma Sola Bay in Bradenton
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
OBSERVER WEATHER: East County

Doreen Steinhauser submitted this sunset photo, taken at Palma Sola Bay in Bradenton

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1744 South Drive
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • September 25, 2013
Three Things: Home Sweet Home

The ideal family home has a variety of living areas, bedrooms for everybody and that indefinable feeling of comfort and security. In Sarasota, with so many retirees and empty nesters, a house that a family can really spread out in and make their own can be hard to find.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
trivia
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  • Nick Friedman
  • September 24, 2013
TWIS Tour Guide: Trivia Nights

TWIS Tour Guide: Trivia Nights

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  • News
City Commissioners approved a budget and millage rate Tuesday that will take effect Oct. 1., the beginning of the new fiscal year.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 24, 2013
City Commission adopts budget, millage rate

The $191 million FY2014 budget will be accompanied by an 8.5% millage rate increase, as City Commissioners approved both at a public hearing Tuesday night.

  • Sarasota
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Sarasota County commissioners throughout the rest of 2013 will consider several changes to Sarasota 2050.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 24, 2013
Initial Sarasota 2050 changes jump first hurdle

Sarasota County commissioners OK public hearing for the first changes to the long-range planning document.

  • Sarasota
  • News
City of Sarasota utilities crews are pumping wastewater directly out of the system to alleviate flow from the heavy rainfall.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 24, 2013
Storm stretches wastewater capacity

The city of Sarasota has tapped extra personnel and equipment to handle the heavy rainfall's effect on its wastewater systems.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Robin Meyer, pictured in May 2012, shortly after he assumed the role of PZB director.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 24, 2013
Longboat Key P&Z director resigns

Robin Meyer's departure comes less than a year-and-a-half after he was hired to lead the department.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Sarasota City Commission will hold the second and final public hearing regarding its proposed FY2014 budget and millage rate this evening.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2013
Sept. 24: Daily Headlines

Today's Stories: Longboat commission sets millage at 2.0760; City Commission to vote on finalizing budget, millage rate; Alleged drug smugglers busted at airport; Flood watch in effect for Sarasota County

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 24, 2013
SCS falls to SWFC

The Sarasota Christian volleyball team fell to Southwest Florida Academy 25-15, 25-21, 17-25, 25-18 Sept. 23.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 24, 2013
Lakewood Ranch set to tee off for Fall Golf Classic

The Lakewood Ranch High athletic department will hold its 2013 Fall Golf Classic Oct. 5, at the Legacy Golf Club in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Senior Chief Petty Officer Steve Clark and his wife Valeta Clark, present an American Flag that flew over a base in Afghanistan to Sarasota County Schools Food and Nutrition Services Director Beverly Girard.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • September 24, 2013
School Board thanks donors for Seabees contribution

Donors were recognized at the School Board Meeting for their contribution of personal items to US Navy personnel in Afghanistan.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
All Manatee County School District staff will see pay raises this year except senior management.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 24, 2013
School district gives more pay raises

Not long after giving state-funded raises to teachers and internally funded raises to municipal employees and paraprofessionals, the Manatee County School Board approved a 2 percent pay increase for remaining staff members.

  • East County
  • News
Construction on five custom model homes and 10 additional homes in The Concession are expected to be completed in Spring 2014.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • September 24, 2013
The Concession to build new homes

The Concession, the luxury community at the eastern end of University Parkway in Lakewood Ranch, has announced the ground-breaking of five new custom model homes.

  • East County
  • News
A special City Commission meeting will be held at 6 p.m. tonight at City Hall regarding approval of the city's 2014 budget and millage rate.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 24, 2013
City Commission to vote on finalizing budget, millage rate

The Sarasota City Commission will hold the second and final public hearing regarding its proposed FY2014 budget and millage rate this evening.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office charged 29-year-old Joan Williams for several residential burglaries in the Bent Tree area.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 24, 2013
Woman caught stealing jewelry

Sarasota County deputies arrested a 29-year-old woman for multiple residential burglaries in Bent Tree.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Alex Mahadevan will write a weekly editorial called, "Municipal Focus," espousing a Sarasota young professional's view of politics.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 24, 2013
MUNICIPAL FOCUS - A Weekly Editorial: Courting youth means taking chances

The city of Sarasota needs to walk the walk when it comes to economic development.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
"Noeska," a Sheriff's Office drug-sniffing dog, picked out the four pieces of luggage, which contained 56 vacuum-sealed packages of pot.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 24, 2013
Alleged drug smugglers busted at airport

Manatee County deputies arrested two men carrying 63 pounds of marijuana Sunday, at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota County has closed a flooded stretch of Beach Road from the intersection with Beach Way to Midnight Pass Road.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 24, 2013
UPDATE: Flood watch in effect for Sarasota County

Sarasota Police could close roads as heavy rain continues to batter the region.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Hideaway Bay resident Philip Tyson spoke against the 10% millage rate hike.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 23, 2013
Longboat commission sets millage at 2.0760

The rate is up 10% from last year, meaning that a property owner with a $500,000 home will pay $94.20 more.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 23, 2013
Mustangs finish second at Honda Invitational

The Lakewood Ranch High boys golf team shot a combined 595 to finish second at the Honda Classic High School Invitational Sept. 20 and 21.

  • East County
  • Sports
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