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Observer Staff
May 30, 2013

Our View: The city's days of reckoning

Page 1 headline: City budget - $6 million deficit.

Sarasota
Opinion

Observer Staff
May 30, 2013

Big flag for a big guy

It's only a bit more than three quarters of a mile, but it may well have seemed longer to Nate Atkins, 10, one of the flag bearers for Boy Scout Troop 14 in the Sarasota Memorial Day parade.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
May 30, 2013

News Briefs

SMH's MacKenzie honored in top hospital leaders list; Commissioners approve phase two of Gulf Gate Library; Quay property settlement reached in foreclosure lawsuit

Sarasota
News

Nick Friedman
May 30, 2013

Eighty-year-old sets a masterful pace

In June, the Pan-American Masters Championship will come to Sarasota for the first time. As the event approaches, former Olympian Dr. Bumpy Jones reflects on a career of firsts.

Sarasota
News

Observer Staff
May 30, 2013

Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

Sarasota
Cops Corner

Yaryna Klimchak
May 30, 2013

Student Spotlight: Alyssa Sweeney

Alyssa Sweeney is learning how the adult world works at an early age. At 16, the Riverview High School junior represents the youth perspective when she sits on the Community Foundation of Sarasota County Board of Directors as a full voting member.

Sarasota
Neighbors

Yaryna Klimchak
May 30, 2013

SCHOOL BOARD BULLETIN

Six New College students will travel to France to teach English to elementary school students

Sarasota
Neighbors

Jen Blanco
May 30, 2013

Cougars roll past Pirates

The Cardinal Mooney High football team showed promise in all three facets of the game during its 32-13 spring-game victory over Braden River May 23.

Sarasota
Neighbors

Observer Staff
May 30, 2013

SPRING FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

Rams best Seminoles in their spring game; Booker shut out in spring action; Turnovers prove costly for Sailors

Sarasota
Neighbors

Adam Hughes
May 30, 2013

Condominium in La Bellasara sells for $2.1 million

A condominium in La Bellasara tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Pauline O'Keefe, of Johnson, Kan., sold her Unit 504 condominium at 464 Golden Gate Point to John and Valerie Barrett, of Sarasota, for $2.1 million.

Sarasota
Real Estate

By Melanie Mason
May 30, 2013

Moments in time

According to an advertisement in the June 1, 1978, issue of the Pelican Press, Siesta Maintenance Painting offered full house painting for only $150.

Sarasota
Neighbors

Yaryna Klimchak
May 30, 2013

YOUR NEIGHBOR: Barbara Glidden

Barbara Glidden basks in the sunlight of her Siesta Key home as she flips through old photographs of herself in New York, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Sarasota
Neighbors

Observer Staff
May 30, 2013

Weather Photo: PERFECT PERCH

Tom Caffrey submitted this photo taken on the fishing pier near the Ringling Bridge.

Sarasota
Neighbors

Yaryna Klimchak
May 29, 2013

New College graduates largest class in its history

New College of Florida graduated 197 students Friday, May 24 the largest in the history of the school.

Sarasota
Neighbors

Observer Staff
May 29, 2013

Girl Scouts give dogs a bone

Girls in Girl Scout Troop 764 made more than 500 homemade dog bones and 300 hand-sewn catnip toys for Lakewood Ranch-based Honor Animal Rescue last month.

East County
Neighbors

Observer Staff
May 29, 2013

Palm-Aire women welcome officers

Ladies in the Palm-Aire Women's Club held their last meeting of the season May 10, and made sure to install the club's new officers before they left.

East County
Neighbors

Observer Staff
May 29, 2013

Key gets thumbs up from travel writer

Brett Gastman, 10, vacations on Longboat Key with his family. His grandparents, Ted and Sara Gastman, have owned a Beachplace unit for more than 20 years.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
May 29, 2013

College honors Nellie Wilson

Mary Baldwin College honored Longboat Key resident Nellie Wilson with the Admissions Volunteer Excellence Award.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
May 29, 2013

Kiwanis remembers veterans of wars oft forgotten

Frank Buckles, the last surviving American World War I veteran, died more than two years ago at 110.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Josh Siegel
May 29, 2013

PHOTO GALLERY: Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance Hot Topics Luncheon

Manatee County leaders took questions about two referendums coming up for public vote June 18 at the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance Hot Topics Panel Luncheon. Ed Hunzeker, Manatee County administrator; Kevin DiLallo, CEO of Manatee Memorial Hospital; and Sharon Hillstrom, president and CEO of the Bradenton Area Economic Development Corporation, informed the audience at the Fete Ballroom at Polo Grill, May 29, about how the half-cent sales tax referendum and Economic Development Ad valorem Tax Exemption (EDATE) referendum will affect them.

East County
News

Eddie Kirsch
May 29, 2013

May 29: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Hilton eyes October as project start date; Family Trade: Kibler Ranch; Manatee Schools' parents petition teacher cuts; New P.F. Chang's construction wrapping up

Longboat Key
News

Yaryna Klimchak
May 29, 2013

PHOTO GALLERY : AJC's 2013 Summer Lunch and Learn

The American Jewish Committee hosted their first AJC Summer Lunch and Learn of the season Wednesday, May 29 at Michael's On East to educate the public on Jewish Catholic relations. Guest speaker Rabbi Noam Marans flew in from New York to discuss the topic 'A New Pope and the Future of Catholic-Jewish Relations,' at the fifth summer series. More than 150 people attended the luncheon and participated in a question and answer session after the talk.

Sarasota
Neighbors

Josh Siegel
May 29, 2013

Willowbrook residents sued for defamation

DueAll Construction, a contractor that is repairing damaged homes in Willowbrook, an East County condominium community, alleges two homeowners published defamatory statements about the company.

East County
News

Josh Siegel
May 29, 2013

Manatee Schools' parents petition teacher cuts

More than 1,300 parents of Manatee County Schools' children have signed a petition against the district's decision to eliminate 182 teaching positions for next year.

East County
News

Pam Eubanks
May 29, 2013

Family Trade: Kibler Ranch

The 1,009-acre Kibler Ranch site will be sold June 6, for the first time in about 100 years.

East County
News

Pam Eubanks
May 29, 2013

Hospital seeks new CEO

Jim Wilson no longer is serving as Lakewood Ranch Medical's CEO.

East County
News

Josh Siegel
May 29, 2013

Creative Healing: Paula Kozak

Cancer patient Paula Kozak, an Out-of-Door Academy art teacher, led a project for her students to create art to benefit local cancer patients.

East County
Neighbors

Pam Eubanks
May 29, 2013

Cattlemen Road Extension opens

Sarasota County officials opened the North Cattlemen Road extension May 24.

East County
News

Pam Eubanks
May 29, 2013

Manatee fertilizer ordinance restarts

Manatee County's ban on nitrogen-based fertilizers begins June 1.

East County
Opinion

Observer Staff
May 29, 2013

Our View: Right ideas, faulty methods

Last week in this space, we presented the context for how and why the referendum question on the indigent-care, one-half-cent sales surtax came into being.

Longboat Key
Opinion

Robin Hartill
May 29, 2013

'LUCKY' BREAK: The Lucky 6

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is in the spotlight, as students from Ringling and FSU/Asolo collaborate on a feature film project.

Longboat Key
News

Kurt Schultheis
May 29, 2013

Hilton eyes October as project start date

Town staff will continue to meet with Hilton officials and project engineers throughout the summer to help speed up the project.

Longboat Key
News

Observer Staff
May 29, 2013

Obituary: Dr. John 'Jack' O'Brien

Dr. John "Jack" O'Brien, 79, of Longboat Key and North Kingstown, R.I., died May 25.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
May 29, 2013

Obituary: Lydia Hawes

Lydia Hawes, 93, of Longboat Key, died May 23.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Matt Walsh
May 29, 2013

Longboat resident seeks Iwo Jima icon for bayfront

Iwo Jima Navy veteran Harold Ronson envisions the famous 1945 monument sitting next to Unconditional Surrender.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Kurt Schultheis
May 29, 2013

Officials rethink Key telecommunications

Planning, Zoning and Building Director Robin Meyer said he has observed a shift in thinking from the Longboat Key Town Commission regarding the town's telecommunications ordinance.

Longboat Key
News

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