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Kristin Zarella and Jon Milkovich
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 5, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Lakewood Ranch High Graduation

Lakewood Ranch High School seniors celebrated the end of their high-school careers June 1, during a commencement ceremony at the Bradenton Area Convention Center.

  • East County
  • News
There is high risk the area will encounted tropical cyclone activity including flooding, high winds, coastal flooding and high surf. Courtesy image.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • June 5, 2013
Hazardous weather conditions in effect in Sarasota

Several advisories, including coastal flooding, high surf, rip current and flood watch are in effect until Thursday or Friday.

  • Sarasota
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Rahneciah Gamble blew quite the bubble.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • June 5, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Gullett Elementary School End-of-Year Fun

B.D. Gullett Elementary held end-of-year festivities June 5. Kindergartners splashed outside for a water day while first-graders slid down waterslides and forth-graders ate barbeque food.

  • East County
  • Schools
Euphemia Haye is a Sarasota-Manatee Originals restaurant on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • June 5, 2013
June 5: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Woman charged in hit-and-run death; Man killed in accident in Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park; Patron Saint: Maggi Taylor; N THE KITCHEN WITH: Chef Raymond Arpke

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Maddie Hotaling hula-hooped.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • June 5, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: McNeal Elementary School Field Day

McNeal Elementary School held its end-of-year Field Day for second-graders June 5. The second-graders played sports and games. In addition, fourth-graders played dodgeball, celebrating their FCAT writing scores.

  • East County
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Librarian Glendy Huene greets staff and friends waiting for her at the library. Huene says her retirement is bittersweet.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • June 5, 2013
ODA says goodbye to Glendy Huene and renames library

The day was overcast as Out-of-Door Academy librarian Glendy Huene and 90 staff members walked towards the library from their end of the year school meeting Wednesday, June 5 for a surprise reception and library name unveiling.

  • Sarasota
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Librarian Glendy Huene greets staff and friends waiting for her at the library. Huene says her retirement is bittersweet.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • June 5, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : Out-of-Door School says good-bye to Glendy Huene

The day was overcast as Out-of-Door School librarian Glendy Huene and 90 staff members walked towards the library from their end of the year school meeting Wednesday, June 5 for a surprise reception and library name unveiling. A family donor gave the school two new signs renaming the library to the Glendy Huene Library/ Media Center for Glendy Huene's retirement after 30 years at ODA.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • June 5, 2013
Early voting for Manatee special election begins June 8

The special election ballot features two items: A vote on a half-percent sales tax increase, from 6.5% to 7%; And a vote that would allow the Manatee Board of County Commissioners to give new or expanding businesses ad valorem tax exemptions.

  • East County
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    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • June 5, 2013
Manatee County to allow backyard chickens

The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners voted 4-2 yesterday to approve a new ordinance and changes to the county Land Development Code, allowing residents to keep four female chickens.

  • East County
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ODA's Gabriella Costa adjusts her hair after putting on her cap.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 5, 2013
Hats off: East County students graduate

East County high school seniors celebrated the end of their high school careers last week, during commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2013.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 5, 2013
Sarasota County approves UF lease

Sarasota County commissioners approved a 20-year lease with the University of Florida Board of Trustees for a county-owned building on Orange Avenue.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 5, 2013
Man killed in accident in Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park

Randy Hedrick, of Bradenton, died in a one-vehicle accident Tuesday night.

  • East County
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 5, 2013
Woman charged in hit-and-run death

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested Leslie Williams Wednesday, June 5, in connection with her husband's death.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 5, 2013
Visit Sarasota County pitches ambitious vision

Sarasota County commissioners approved the local marketing organization's plan to double its budget to $10 million by 2020.

  • Sarasota
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Retired veterinarian Lou Newman has been to more than 60 countries on all seven continents in the past 10 years.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • June 5, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Lou Newman's Wildlife Action Photography Exhibit

Community members flocked to the opening of Lou Newman's Wildlife Action Photography Exhibit Tuesday, June 4 at Plymouth Harbor to see his work from the last 10 months. Approximately 200 people attended to see his photography work from places like Tanzania, New Mexico and Costa Rica.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 5, 2013
Our View: D-Day: Memorial Day cont'd

There are 25 million living American veterans. Since Gen. George Washington commanded the Continental Army, 42 million Americans have served the colors. A million have been killed in its defense. Another million and a half wounded.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 5, 2013
Chiles nixes plan, annual events

Owner Ed Chiles won't restore the Jordan House or hold events at Mar Vista because of residents' concerns.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mayor Jim Brown made that statement over and over again at Monday night’s commission meeting during discussion of a telecommunications agenda item about Comprehensive Plan amendments being transmitted to the state for review.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 5, 2013
Cell tower debate echoes through Town Hall

Residents and town commissioners got hung up on language in Comprehensive Plan changes and turned a discussion into a two-hour cell tower debate Monday night.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 5, 2013
Property values increase by 2.1%

For the first time in five years, preliminary estimates show an increase in Key-wide values. But that doesn't offset other decreases in funds.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The home at 5881 Gulf of Mexico Drive is built entirely out of cypress. Photo courtesy of Michael Saunders & Co.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 5, 2013
Sold GMD house boasts iconic roots and guests

The house at 5881 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold May 27 for $2.9 million sight unseen to a buyer from the Czech Republic.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming holds one of the cameras, which have a color camera, infrared camera and four illuminators.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 5, 2013
Cameras will start snapping soon

The slow-motion process of bringing the system to both Longboat Key entrances that began more than three years ago is almost complete.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sand needed just south of The Islander Club groins will not be arriving this summer as anticipated.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 5, 2013
Town nixes summer sand beach project, hopes for cheaper price

Town Manager Dave Bullock announced at the end of the Longboat Key Town Commission's Monday night meeting he will reject the only bid for the summer beach project the town received. That bid was 40% more than town staff expected and had a price tag of $13,290,525.50.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • June 5, 2013
Austere budget behind a new model

The Manatee County administrator's fiscal year 2014-15 budget calls for lower property taxes, raises for employees and capital investment but no growth in the size of government.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • June 5, 2013
District office leads new Manatee Schools' plan

The Manatee County School District has announced 96 cuts to district office staff and the addition of new positions as part of a $21.9 million savings plan.

  • East County
  • News
Panelists Neal Communities President Pat Neal, John Tuccillo, chief economist for Florida Realtors, Michael Saunders & Co. CEO Michael Saunders and Rex Jensen, Schroeder-Manatee Ranch president and CEO
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • June 5, 2013
REAL ESTATE: BOOM OR BUST?

Prominent Manatee/Sarasota real-estate executives say high prices and sales put the area in a boom period, not a bubble.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 5, 2013
News Briefs

Longboat police department will purchase three new rides; Gulf Beach Resort receives Sarasota County grant; Turtle Watch launches 'Name the Nest' program

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 5, 2013
Question mark lingers after ULI meeting

A committee will help the commission answer the question of what the Urban Land Institute should ask Longboat Key residents concerning the town's future.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 5, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Publix advertised its new store before opening in June 1980. At the time, the store sold two pints of strawberries for $1.29 and loaves of bread for 49 cents. File photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 5, 2013
Lore: Publix shopped first grocery store to Longboat in 1980

Longboaters celebrated the opening of Publix in 1980 because they no longer had to drive to the mainland for groceries.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 5, 2013
Obituary: Joyce Harsche

Joyce Harsche, 71, of Longboat Key, died May 24.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 5, 2013
Obituary: Donald Sayre FitzGibbon

Donald Sayre FitzGibbon, 88, of Longboat Key and Frederick, Md., died May 25.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 5, 2013
Summer activities on Longboat Key

Savor summer days and nights on Longboat Key by checking these activities off your to-do list.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Photo courtesy of Judy Kepecz-Hays
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 5, 2013
REAL ESTATE REPORTS

Ritz-Carlton unit sells for $4 million; Pettingell's listing sells for $4 million; Marta Altizer joins MS&Co.; Loeffler listing sells for $4.75 million

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • June 5, 2013
Sales-tax vote brings ramifications

In part III of our preview series on a June 18 referendum on a half-percent sales tax increase, the East County Observer details how Manatee County would respond if the vote failed to pass.

  • East County
  • News
Supervisors on Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 6 said they are committed to making the Balmoral Woods Boulevard entrance transponder-only, but plan to defer the project by one year.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 5, 2013
CDD 6 delays Balmoral gate changes

Supervisors on Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 6 will give themselves more time to study the closure of the gate.

  • East County
  • News
"There's going to be discipline here, just like if you (train with) the Sarasota Ballet," said Michelle Teyke, who will open Ovation School of Musical Theatre this weekend. "I want to have the fun coming out of the discipline and joy of doing it right."
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 5, 2013
A new song and dance

Longtime musical-theater star Michelle Teyke will open Ovation School of Musical Theatre, in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
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