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Banyan Entry
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • March 21, 2013
Education meets fun at Rainforest Garden

Following a lead gift from Al Goldstein, Selby's children's garden is now under way.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 21, 2013
Cops Corner: Sarasota

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 21, 2013
SIDELINES

Thunder walk off with win; SCS baseball perfect; Orioles to host clinic

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 21, 2013
JUST THE STATS

4 - The number of goals Max Provost scored to lead The Out-of-Door Academy boys lacrosse team to an 8-6 victory over All Saints Academy March 13.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
This home in Harbor Acres at 1452 Hillview Drive has five bedrooms, five baths, one half-bath, a pool and 6,728 square feet of living area. It sold for $7 million. Photo by Yaryna Klimchak.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 21, 2013
Home in Harbor Acres sells for $7 million

A home in Harbor Acres tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Mollie Nelson, of Sarasota, sold her home at 1452 Hillview Drive to Mark Standish, of Sarasota, for $7 million.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Kathleen Ellis regularly volunteers in the library at
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • March 21, 2013
Your Neighbor: Kathleen Ellis

Books surround Kathleen Ellis in the Sarasota Bay Club Library, where she volunteers on a weekly basis.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Krista Pappas submitted this photo of a sunset at the park near Boulevard of the Arts
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 21, 2013
Weather Photo: THE DOCK OF THE BAY

Krista Pappas submitted this photo of a sunset at the park near Boulevard of the Arts and Tamiami Trail.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Ellis Greene with Elaine Meshad and Macy Meshad, 8
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • March 20, 2013
Children's Rainforest Garden Reception

Children's Rainforest Garden Reception

  • Black Tie
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Leno delivers award to Gold Coast Eagle Distributing

Longboat Key resident John Saputo's Gold Coast Eagle Distributing was among 15 out of 675 distributors to receive the award.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • March 20, 2013
Lakewood Ranch gun club gets approval

Manatee County Hearing Officer Lori Dorman officially approved a special permit for the long-debated gun club in Lakewood Ranch when she issued her final order yesterday.

  • East County
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River Club Plaza takes shape — read more about it in today's headlines!
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • March 20, 2013
March 20: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Deputies find dead man near Pinecraft Park; Longboat Key mayor, vice mayor remain seated; Rick Mills swears in as Manatee County School District superintendent; River Club Plaza takes shape

  • Longboat Key
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Susan Zalkim, Karen MacIntosh, Phyllis Osbaldeston and Norma Gregson
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 20, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: St. Mary's Women's Guild Fashion Show

The St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church's Women Guild held a fashion show Wednesday, March 20 at the Longboat Key Club & Resort's Harbourside Dining Room. The event benefitted Catholic charities.

  • Longboat Key
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Bobbi Goldwater, Graci McGillicuddy, Jane Weinman and Joanne Forch
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 20, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Operation Kindness

Roughly 70 men and women participated in the sixth Operation Kindness fundraiser Tuesday, March 19, at the Longboat Key Club & Resort. The event, which benefitted the Wounded in Action Family Foundation, included a tennis round robin followed by refreshments, raffles and live and silent auctions.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 20, 2013
Man arrested for car burglaries near Family Park

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested an 18-year-old man for burglaries in a neighborhood near Family Park at 10:10 p.m. last night.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 20, 2013
Bank robbery suspect head butts Sarasota officer

Sarasota Police arrested a man March 19, for two robberies among other charges.

  • Sarasota
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Judge Tom Gallen and Rick Mills
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • March 20, 2013
Rick Mills officially becomes Manatee superintendent

Rick Mills was sworn in as Manatee County School District superintendent, in a ceremony this morning.

  • East County
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Cardinal Mooney’s Davis Roddenberry, No. 4, runs back towards first base while Riverview’s Kaidan Mafnas, No. 20, keep his glove open in hopes of tagging Roddenberry out.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • March 20, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Rams v. Cougars baseball

Riverview High School played Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School Tuesday, March 19, at Twin Lakes Park. The game started off slow with a score of 0-0 until the 6th inning. The final score was 1-0, Riverview.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 20, 2013
UPDATE: Deputies find dead man near Pinecraft Park

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office is investigating a death in the Pinecraft Amish Community.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2013
Wanted: friendly receptionist

Are you receptive to helping customers and meeting interesting people on Longboat Key?

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 20, 2013
Town sends signal with wireless draft

A draft of the town's telecommunications ordinance doesn't ban cell towers, but forces applicants to prove why alternative technologies won't improve cellular reception.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Heavy traffic is a sign of season, as pictured on Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Gulf of Mexico Drive and Bay Isles Road.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Business owners: 'Business is back'

Snowbirds and tourists have flocked back to Longboat Key, making it the strongest season in recent memory for many business owners.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 20, 2013
Colony Association polls unit owners

The majority of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association's board members want to raze the resort's existing structures, minus the beachfront units, and rebuild.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 20, 2013
Key boat, trailer parking could become unhitched

Town code currently allows Key residents to park as many boats and boat trailers as they can fit on their lots. The P&Z Board could make changes to ban such actions.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Nine votes decided Key's closest race since 1985

Incumbent Commissioner Terry Gans defeated challenger Irwin Pastor March 12 by a narrow 27-vote margin to keep his seat on the Longboat Key Town Commission.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • March 20, 2013
Sarasota County Commission OKs Casey Key home

Sarasota County commissioners approved a variance for a property on Casey Key during a March 19 public hearing, for a stilted two-story home.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Police seek suspect in St. Armands burglaries

A series of residential burglaries began last November, according to Sarasota police.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2013
News Briefs

Longboat campaign-sign debate continues; Intracoastal dredging occurring behind Key

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Realtors Reid Murphy, Cheryl Loeffler, Lynne Koy and Ian Addy spoke to more than 40 people at Saturday’s Condo Fed meeting at Beach Harbor Club.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Realtors talk about condominium marketability

An in-demand condo unit requires more than a room with a view, according to Realtors on a Federation of LBK Condominiums panel.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Katie Hendrick
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 20, 2013
BID discusses Circle traffic and safety

Reduced signage, lighted crosswalks for St. Armands are among the committee's suggested solutions.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2013
Our View: Go forward; stay focused

Elections often can and do engender ill will and bitterness that some candidates never forget.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • March 20, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2013
Letters to the Editor

We lost 'em all; Joggers should stay out of the bike lane

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, explains the rising debt at a listening session held at Longboat Key Town Hall.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Buchanan spends Saturday at Town Hall

The Longboat Key congressman talked jobs, his No. 1 focus, the economy and spending with Key constituents during a listening session. His No. 1 focus is jobs.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
William Ball poses in his studio on Lido Key. His work will be displayed from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, March 22, at the Wood Street Studio, 1490 20th St., in Sarasota.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 20, 2013
Your Neighbor: William Ball IV

William Ball lost his mother, Jill, to cancer five years ago. As she battled her illness, she displayed stoicism, a characteristic that remained in his memory.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
They got the T-shirts to show for it
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Lore: Klauber won seven-year legal battle

Dr. Murray 'Murf' Klauber received a settlement in March 1997, when the town of Longboat Key agreed to pay him $6.5 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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