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Flames engulfed the home in the 700 block of Land’s End Drive the morning of March 21. Photos courtesy of Longboat Key Fire Rescue
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 27, 2013
Fire razes Land's End home

The historic residence was the home of Michael Saunders' sister, Joan Bergstrom.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 27, 2013
Town employees receive 3% wage increase

The Town Commission agreed to give non-union employees a one-time 3% wage increase the town manager proposed.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 27, 2013
Cellular antennas concern Seagate resident

A resident is questioning whether cellular towers placed on the roof of her south-end condo tower could affect her health.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
News Briefs

Attorney selection time approaches; Town officials: Colony needs more cleanup; Linley Street dock replacement to begin; Town hires new senior planner

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Grand Mariner is located at 595 Dream Island Road.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 27, 2013
Grand Mariner stands as Longboat Key's newest condo

Believe it or not, Longboat Key does have new condominium inventory - or at least "never used."

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Courtesy photo
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • March 27, 2013
Lido residents could partner with county to remove Australian pines

Sarasota County has undertaken similar partnerships in which residents contribute one-to-one matching funds.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 27, 2013
Commission alters fire pension board makeup

The commission wants to change the board's structure for the soon-to-be-frozen plan, with the commission handpicking the majority of members.

  • Longboat Key
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Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Our View: 'The Andy Adams Colony'?

What follows is not an April Fools' joke. To the contrary, it's a serious moment of truth for the future of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • March 27, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Thank you; Wake-up time

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 27, 2013
Film has familiar wing for couple

Longboaters Wayne and Toni Lashway will savor the flavor of their nephew's documentary, 'The Great Chicken Wing Hunt.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Before joining the Atlanta City Council, Richard Guthman served as president of the Fulton County Republican Club. For 40 years, he's collected elephant statues and paintings and now has more than 100. Photo by Katie Hendrick.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 27, 2013
Your Neighbor: Richard Guthman

As a little boy in the 1930s, Richard Guthman rode with his parents to watch planes take off from the Atlanta airport, then known as Candler Field, a 3.5-acre property that serviced 16 incoming and outgoing flights per day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 27, 2013
Lore: April 1: fooling Longboaters for 14 years and counting

Love it or hate it, we know from your phone calls that you read our annual April Fools' edition that debuted April 1, 1999.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Gloria Schroeder
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 27, 2013
Looking for things to do? Concierges list their top picks

These hotel concierges on Longboat Key and in Sarasota list their top recommendations for the area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
LECOM service recognized
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
News Briefs

County approves sporting clays range; Buchanan speaks in Lakewood Ranch; ECOM service recognized

  • East County
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Art Association of Palm-Aire members Donna Vasko and Nancie Shellenbaum are eager to highlight the work of Palm-Aire’s artists, especially as the club celebrates its 30th anniversary year.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 27, 2013
Art association celebrates 30 years

What started as a small outdoor art display has become an annual exhibit that attracts hundreds of art lovers to the Palm-Aire Country Club.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
This home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch, which has four bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 5,292 square feet of living area, sold for $1.15 million. Photo by Josh Siegel.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 27, 2013
Country Club Village home sells for $1.15 million

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Timothy and Elizabeth Jacobson, of Lakewood Ranch, sold their home at 7807 Mathern Court to Jeffrey and Maradith Meyer, of Leesburg, Va., for $1.15 million

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Alan B. Miller, Universal Health Services Inc. board chairman and CEO, and Jim Wilson, Lakewood Ranch Medical Center CEO. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Business Briefs

Lakewood Ranch Medical honored for its service; Lee Wetherington will build in Marshall's Landing; Clickbooth president named top female leader

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  • News
East County resident Robert Francisco submitted this photo of a sunset through the sea oats at Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Weather Photo: PEEKING THROUGH

East County resident Robert Francisco submitted this photo of a sunset through the sea oats at Siesta Key.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Unit 502 at Beach Place has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,392 square feet of living area. It sold for $699,000. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 27, 2013
Two-bedroom Beachplace condo sells for $699,000

A condominium in Beachplace tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Sunrise Development LLC sold the Unit 502 condominium at 1145 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Therese Keeling-Land and Courtney Land, of Longboat Key, for $699,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Al Bavry, president and CEO of Kimal Lumber, looks for ways to innovate to keep revenues growing.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • March 27, 2013
Innovation spurs on Kimal Lumber

Lumberyard entrepreneur Al Bavry has a gutsy plan for growth: He wants to bring drive-thru convenience to his industry. In the process he will wage battle with bigger competitors.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
David Eskin submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Weather Photo: Painterly Picture

David Eskin submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2013
Obituary: Susan Pagano Jack

Susan Pagano Jack, 58, of Longboat Key and Santa Fe, N.M., died March 15.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2013
Obituary: Robert Gephart

Robert I. Gephart, 79, of Sarasota, died March 16.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2013
Obituary: James Fischley

James H. Fischley, 70, of Longboat Key, died March 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2013
Obituary: Hilton Hampton Brown

Hilton Hampton Brown, 68, of Longboat Key, died March 20, after a dignified adjustment to a slow, degenerative disease.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Manatee County Schools to cut 150 staff positions
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • March 26, 2013
March 26: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Manatee County Schools to cut 150 staff positions; Colony units can't be fulltime residences; New College names Shannon Duvall as vice president for advancement

  • Siesta Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 26, 2013
Dolphin dies after stranding near Cannons Marina

The Risso's dolphin died after a Monday rescue by Mote Marine Laboratory.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Linda Holland and Pastor Kelvin Lumpkin issued a duel endorsement today for Suzanne Atwell and Richard Dorfman
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • March 26, 2013
Former candidates issue double endorsement of Atwell, Dorfman

Linda Holland and Kelvin Lumpkin endorse Suzanne Atwell and Richard Dorfman in run-off election.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Shannon Duvall. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • March 26, 2013
New College names Shannon Duvall as vice president for advancement

Shannon Duvall will be responsible for all aspects of the fundraising program, including major and planned giving, the annual fund and an ongoing capital campaign called the New College Promise.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The plan also adds 22 technology assistants in elementary and middle schools, Vogel said.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • March 26, 2013
Manatee County Schools to cut 150 staff positions

According to Bill Vogel, the leader of new Superintendent Rick Mills' transition team, the cuts would save $11 million.

  • East County
  • News
Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners can’t stay in their units for longer than 30 days, no matter what kind of project is eventually built.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 26, 2013
Colony units can't be fulltime residences

The town manager made it clear for Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners this week what the use of their tourism-owned properties is under the town's zoning code.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Roz Goldberg and Alan Bandler led the Seder.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 25, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Club Seder

Roz Goldberg and Alan Bandler led a Seder dinner Monday, March 25, at the Longboat Key Club & Resort's Harbourside Dining Room.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
It was a novel night at Ringling College of Art and Design’s Evening at the Avant-Garde Saturday, March 23.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • March 25, 2013
March 25: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Police investigate Sarasota homicide; Blue lights could shine on the Ringling Causeway; Q&A with Parks and Rec actress Aubrey Plaza; Black Tie Untied

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • March 25, 2013
Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness receives federal grant

Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness received a grant for $723,000 to help families and individuals with housing. Florida has seen 750,000 foreclosures over the last year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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