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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 22, 2012
Seaweed keeps washing ashore on Longboat

Key officials say an effort to remove seaweed on the Key would be too expensive and destroy sea-turtle nests that have yet to hatch.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 22, 2012
Sand Cay unit owner gets $397,000 judgment

A federal jury awarded John Hawkins $397,000 in damages surrounding botched repairs to his unit during renovations.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
Our View: Get it done

You can pretty much guess that all of the parties involved in the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort's legal spaghetti ball took a look at their calendars last week and realized: Time really is running out.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Sixteen-year-old Sarah Schoeffel says she loves learning about other cultures.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 22, 2012
Extraordinary Exchange: China

Sixteen-year-old Sarah Schoeffel spent approximately seven weeks in China this summer. The teen was one of 30 students nationwide to earn the scholarship opportunity with the NSLI-Y Scholarship program.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Lakewood Ranch Town Hall Executive Director recognized Town Hall’s Director of Operations, Ryan Heise, at the Aug. 16 meeting, for five years of service with the Inter-District Authority.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 22, 2012
District 2 takes financing lead

Lakewood Ranch CDD 2 supervisors agreed their district will take the lead role in financing a new maintenance facility for Lakewood Ranch Town Hall's Operations Department.

  • East County
  • News
Willowbrook homeowner Armando Oyola-Delgado said he estimates necessary repairs to his home will cost a minimum of $90,000.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 22, 2012
Residents continue their fight

Homeowners in Willowbrook are lobbying the community's developer, KB Home, to buy back their homes. They now have launched a petition, which they hope could lead to a class-action lawsuit, and brought their complaints to the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 22, 2012
Lightning strikes

Weeks after Gene and Jennifer Venditti discovered their home had been struck by lightning, the couple is still getting their house back in order. The Vendittis said they are grateful for the local service providers who have assisted them.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 22, 2012
CDD 6 delays budget adoption

Supervisors of Lakewood Ranch CDD 6 delayed a vote to adopt the district's 2013 fiscal year budget. A new adoption hearing is set for Aug. 29.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 22, 2012
Manatee County not offering marine patrol dollars

Manatee County officials viewed Longboat Key data showing the Key's marine patrol officer spends 75% of his time in county waters. The county is declining to help pay for patrol of those waters.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Deficits, debt are the issues!; Keep it flowing; You should apologize

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Children start a conga line to try to get in a picture.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 22, 2012
Observed: Summer splash-out

I often get small swarms of children by my side at school dances or other events where the children are eager to have their photos taken for the newspaper. Sometimes, one even will follow me around at events.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Denise Kleiner, president of Old Braden River Historical Society, currently lives in Manatee County is an independent financial advisor, writer and speaker influenced by history and the non-profit sector.
  • By Denise Kleiner
  • August 22, 2012
My View: Jiggs Landing memories could fill an auditorium

Times have changed for those living on the Braden River and in the surrounding communities.

  • East County
  • Opinion
Enjoy this week's "The Castaway," by Jorge Blanco.
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • August 22, 2012
The Castaway

Enjoy this week's "The Castaway," by Jorge Blanco.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
A representative of the U.S. Department of Agriculture visited the area Aug. 14 and Aug. 15, to meet with local citrus producers and state and federal partners who are working to eliminate invasive citrus pests and diseases.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
News Briefs

County accepting applications for seats; USF plans expansion of Sarasota-Manatee campus; Chamber celebrates business partnerships; Manatee Schools announces lunch criteria

  • East County
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Lakewood Ranch resident Chris Kennedy advanced to the state tournament as an individual in 2004 while playing golf for Cardinal Mooney. Kennedy returns to his alma mater this fall as the Cougars' new boys golf coach.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • August 22, 2012
Student becomes the teacher

Lakewood Ranch resident Chris Kennedy, a 2006 graduate of Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School, is returning to his alma mater this fall as the Cougars' new boys golf coach.

  • East County
  • Sports
After walking away from competitive wrestling in 2007, Lakewood Ranch High wrestling coach Pat Ancil returned to the mat in April in preparation for the Veterans World Wrestling Championships Sept. 15-22 in Hungary.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • August 22, 2012
Lakewood coach hits the mat

Lakewood wrestling coach Pat Ancil is set to compete in the Veterans World Wrestling Championships Sept. 15 to 22, in Hungary.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • August 22, 2012
Comment: Players get back in action

It all began 17 days ago when a couple hundred East County football players walked onto their respective practice fields for the first day of fall practice.

  • East County
  • Sports
Thirteen-year-old Noah Candocia began competing on trampoline four years ago for Kids SuperGym. This year, the Braden River Middle School seventh-grader hopes to earn Junior Elite status.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • August 22, 2012
Braden River seventh-grader soars to even greater heights

Noah Candocia began competing on the trampoline at Kids SuperGym four years ago. This year, Noah is preparing to earn Junior Elite status.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • August 22, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Alana Kutt

Six-year-old Alana Kutt recently won the Walt Disney World Resort "Little Linksters" Junior Masters Florida Tournament at the Oak Trail Course in Orlando.

  • East County
  • Sports
Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Something fishy going on at Mote; Foxy Lady to open second location on St. Armands

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This home at 604 Lyons Lane in Sleepy Lagoon Park has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,671 square feet of living area. It sold for $800,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 22, 2012
Two-bedroom L'Ambiance condo sells for $1,735,000

A condominium in L'Ambiance at Longboat Key Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Charles and Betty Ewing, of McLean, Va., sold their Unit J-404 at 435 L'Ambiance Drive to Donald Zimmerman and Claudia Zimmerman, trustees, of Atlanta, for $1,735,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Brian Gunnell
  • August 22, 2012
Bridge Bites: The Anti-Bath Coup

West leads the King, and Declarer craftily ducks. Now, if West continues, he gives Declarer a second trick in the suit.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Sergio Albuquerque took this sunset photo from Cedar's West on the north end of the Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Sergio Albuquerque took this sunset photo from Cedar's West on the north end of the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Beth Barnett takes a nature walk with the children of Fiwagoh Orphanage in Narkuru, Kenya. Photo by Ashlie Fulmer.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • August 22, 2012
East County residents travel on mission trip

Four East County residents traveled to Africa, July 28 through Aug. 10, to visit orphans.

  • East County
  • News
Briggs
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Carter Psychology opens Ranch location; Community Haven gets chairman, accreditation; MGA Insurance adds new manager; Grapevine continues growth

  • East County
  • News
A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch, which has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,862 square feet of living area, sold for $655,000. Photo by Jen Blanco.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 22, 2012
Home in Country Club Village sells for $655,000

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Richard and Elaine Gilligan, trustees, of Lakewood Ranch, sold the home at 7942 Royal Birkdale Circle to Soren and Birthe Svenningsen, of Watchung, N.J., for $655,000.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Frank Verdel took this photo of a rainbow over the vineyards at the entrance to The Lake Club.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Frank Verdel took this photo of a rainbow over the vineyards at the entrance to The Lake Club.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Join Emily Walsh as she reports the daily headlines.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • August 21, 2012
Aug. 21: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Adam and Olivia Batko, kindergarten
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • August 21, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY:Back to School at Ashton Elementary

Ashton Elementary School students bid their summer breaks farewell for the first day of class, Monday, August 20. Parents dropped students off with tearful hugs and smiles before enjoying light snacks at a boo-hoo breakfast.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Stephanie Hawkins and Melissa Rickey
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • August 21, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Women's Leadership Council Speaker Luncheon

The Women's Leadership Council held its Speaker Luncheon Aug. 21, Sarasota Yacht Club.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sarasota County Commissioner Joe Barbetta voted against rejecting the settlement offer from Siesta Key business owner Chris Brown from an October lawsuit.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 21, 2012
Suit could shape new parking ordinance

Sarasota County Commissioners this morning voted 3 to 2 to reject a $277,219.27 settlement offer for a lawsuit filed by Village property owner Chris Brown.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Rules by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection prohibit cleanup operations except in beach areas seaward of the mean high tide.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2012
Sarasota County crews remove seaweed from area beaches

Sarasota County crews are removing seaweed from Siesta Beach and will start removing seaweed from Lido Beach starting Thursday.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Commissioner Paul Caragiulo didn't receive commissioner support for a strong mayor proposal Monday night.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 21, 2012
Strong mayor proposal struck down

A proposal by Commissioner Paul Caragiulo to create an elected mayor and five weaker commission districts didn't have support from the majority of the commission Monday night.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Chris Brown is the owner of the Hub Baja Grill.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 21, 2012
Brown moves to settle with Sarasota County

Siesta Key business owner Chris Brown has offered to settle his third lawsuit against Sarasota County for nearly ten times what was doled out in a previous suit.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
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