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  • May 10, 2012
Observer Team Spotlight

This week's Sarasota Observer team spotlight is Jack Schemmel.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
This Siesta Cove home, which has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,568 square feet of living area, sold for $435,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 10, 2012
Sarasota Beach home tops sales

A home in Sarasota Beach tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • May 10, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Nick Celestino

Nick Celestino, 18, celebrated a major victory last when he won the 2012 Sarasota City Men's Championship May 6, at Bobby Jones Golf Club.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
A Ritz Carlton condominium, which has one bedroom, one-and-one-half baths and 1,408 square feet of living area, sold for $682,500. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 10, 2012
Oaks II home tops transactions

A home in Oaks II tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Donald and Joanne Osbourne, Osprey, sold their home at 542 Dove Pointe to Edward and Lucy McCullough, of Franklin, Tenn., for $875,000.

  • Sarasota
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  • Black Tie Staff
  • May 9, 2012
GUEST FASHION EDITOR: SUE AND COURTNEY WISE

GUEST FASHION EDITOR: SUE AND COURTNEY WISE

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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • May 9, 2012
Neighbors: Kenneth Blake

The man behind the mural wants the community to give it a chance.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • May 9, 2012
May 9: Daily Headlines Video

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

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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • May 9, 2012
Gulf Coast Community Foundation to match funds raised for rescued dogs

After the rescue of 263 hoarded dogs from a Venice home, the Gulf Coast Community Foundation wants to help support the animal shelters that took them in.

  • Sarasota
  • News
File photo.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 9, 2012
UPDATE: Two swan cygnets make a fashionably late arrival

Just when it seemed the eggs were infertile, Wendy and Stan's cygnets began to hatch

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • May 9, 2012
County will aid firm relocation

The Sarasota Board of County Commissioners approved $124,000 of funding to help a company move to the area.

  • Sarasota
  • News
An invitation is being extended to veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to be the first civilian unit in this year's Memorial Day Parade.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 9, 2012
City searching for veterans

The city of Sarasota wants to honor veterans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan for this year's Memorial Day parade.

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    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 9, 2012
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Susan Levine

Susan Levine spends her time promoting grassroots efforts and women's issues. Read more about her in our candid "Five Things."

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 9, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Jean Goetze

When Jean Goetze isn't teaching French at the Arts and Community Enrichment Center in Sarasota, she is active

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 9, 2012
JUST THE STATS

2012 - The first year Joan Kelly has been named Captain of the Year at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center. Pictured are Marsha Thompson, Manager Kay Thayer, Fanny Younger, pro Claudiu Retean, Kelly and pro Eric Hinchman.

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Lakewood Ranch left fielder Brandon King makes a diving catch to end the second inning.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 9, 2012
Mustangs pitch way into regional final

The Lakewood Ranch High baseball team earned a trip to the regional finals with a 6-4 victory over Tampa King in the Class 6A-Region 3 semifinals May 8.

  • East County
  • Sports
The plans presented to both firefighters and general employees would allow vested employees to keep the benefits they've accrued and wouldn't affect retirees or employees who retire before the freeze date.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 9, 2012
Town proposes pension freeze

The town manager presented proposals to firefighters and general employees that would freeze existing pension plans and transition them to 401(a) plans.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 9, 2012
Discussion shows difference in visions

The owner of Whitney Beach Plaza expressed frustration after the Town Commission voted to remove Comp Plan language that would have allowed for an overlay district.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 9, 2012
Commission wants 'interim' taken out of manager's title

The Town Commission considers options for entering into a long-term agreement with Town Manager David Bullock.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 9, 2012
Euphemia Haye walks to cure juvenile diabetes

Team Euphemia Haye has raised approximately $8,000 for JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes this year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 9, 2012
Msgr. Finegan prepares for pilgrimage

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church Msgr. Gerard Finegan leaves this week for France to pray at the Marian shrine of Lourdes.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 9, 2012
Public Tennis Center team declared champs

The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center 75 team was the champion of the 2011-12 Suncoast Senior Men's Tennis League.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 9, 2012
Mother's Day Photo Contest Winner

Melissa Herron and her husband, Mike, of Bradenton, are active members of the Longboat Key Turtle Watch.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 9, 2012
Colony parties to return for three more hearings

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May has scheduled three separate hearings in July to better address cases surrounding the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 9, 2012
Welly, White spar on project history

In 2004, the town held hearings for the Key Club's proposed Ca d'Coure plan, but Michael Welly and Bob White have different memories of the plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 9, 2012
News Briefs

Commission makes board appointments; New P&Z director starts Monday; Volunteers needed for Sister Keys cleanup; Key Club ranks No. 11 in top resorts list

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Beverly keeps watch over her three cygnets as they swim Sunday behind the gates at the Longboat Key Club. Photos courtesy of Lou Newman.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 9, 2012
Three cygnets are squawk of the town

Swans Alan and Beverly became the parents of four cygnets Monday, April 30. Swankeeper David Novak had been awaiting their exit from the nest, which typically takes place five days after hatching.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Publix construction site, as visible from the Bank of America parking lot, has been cleared of most of the debris from the old store.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 9, 2012
Old Publix is a knockout

The old Publix is history.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 9, 2012
Our View: Years of reckoning are here

This is the long-awaited public unveiling of how the Longboat Key Town Commission wants to address that frustrating, ever-festering problem of the town's $28 million unfunded employee-pension liabilities.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Enjoy this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 9, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 9, 2012
BID discusses outdoor seating issues on Circle

Business Improvement District board members want city staff to crack down on excess outdoor seating and the hodgepodge of restaurant furniture on St. Armands.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 9, 2012
CDD delays budget approval

Supervisors on the Heritage Harbour South Community Development District board have initiated the budgeting process for the Fiscal Year 2013 but did not take action to approve a proposed $502,000 budget, in its entirety, at their meeting May 2.

  • East County
  • News
"To open this school (Braden River High), gave me new life," Braden River High School Principal Jim Pauley said.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 9, 2012
Pauley to leave Braden River

The school board is expected to approve the appointment of Braden River High School Principal Jim Pauley to director of secondary education May 14.

  • East County
  • News
Lorraine Corners N.W. is located at the intersection of State Road 70 and Lorraine Road.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 9, 2012
Eateries sweeten Lorraine Corners

The Ranch Grill and the Memory Lane Ice Cream & Sweet Shop are the newest businesses to open in the Lorraine Corners N.W. shopping center.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 9, 2012
Son now a 'person of interest' in murder

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office continues to follow leads in the Jan. 9 murder of Ina Gross.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 9, 2012
Mother's Day: Sweet Sentiments

As the East County prepares to celebrate Mother's Day this weekend, the East County Observer took a few minutes to speak with children in Lakewood Ranch High School's Mini Mustangs voluntary pre-kindergarten program to find out what they thought about their own moms.

  • East County
  • Schools
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 9, 2012
News Briefs

American Red Cross thanks volunteers; Trunk show benefits FELTS; East County youth, singer partner for event

  • East County
  • News
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