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Where is this pelican statue on Siesta Key?
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 22, 2011
Photo of the Day: Where am I?

Where can you find this statue on Siesta Key? Be the first to answer this trivia question and we'll give you a shout out on Facebook.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the East County Observer archives.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
Jean and Doug White pose for a photo at the Sarasota Yacht Club during the Republican Club’s kick-off meeting.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 21, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Presidential Candidate Jon Huntsman's Daughters Campaign at the Republican Club

PHOTO GALLERY: Presidential Candidate Jon Huntsman's Daughters Campaign at the Republican Club

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Read one of our favorite Cops Corner entries from the archives.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Longboat Key

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Longboat Observer archives.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Read one of our favorite Cops Corner entries from the archives.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Sarasota

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from the Sarasota Observer archives.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
On a hot summer afternoon, the Gulf & Bay Club’s swans, Valentino and Natasha, sought some extra cooling from the fountain spray in the complex’s big pond. Photo by Nancy Deckard.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • September 21, 2011
Island Beat: Gulf & Bay Club members mourning loss of swans

During the summer, Nancy Deckard, a regular attendee at Siesta Key Association meetings, said she would send me a photo of the current pair of swans at the Gulf & Bay Club on the Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Kirby is enjoying a morning walk in Joan M. Durante Park with his human, Mary Crawford.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 21, 2011
Photo of the Day: Tail-Waggin' Walk

Kirby is enjoying a morning walk in Joan M. Durante Park with his human, Mary Crawford.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Alex Fontecha, 13, looks quizzically at the edible "oobleck!" she made during Ms. Munson's eighth grade "fear factor" science lab at the Imagine School at Palmer Ranch.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 21, 2011
Photo of the Day: A gooey situation

The eighth graders in Ms. Laura Munson's class at the Imagine School at Palmer Ranch touched, created and ate odd things as part of a "fear factor" science day.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
All other Sarasota County libraries will be open Saturday, Oct. 1 while the Selby Public Library closes that day as part of its renovation project.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 21, 2011
Selby Library closes temporarily Oct. 1

Sarasota County's busiest library, the Selby Public Library, must close temporarily Oct. 1 and will re-open Oct. 3.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Don O'Leary
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • September 21, 2011
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: DON O'LEARY

The unofficial mayor of Lakewood Ranch, Don O'Leary accepted recently a position as East Manatee Fire Rescue fire commissioner. Read more about him in our candid Q&A.

  • East County
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Matthew and Vreyni Fuenfschilling, Harold Ronson and Agatha and Stephan Thoma. Molly Schechter.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2011
It could only happen here ...

It's the story of a casual encounter outside Ben & Jerry's on St. Armands Circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Courtesy Photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2011
Couple celebrates 50th anniversary

Glenn and Lisa Peterson, of Longboat Key, were married Oct. 14, 1961, in Chicago

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Town Manager Bruce St. Denis exits the Longboat Key Town Commission Chambers Monday, Sept. 19, during a standing ovation for his 14 years of service to the town. Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 21, 2011
Bruce St. Denis' final bow

Bruce St. Denis resigned after 14 years as town manager, the longest tenure of a town manager in Longboat's history.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Town Manager Bruce St. Denis cites the town’s beach program, the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center and rebuilt town facilities as some of the town’s greatest accomplishments under his direction. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 21, 2011
St. Denis: a history

Bruce St. Denis began his tenure with the town in October 1996 and became town manager less than a year later.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 21, 2011
Commission plans search strategy

It's been 14 years since Longboat Key was without a permanent town manager.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • September 21, 2011
UPDATE: Hospital board keeps same millage rate

The nine-member Sarasota Memorial Hospital Board of Directors Sept. 19 approved an ad valorem millage rate of 1.0863 for fiscal year 2012, which is unchanged from the previous fiscal year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The 11,700-square-foot retail plaza will connect to the Publix store. Courtesy rendering.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 21, 2011
Publix shops plan revisions to P&Z

The latest preliminary application includes landscaping and layout changes and states that the plaza's CVS store could be open 24/7.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
St. Denis. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2011
Our View: He was good for Longboat

"He is a good man," said Longboat Key resident Michael Lendrihas as he exited Longboat Key Town Hall Monday afternoon.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Town manager should evaluate the commissioners; Thank you to Longboat Observer's community editor; Flags should have been flown at half-staff on 9/11

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 21, 2011
Whitney Beach owner checks out hotel plans

Could a hotel check-in at the north end of Longboat Key?

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2011
News Briefs

Colony Association will discuss recommendations; IberiaBank to foreclose on Chart House property; DCA approves comp plan amendment changes; Town hires part-time code enforcement officer

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Six members of East County Girl Scout Troop 297 earned recently Ambassador distinction — the organization’s highest level.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2011
East Girl Scouts earn highest honor

Six members of East County Girl Scout Troop 297 earned recently Ambassador distinction - the organization's highest level.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Tara residents Jack and Barbara Herbert celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sept. 10.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2011
Tara couple celebrates 50 years

Tara residents Jack and Barbara Herbert celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sept. 10.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Milt Flinn took the top role at Lakewood Ranch Communities in 2008. File photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 21, 2011
FULL STORY: SMR official resigns

Lakewood Ranch Communities' President Milt Flinn spent his last day with Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Sept. 13. The company now has restructured his position.

  • East County
  • News
Landscape contractor Garden Leaders has dropped its lawsuit alleging three Lakewood Ranch Community Development Districts violated state open-meeting laws while selecting a new landscape contractor.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 21, 2011
Garden Leaders drops lawsuit against Lakewood Ranch CDDs

As part of the deal, Lakewood Ranch Community Development Districts have hired the company as their interim landscape contractor.

  • East County
  • News
Don O’Leary
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 21, 2011
FULL STORY: O'Leary leaves CDD 2

Don O'Leary has stepped down to accept a position as a fire commissioner. The board is seeking a replacement.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 21, 2011
Mar Vista upstairs dining grounded until next year

The restaurant will soon begin minor renovations, however, patrons will have to wait until next season for upstairs dining.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 21, 2011
Compromise cools issue with code enforcement issue

Robert Nosworthy agreed with Longboat Key Code Enforcement officials that the individual who removed the air-conditioning unit outside his Neptune Avenue property was not permitted to do so.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's edition of Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2011
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2011
Obituary: Lenore W. Benderly

Lenore W. Benderly, 80, of Longboat Key and formerly of Potomac, Md., died Sept. 18.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unit 22A at Regent Place, 675 Longboat Club Road, has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms and 3,564 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.8 million. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 21, 2011
Regent Place condo sells for $2.8 million

Michael and Judith Wright, of Wayzata, Minn., sold their Unit 22A condominium at Regent Place, 675 Longboat Club Road, to Scott and Carolann Hennessy, of Memphis, Tenn., for $2.8 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 21, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Pettingell ranks in WSJ and Real Trends Top 1,000; Mei, Rutstein of Signature Sotheby's join forces

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Director of Housekeeping Diane Davidson and Longboat Key Club and Resort Director of Operations Rick Benninghove. Photo courtesy of LBK Club.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2011
Business Observer

Longboat Key Club helps clean the world

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Marcia Freedman displays one of her more recent watercolor paintings. She prefers painting watercolors to oil paintings.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 21, 2011
Neighbors: Marcia Freedman

Artist Ed Whitney once commented on a painting, done by Marcia Freedman, saying that the artist was "a person having a love affair with color."

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Donna Swan
  • September 21, 2011
Deal Us In: You'll know when it's time to trump

The bidding is easily understood. North's one notrump bid shows six to eight high-card points without support for the opening bid suit.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sandra Herr submitted this sunset photo, taken on Gulfshore Road on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2011
Weekly Winner: Relaxation Technique

Sandra Herr submitted this sunset photo, taken on Gulfshore Road on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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