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The new Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, facility is in the final phases of construction.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 16, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Almost home

Construction continues on the new Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, at 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive. The new facility could be completed by October.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The budget includes no tax increase.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 16, 2011
Manatee approves $462.4 million budget

Manatee County commissioners adopted a $462.4 million budget Thursday night.

  • East County
  • News
Constitution Day is a federal holiday that recognizes the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. It is observed Sept. 17. The holiday was created in 2004.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 16, 2011
LECOM celebrates Constitution Day

Attorney Mary Kawk spoke at a special event today.

  • East County
  • News
Book lovers willing to help improve English skills in the Sarasota area are urged to volunteer.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 16, 2011
Literary council seeks volunteer tutors

The Literacy Council of Sarasota needs tutors to help adults improve their English skills.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • September 16, 2011
Twenty-eight Sarasota County students named National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists

Twenty-eight seniors from Sarasota County public high schools will get to compete for 8,300 National Merit Scholarships.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Sarasota County Students scored higher than national and state averages, but lower than last year's scores.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • September 16, 2011
Sarasota students top state and national SAT scores

On Wednesday, Sept. 14, the College Board, a non-profit organization that administers voluntary tests in the U.S., announced the scores of the 2011 Scholastic Assessment Test.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Greenbrook residents Bernie and Mark Becker
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 16, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Progressive Dinner

Lakewood Ranch residents tasted a world of flavors from the comforts of Lakewood Ranch Main Street Sept. 15 during the "Around the World" Progressive Dinner. Guests started with sushi at Saijo Sushi & Japanese Restaurant before tasting Mexican, Scottish, American and French cuisine.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
People love to get up and dance to the musicians at Friday Fest on the Bay.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 16, 2011
Weekend Best Bet: Friday Fest on the Bay

The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall's final Friday Fest on the Bay will be happening tonight and will feature musical guests Big Night Out.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 16, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

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

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

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

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 15, 2011
COMMUNITY SPORTS TIPS: Fundamentals for consistency

This week, PGA Master Teaching Professional Jacques Panet-Raymond shares the fundamentals necessary for consistency.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Don O'Leary is a retired New York City firefighter.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 15, 2011
Longtime Ranch supervisor resigns

Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 2 Supervisor Don O'Leary today submitted his resignation.

  • East County
  • News
Sgt. Scott Osborne has won medals since 2002 in the Florida Police & Fire Games
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • September 15, 2011
Five Things You Didn't Know About: Sgt. Scott Osborne

Enjoy this week's edition of Five Things with Sgt. Scott Osborne

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Karen Abraham holds her ice cream cone of Big Olaf's vanilla with brownies and a caramel swirl.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 15, 2011
Photo of the Day: Cool Scoop

After a morning at the beach, what is the best way to cool down? Have some ice cream!

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
The amendments change the Future Land Use Map to designate certain properties adjacent to Bayfront Park Recreation Center as open space.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 15, 2011
No DCA challenges to Bayfront Park amendment

The amendment will become effective in October unless challenged.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
SCAT bus fares will increase Monday, Oct. 3.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 15, 2011
County approves SCAT increases

Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) approved increases in fares that will take effect Oct. 3.

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Judge Lee Haworth, Gwen MacKenzie and Karen Bogus were all honored at the sixth annual Leadership Breakfast Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Lee Wetherington Boys & Girls Club.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 15, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: CYD sixth annual Leadership Breakfast

The Community Youth Development celebrated two community leaders of Sarasota County with the sixth annual Leadership Breakfast Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Lee Wetherington Boys & Girls Club. The two honorees were 12th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Lee Haworth and Gwen MacKenzie, CEO of Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners tonight will hold a public hearing to adopt its 2012 Fiscal Year budget.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 15, 2011
County to adopt budget

Manatee County commissioners will vote tonight to adopt their 2012 Fiscal Year budget.

  • East County
  • News
The Sarasota County Commission Tuesday unanimously approved a staff recommendation that the new Gulf Gate Library be built on the site of the current facility, 7112 Curtiss Avenue.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • September 15, 2011
New Gulf Gate Library to be built on current site

The Sarasota County Commission Tuesday unanimously approved a staff recommendation that the new Gulf Gate Library be built on the site of the current facility, 7112 Curtiss Avenue.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The suspect is Bradford Wilson, 51.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • September 15, 2011
Police catch Sweetbay armed robbery suspect

At 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, a man entered the liquor store of Sweetbay Supermarket with a handgun and demanded money from the store clerk.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Lakewood Ranch senior soccer players Marissa Milko, Audrey Reinisch, Haley Martin, Kaitlin Deglman and Taylor Halligan made sure to get spaces next to each other.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 15, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Pavement Painting Party

Seniors at Lakewood Ranch High hit the pavement Sept. 13 to paint their designated parking spaces. The painting party is an annual tradition at Lakewood.

  • East County
  • News
Read one of our favorite Cops Corner entries from the archives.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Sarasota

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

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day: Longboat Key

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

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Milt Flinn took his post at LWR Communities in February 2008.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • September 15, 2011
Flinn leaves LWR Communities

Milt Flinn, president of Schroeder-Manatee Ranch subsidiary LWR Communities, has left the company.

  • East County
  • News
Drainage improvements at Siesta Key Public Beach have been planned to prevent runoff carrying high levels of bacteria to the Gulf of Mexico. Photos by Rebecca Baxter.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • September 15, 2011
County wants more options for beach improvements

The Sarasota County Commission Tuesday asked staff to create options that could lead to the completion of the Siesta Key Public Beach improvements as fast as 18 months after their start.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
The Siesta Key Condominium Association has succeeded in the first part of the process to get a reduction in the speed limit from 35 mph to 30 mph, along with crosswalk improvements on Beach Road. Photo by Rachel Brown Hackney.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • September 15, 2011
Council recommends lower Beach Road speed

The Sarasota County Traffic Advisory Council this week approved a Siesta Key Condominium Association request to lower the speed limit from 35 to 30 mph on the section of Beach Road that includes the public beach.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • September 15, 2011
County staff concentrates on Phase 2 plans for Access 12

Now that the parking lot and drainage improvements have been completed at Access 12 on the Key, county staff is hoping it can move forward before the end of the year with plans that would allow emergency use of the access to collect beach seaweed.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
County roads with posted speeds greater than 45 mph soon may be getting new signs as large as 3 feet by 4 feet, so they are more visible to drivers. Photo by Rachel Hackney Brown.
    By
  • Rachel Brown Hackney
  • September 15, 2011
County may begin installing bigger signs

Because drivers need more time to respond to speed limit changes, Sarasota County may install bigger signs on roads with speed limits of 45 mph or higher.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2011
News Briefs

Attempted kidnapping investigation still active; Registration open for communities workshop; County seeking volunteers for Public Lands Day event

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2011
Cops Corner: Pelican Press

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner

  • Sarasota
  • News
Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2011
Cockatoo's mug seen everywhere

He's shared the stage with Shari Lewis, David Seville and the Chipmunks and Anita Bryant on the "Ed Sullivan Show" and even has his own mugshot from Folsom Prison, where he taught inmates patience, caring and responsibility.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2011
Booker High holds ceremony

The morning of Sept. 9, Booker High School held a flag-unfurling assembly in remembrance of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Sarasota Police Department union has rejected a special magistrate’s recommendation on the ongoing contract dispute with the city.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 15, 2011
Contract ruling rejected

The Sarasota Police Department union is upset that the city won't give its officers the same option it afforded the local Teamsters union last month: the option to keep their pensions.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota-based J MAR Cleaning Services began cleaning Downtown Improvement DIstrict sidewalks this week. The crew is starting in Newtown and will begin pressure cleaning Main Street sidewalks this weekend.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 15, 2011
Districts demand increased levels of service

Both the Downtown Improvement District and St. Armands Circle Business Improvement District have plans to spend more for cleaning and landscaping services than the city can provide.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 15, 2011
Wayfinding system issues begin to arise

A Delray Beach-based mobile media company proposing a free downtown Wi-Fi system may have some competition from other companies.

  • Sarasota
  • News
This depiction of how a Palm Avenue parking garage wall would look was presented to the Public Art Committee. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2011
News Briefs

Parking garage art debate continues

  • Sarasota
  • News
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