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Thirteen-year-old Tiffany Butz has won first place in every martial arts competition she’s competed in since joining Ming Wu Martial Arts 18 months ago.
  • By Christopher Miller
  • July 27, 2011
Ranch teen wins martial arts tourney

For the second year, Tiffany Butz, 13, was crowned champion of the 12-13 age division of the U.S. Open Martial Arts Challenge tournament July 1-2, in Orlando.

  • East County
  • Sports
Arnav and Arsav Mohanty
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Sports Briefs

Meteors win World Series Championship Mohanty brothers win doubles title

  • East County
  • Sports
Morgan Castor took this photo July 3, at Adventure Park in Summerfield.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Weekly Winner: Storm Front

Morgan Castor took this photo July 3, at Adventure Park in Summerfield.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
THEN. The Longboat Key Publix opened Wednesday, June 4, 1980, in what was then called the Bay Isles Shopping Center. One week later, Eckerd Drug Co. opened.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 27, 2011
What's in store for residents?

Faced with the possibility of not having an island grocery store for six to eight months, residents say shopping off-island is a small price to pay for a redeveloped Publix.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 27, 2011
Rule change brings in new family members

Earlier this spring, Windward Bay's board of directors voted to allow owners two small pets.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 27, 2011
Resident offers vision roadmap

Lee Riley sent his suggestions for a vision statement this week to Vision Planning Subcommittee Chairman Jack Duncan.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 27, 2011
Town attorney talks pending litigation

Longboat Key Town Attorney David Persson recently provided commissioners with an update on the town's pending litigation. The following chart features updates about ongoing cases - and what they're costing the town for the current fiscal year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Originally built in 1912, Mar Vista is one of 12 oldest structures on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 27, 2011
Mar Vista could begin new story

The historic restaurant will add a second-floor, open-air dining area and an elevator as part of the renovations.

  • Longboat Key
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From left: Louis Sanandres, Judy Toombs, Barbara Sanandres, Cindy Wolfendale, Salvatore and Tini Farragamo and Linda and Mike Burke
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Longboaters are shoe-in for good time

Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian winemaker and grandson of the famed Italian shoe designer of the same name, welcomed Longboat Key residents to his family's private villa in the village of Il Borro, Italy.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Beverly Bartner, Steve Seidensticker and Judi Gallagher
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Make him an offer he can't refuse

Innocently enough, Libby's Cafe + Bar owner Steve Seidensticker came to greet a table of ladies who were lunching in his restaurant on a recent summer day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Christmas in July takes on a whole new meaning when the Ladies Guild at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church gets involved.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
St. Mary, Star of the Sea welcomes two new members

William Enrique Fickes, son of Jason and Kathy Fickes, of North Carolina, was baptized by Msgr. Gerry Finegan July 17, at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic church.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Hartill
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Longboat Observer announces staff changes

Starting this week, you might be seeing a new - but familiar - face around Town Hall.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Bird Key Yacht Club's entrance will be rerouted to East Flamingo Drive.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
News Briefs

LLSA Chamber plans for two triathlons Bird Key Yacht Club to begin facade project Longboat Arts Center to close for August

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • July 27, 2011
The Castaway

This week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Our View: How to simplify budget talks

The Longboat Key budget process reminds us of nature's annual course with the Key's beloved swans.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Cops Corner

Identity issue 4:17 p.m. - 5400 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive. The former city editor of the Longboat Observer reported that a man who identified himself as the city editor called a Longboat Key supermarket to ask about the status of a development project. The supermarket manager who talked to the man said the man on the other end of the phone was rude and that he had to hang up on the man. N.B. It will be much harder for the rude male caller to impersonate our new female city editor, Robin Hartill.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
The public is being invited to join efforts to increase the scallop population in Sarasota Bay.
  • By Jeff Birnbach and John Ryan
  • July 27, 2011
Scallop Restoration will help repay bay

Since its formation in 1926, the Sarasota Yacht Club has been a strong advocate for recreational boating activities and marine stewardship. Club members have long recognized that they have an obligation to support and foster a healthy boating environment throughout the region.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Gersh Cohn and his privately published book.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • July 27, 2011
Cohn shares a lifetime of wisdom

About 15 years ago, Gersh Cohn started thinking about the knowledge that he had gained in his life, and he wanted to share it with his family. And, so began a series of letters that he sent to his children and grandchildren and sometimes to other relatives and friends.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Obituary: Mary Louise Redding

Mary Louise Redding, 99, Longboat Key, died July 16.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Obituary: Dolores Ann Kapernarnos

Dolores Ann Kapernarnos, 81, of Longboat Key, died July 18. She is remembered as a loving mother, spouse and grandmother.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mike and Cyndi Seamon, Bill and Meike Dooley and Chris and Patty Sileo dressed up in sombreros and mustaches.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 27, 2011
Festive fiesta

The people have spoken. Tommy Klauber, chef/owner at Pattigeorge's restaurant, has been organizing popular themed interactive dinners at his restaurant for years.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Zupon
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 27, 2011
Business Observer

Theresa Zupon named Key Club human resources director Edward Jones on the Circle to hold planning seminars LBK First Bank branch collecting food Moore's Restaurant offers 'Midnight at Moore's' specials

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This home at 1 John Ringling Blvd., in Lido Beach, has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms and 1,511 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.3 million.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 27, 2011
Lido Beach home sells for $2.3 million

John and Suzette Lodge, of Osprey, sold the home at 1 John Ringling Blvd. in Lido Beach Division A to JRB LLC, a Florida limited-liability company with a Sarasota address, for $2.3 million. Built in 1973, the 1,511-square-foot home has three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms and sits on more than a half-acre of land. According to the Sarasota County Property Appraiser's website, sarasotaproperty.net, the last recorded sale related to the parcel was for $10,000 in August 1971.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Cris Meyers, Jayne Weiss, Mary Lou Johnson and Lynnie Walters wear their Out Of the Box T-shirts.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • July 27, 2011
Fivesome enjoys friendship, fitness and fearlessness

The core group numbers five: Mary Lou Johnson, Cris Meyers, Margaret Wallace, Lynn Walters and Jayne Weiss. They are all in their 50s and 60s. Walters and Weiss are snowbirds; the others live full-time on Longboat Key. They all take fitness classes at the Longboat Key Club, and that's where they met. It is also where they decided to do things differently.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A Casey Key Gulf-front estate at 1011 Casey Key Road recently sold for $7,575,000.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 27, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Helmer Hagman joins St. Armands office of Michael Saunders & Co. Casey Key sees 2011 record home sale

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Bridge Scoreboard

View the results for the Longboat Key Duplicate Bridge Club

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Donna Swan
  • July 27, 2011
Deal Us In: Special skills can aid in bridge win

Bunny Roland, of Traverse City, Mich., proves that she has the special skills to win at this duplicate bridge game.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
James Smith submitted this sunset photo, taken on the Fourth of July on Holmes Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Weekly Winner: Purple Haze

James Smith submitted this sunset photo, taken on the Fourth of July on Holmes Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Following the second home invasion, the suspect visited two East County banks. This photo is from one of the surveillance cameras.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 26, 2011
Police searching for Ranch home invasion suspect

Manatee County Sheriff's Office detectives say a man pulled a pistol on a homeowner on Misty Morning Court, zip-tied the victim and a house guest and stole the guest's jewelry.

  • East County
  • News
The new Palmer Ranch Park will be located between The Legacy Trail, The Hamptons and Wellington Chase.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 26, 2011
Palmer Ranch park donation approved

More than 80 acres of undeveloped land will become a new public park providing a link to The Legacy Trail.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Debra Jacobs is president and CEO of The Patterson Foundation. The Patterson Foundation will contribute up to $375,000 to SCOPE if it meets its goals over the next three years.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 26, 2011
Patterson Foundation pledges Ages support

The Patterson Foundation has pledged $25,000 to the Sarasota County Openly Plans for Excellence (SCOPE) initiative.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 25, 2011
East Manatee River Dawgs finish 5-2

The East Manatee River Dawgs 10U travel baseball team finished with a 5-2 record in the 10U Big Kahuna Tournament July 18-22 at the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

  • East County
  • Sports
Last year's triathlon drew approximately 350 participants.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 25, 2011
LLSA Chamber plans for two triathlons

Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce President Tom Aposporos hopes to hold events in October 2011 and May 2012.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Floyd Street will be repaved between Oct. 26 and Nov. 3.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 25, 2011
City street resurfacing begins this week

The city of Sarasota will resurface approximately 13 miles of its city streets beginning Wednesday.

  • Sarasota
  • News
SMR has several changes planned for Sarasota Polo Club, including improvements around the club grounds.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 25, 2011
SMR names new Polo Club manager

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch this morning named Rebecca Gutierrez the new manager for the Sarasota Polo Club.

  • East County
  • News
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