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Observer Staff
June 8, 2011

Letters to the editor

To send in your letters, please email them to [email protected], or mail them to the Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, 34228.

Longboat Key
Opinion

Observer Staff
June 8, 2011

May 27 Sneak peek 11:52 p.m. -- Broadway Beach Access. Code Enforcement. Police warned a couple they were on the beach after hours. They told police they had just arrived for a vacation and wanted to take a quick glance at the beach.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Robin Hartill
June 8, 2011

Obituary: Dorothea Hall

Dorothea Hall, 83, of Bradenton and formerly of Philadelphia, Cape Point May, N.J., and Longboat Key, died May 29.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Robin Hartill
June 8, 2011

L'Ambiance unit sells for $2,375,000

The sale was the largest of 12 transactions recorded on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys during the week of May 23 through May 27 at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
June 8, 2011

Real Estate Reports

Danny Marr has joined the St. Armands Circle office of Michael Saunders & Co

Longboat Key
Real Estate

Observer Staff
June 8, 2011

WEEKLY WINNER: Morning Glory

Guy Bond submitted this sunrise photo, taken on Coquina Beach over Memorial Day weekend.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Pam Eubanks
June 8, 2011

MIX ON MAIN

Has Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty found the 'perfect' mix for Lakewood Ranch Main Street?

East County
News

Observer Staff
June 8, 2011

Mandalay resident finds feathered friend

Mandalay resident Tom Cohen snapped a photo of this feathered friend as it perched atop a lily pad in the community lake.

East County
Neighbors

Observer Staff
June 8, 2011

Muirfield bids farewell to season

Residents of the Muirfield community in the Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club celebrated the "End of the Winter Season" with a special pool party gathering May 23, to honor the community's winter residents.

East County
Neighbors

Observer Staff
June 8, 2011

Church to host fundraiser

Members of Lakewood Christian Church will transport the Lake Osprey Cabaret back in time this weekend as they "Ring in 1955" for a special murder-mystery dinner theater fundraiser.

East County
Neighbors

Pam Eubanks
June 8, 2011

Homeowner seeks relief for erosion issue

Summerfield Bluffs resident Tammy Kovar is out of options for resolving an erosion problem in her yard.

East County
News

Observer Staff
June 8, 2011

Cops Corner

7300 block of Desert Ridge Glen. Identity theft. The victim reported unknown person(s) used her identity and credit card information without her permission to make unauthorized charges.

East County
Cops Corner

Pam Eubanks
June 8, 2011

Supervisors slash stormwater costs

Board members have modified proposed stormwater-maintenance programs to reduce the budget.

East County
News

Pam Eubanks
June 8, 2011

River Club youth hold can drive

Fifteen-year-old Christina Meiser will collect canned goods in the River Club community this weekend for the Salvation Army.

East County
News

Pam Eubanks
June 8, 2011

Cuts will not affect East County

Manatee County Administrator Ed Hunzeker cut 54 positions. The cuts should not disrupt county programs, he said.

East County
News

Observer Staff
June 8, 2011

News Briefs

Willis art students walk red carpet for film debuts; Foreclosed restaurant space burglarized; Scott appoints three to SCF Board; and LECOM breaks ground on dental school.

East County
News

Pam Eubanks
June 8, 2011

Bayside families celebrate Ugandan adoptions

Bayside's Bridge a Life ministry welcomed Ugandan children and their adoptive families with a special picnic June 4.

East County
News

Observer Staff
June 8, 2011

OUR VIEW: Sheriff's request questionable

Manatee County Commissioners have their hands full again creating a balanced budget in the fifth year of declining revenues from falling property values and a struggling economy.

East County
Opinion

By Rod Thomson
June 8, 2011

MY VIEW: Needed: immigration principles

Immigration reform frustratingly died in the Florida Legislature last month. What is so difficult about making everyone play by the same rules?

Sarasota
Opinion

By Gary Berns
June 8, 2011

Delay incorporation vote

As chairman of the Friends of Lakewood Ranch, I write to respond to your editorial entitled, "Too soon for petitions."

East County
Opinion

Observer Staff
June 8, 2011

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

McNeal article a smear campaign

East County
Opinion

Adam Hughes
June 8, 2011

Lakewood Ranch home sells for $1.3 million

Thomas and Una Kohl, trustees, sold the home at 7211 Pasadena Glen to Timothy and Michelle Lea, Lakewood Ranch, for $1.3 million.

East County
Real Estate

Jen Blanco
June 8, 2011

Little Leaguer swings for the fence

Braden River Little Leaguer Kareem Lewis hit four homeruns, including a grand slam, for A/C Warehouse in the Majors Division of the Manatee County Cup.

East County
Sports

Jen Blanco
June 8, 2011

Thunder remember former pitcher

The Out-of-Door Academy renamed its baseball field the Taylor Emmons Memorial Field in honor of the 2009 graduate who was killed in an accident in December 2010.

East County
Schools

Jen Blanco
June 8, 2011

So long senior standouts

It's the time of year when I bid farewell to another group of talented athletes who have made the past year, and in some cases, the past four years, nothing short of memorable.

East County
Sports

Jen Blanco
June 8, 2011

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Ean Eichelbaum

Eleven-year-old Ean Eichelbaum hit a double and a triple and scored a pair of runs, helping lead Braden River Little League's Extra Innings to an 8-0 victory over Buffalo Creek Little League's Twin Rivers.