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Longboat Key police responded to the incident Feb. 17 at Longboat Key Publix. Further details were not immediately available.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 17, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Fender-bender

Stuart Scheyer captured this image of a parking lot crash that occurred early this afternoon in the Longboat Key Publix parking lot. Longboat Key police responded to the incident.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The home is known as Casa dell'Artista. Courtesy of Deborah Beacham.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • February 17, 2011
Bird Key home sells for $4.5 million

The sale is the largest Bird Key sale since May 2009.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The Town Commission also will discuss animal control issues at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 17, 2011
Commission to make sign decision today

The Longboat Key Town Commission will discuss whether to remove Florida Department of Transportation road signs along Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Maureen Gee and Karen Fine, both behind, played Barb Simons and Jimilynne Chapman.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 17, 2011
GALLERY: Tara 9-ers Rally for the Cure

More than 100 women turned out at the Tara Golf & Country Club Feb. 17 to golf in the Tara 9-ers Rally for the Cure golf and luncheon event. Golfers hit the greenways before heading into the club for lunch, raffles, awards and more.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 17, 2011
Palm-Aire home burglarized

More than $31,500 in property was stolen.

  • East County
  • News
Ken and Mary Mexell have been married for 75 years.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • February 17, 2011
Couples vow to reaffirm their love

More than 300 couples participated in the "Say I Do, Again" ceremony Feb. 14, on Siesta Key Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lydia and Lorenzo Aguinsky
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • February 17, 2011
Surprise renewal floats their boat

Lydia Aguinsky walked onto the Floating Chapel on the Bay Feb. 14, thinking she was heading out for a boat ride with her husband, Lorenzo. Little did she know the boat's captains had secretly planned for the Aguinskys to renew their wedding vows.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Free parking at the Palm Avenue parking garage is expected to end April 1.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • February 17, 2011
Garage payment plan unveiled

Details emerge on when the Palm Avenue garage will start charging drivers to park there and the different payment methods available.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The back of the Laurel Park neighborhood sign has the city's logo painted on it. City rules call for just one side of the sign to be decorated.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • February 17, 2011
Laurel Park sign: two sides to story

Noticing a change to their neighborhood sign, residents questioned why the city altered it without asking residents and violated its own rules.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • February 17, 2011
Commission eyes high-tech savings

Apple iPads will replace hundreds of sheets of paper at each City Commission meeting, which will amount to $7,500 in savings annually.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Tim Mulqueen assumed the role of Lakewood Ranch's director of sports in January.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 17, 2011
Ranch announces first event for sports complex

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc. has secured its first major sporting event at its new sports complex in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Hamilton
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • February 17, 2011
Three-way race to decide District 3

Three candidates are seeking to replace Mayor Kelly Kirschner, who decided not to run for a second term on the City Commission.

  • Sarasota
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Frost
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • February 17, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Christi Frost

Christi Frost is a junior at Pine View School and sails at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron for both her school and for the Sarasota Youth Sailing Team.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • February 17, 2011
News Briefs

Developers approach city about hotel project; New College welcomes two new board members; Sarasota Memorial, USF create partnership; city, county offices closed for Presidents Day

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 17, 2011
Cops Corner

Feb. 7 Midnight meeting 1:36 a.m. - 5000 block of Circled Oak Drive. Grand Theft Auto. When a father went to check on his 15-year-old son about midnight, he noticed the teen was not asleep in his room and, in fact, he was not in the house at all. His wife's car was also missing. The mom called the Sheriff's Office and told them to search near the boy's girlfriend's house. Sure enough, there was her son ... and her car. The boy was arrested.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
The home at 625 Norsota Way has six bedrooms, seven baths, two half-baths, a pool and 6,077 square feet of living area. It sold for $5.9 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 17, 2011
A home in Bay Island sells for $5.9 million

A home in Bay Island tops all real-estate transactions from Jan. 18 to Jan. 24.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
Larry McNally submitted this sunset photo, taken on the New College campus, overlooking the bay.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 17, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: CAMPUS OASIS

Larry McNally submitted this sunset photo, taken on the New College campus, overlooking the bay.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • February 17, 2011
Pirates open season with shutout

The Braden River High baseball team opened its season with a 14-0 victory over Bayshore Feb. 15.

  • East County
  • Sports
Guests devoured The Sarasota Cupcake Company's cupcakes.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • February 17, 2011
GALLERY: Taste of the Suncost

Sarasota's finest chefs, restaurants and wineries featured their culinary talents at the 2011 Taste of the Suncoast, held at Whole Foods. The event benefited All Faiths Food Bank.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
BJ Creighton with Co-Chairwomen Margarete van Antwerpen and  Julie Delaney
    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • February 16, 2011
Historic Spanish Point Annual Luncheon

Historic Spanish Point Annual Luncheon

  • Black Tie
"Unsung Hero" award recipients Bill Johnson and Litoriel Hernandez
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • February 16, 2011
Community Foundation recognizes 'Unsung Heroes'

The Community Foundation of Sarasota County and the Wilson-Wood Foundation honored three community heroes at the 17th annual Unsung Hero Awards on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at Michael's on East. This year's recipients were Litoriel Hernandez, Barbara Higdon and Bill Johnson.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A Modern Sculptural Masterpiece: Robb and Stucky is showcasing contemporary vignettes throughout this Casey Key home.
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • February 16, 2011
GALLERY: Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks Showcase

The 2011 tour, to be held March 4 and March 5, includes 10 multi-million dollar estates in The Oaks Club and on Casey, Bird and St. Armands Keys and Lido Shores.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Chelsea Yoder, 8
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • February 16, 2011
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: Imagine School at Palmer Ranch

We caught up with some Imagine School cheerleading campers after school let out Tuesday.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 16, 2011
Lakewood Ranch CDD boards to meet

Lakewood Ranch Community Development District supervisors will meet Thursday morning.

  • East County
  • News
Jim Burmeister, Cash Register and Harvey Noyes at Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation's Valentine's Ball.
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • February 16, 2011
GALLERY: Kiwanis Club Valentine's Ball

The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation's Valentine's Ball raised money for charity and honored their 2010 Citizen of the Year, Matt Walsh.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The median sale price for a single-family home was $138,700 in January.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • February 16, 2011
Home sales drop 21% in January

Despite the poor showing, the Sarasota Association of Realtors is touting the 28% rise in pending sales last month.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Bone Island Regatta will begin May 18 at Sarasota Yacht Club.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • February 16, 2011
Foundation postpones Sarasota-Havana Regatta

The foundation did not receive OFAC approval in time for a Feb. 15 deadline.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
On Sunday, Feb. 13, Dr. Lou Newman captured this shot of an adult bald eagle with one of two chicks in the nest located mid-Key at Bayport Beach & Tennis Club.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 16, 2011
Photographer goes into nesting mode

On Sunday, Feb. 13, Dr. Lou Newman captured this shot of an adult bald eagle with one of two chicks in the nest located mid-Key at Bayport Beach & Tennis Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 16, 2011
Town beach talks scheduled

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis has scheduled beach project presentations, titled "Beaches 101," at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, this week at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16 and 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 18.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This photo was captured by photographer Sunaa Hushaw.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 16, 2011
Sunset performance is instrumental for musician

Musician Sang Won Park, a native of Seoul, South Korea, and a resident of New York City, performed a fifth-century Korean instrument, the kayagum, at sunset outside of the Ritz-Carlton Beach Club after a lecture by Dr. Helga Wall-Apelt.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 16, 2011
Super Bowl victory tastes sweet for Arpke

Ray Arpke, owner and chef of Euphemia Haye, was lucky enough to see his favorite team win the big game two weeks ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 16, 2011
Christ Church gets its own office space

Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian is one step closer to its new home: The church recently finished moving its office space to its new facility at 6400 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
David Mitchell and Brenda Frost
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • February 16, 2011
It's a small, small world!

Brenda (Taylor) Frost and David Mitchell discovered that they had both attended the same Spring Grove Grammar School, in Isleworth, Middlesex, England when they met Saturday evening, Feb. 12, at the Longboat Key Kiwanis Foundation Valentine's Ball.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 16, 2011
Our View

Pension experts at the ready

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 16, 2011
Now, we have an app for that!

Now, you can get all your Observer news - on the go.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
A shopping cart and trash sit in front of a home in Greenbrook Dale.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • February 16, 2011
EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT?

As the upholders of the community's covenants, bylaws and regulations, Lakewood Ranch's HOAs can issue punishments in the form of fines and liens for violations. But what happens when those yield no results?

  • East County
  • News
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