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  • Maria Amodio
  • June 4, 2010
Recipe and a Reservation: Dry Dock Waterfront Grill

Dry Dock owner Eric Hammersand shares an exclusive recipe for yourobserver.com readers.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 3, 2010
Five new wayfinding signs coming to LBK

The new signage is part of the town's $500,000 Gulf of Mexico Drive beautification grant.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 3, 2010
Sarasota Baptist to host money-saving seminar

Sarasota Baptist will be hosting a representative from www.truecouponing.com tonight at its Lakewood Ranch campus to teach families how to save money on their grocery bills.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 3, 2010
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences

Students at the Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences are designing and building Leonardo Da Vinci flying machines. They will test the projects Friday, June 4.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 3, 2010
Traffic flows on GMD despite pipeline project

Construction on the project is currently taking place to the south of Outrigger Lane.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 3, 2010
Making the peacock cut

This peacock in Longbeach Village made the cut and was not taken from the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 3, 2010
MAN ON THE STREET: Stay-cations

These days, many families are opting to vacation locally. The East County Observer caught up with some members at the Lakewood Ranch YMCA to see what their favorite "stay-cation" is and why.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 3, 2010
Car rams into crowd

After an altercation with a group of people, one person jumped in a car and drove into four people, seriously injuring one of them.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 3, 2010
Property values continue decline

The estimated 2010 property values show double-digit declines in many of the county's taxing districts. Government budgets will have to be cut to accommodate the lost revenue.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 3, 2010
Downtown construction gets under way

After a long lull in construction, several projects are either under way or just weeks from beginning in the Main Street area. The city hopes that when they're finished, they'll restore some vibrancy downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 3, 2010
Siesta trolley service receives support

By using some creative scheduling with the current Siesta Key route, SCAT bus system hopes to secure state funding to pay for the $2 million trolley service.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 3, 2010
Sign ordinance under review

Sign-and-awning ordinance changes will be discussed for the St. Armands Commercial Tourist District at the June 7 Sarasota City Commission meeting.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 3, 2010
Alta Vista traffic circle draws ire

Members of the Alta Vista neighborhood want a $98,000 traffic circle removed, because they say it had made their roads more dangerous than they were one year ago.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 3, 2010
Site contamination delays new Publix construction

Chemicals found at the site of the former Sarasota Herald-Tribune, which sold the property to Publix, had to be removed before the supermarket chain could begin building a new store.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 3, 2010
City wants public input on Payne Park

More than $1.5 million in improvements are being considered, including a circus-themed playground and an electronic sign.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 3, 2010
EMT trainees test their work-force knowledge

Students enrolled in the Emergency Medical Technician training program at Sarasota County Technical Institute were put to the test in an evaluation exercise May 27, on the SCTI campus.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 3, 2010
Lion's Club awards $12,000 in scholarships

Now in its fourth year of providing college scholarships, the Sarasota Lions Club is giving up to $12,000 to three students from Sarasota high schools this year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 3, 2010
Cops Corner

May 24 King of the urban jungle 5:30 p.m. - 600 block of Central Avenue. Theft. A furniture-store owner told police that someone stole two cast-iron lion's heads that were mounted to the front of his building. The heads were attached to metal brackets with silicone adhesive, and the brackets were mounted to the building. The lion's heads are valued at $1,500 each.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • June 3, 2010
Teen organizes fashion-show benefit for Moffitt

Mackenzie Johnson is currently in the process of planning a teen fashion show, "Cause on the Catwalk," at Saks Fifth Avenue to benefit the Moffitt Cancer Center.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 3, 2010
Youths to lead visually impaired on expedition

Two Sarasota Military Academy cadets will lead visually impaired teens on a two-week Grand Canyon expedition.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 3, 2010
Siesta Key home sells for $6.4 million

A home in Siesta Properties tops all real-estate transactions from May 3 to May 7.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
  • By Rod Thomson
  • June 3, 2010
My View: Painless cutbacks - to the public

If government cuts employees and spending in a recession, does anyone notice?

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 3, 2010
Our View

Consolidate police, sheriff?

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 2, 2010
OBITUARY: Goldie Swartz

Goldie Swartz, 79, was a retired teacher and avid cyclist.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 2, 2010
Where's Waldo? Mote has communication problem

The autonomous underwater vehicle will be replaced because it stopped communicating via satellite.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 2, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Aqua Beachwear

In May, Aqua Beachwear expanded its brand to include a new location on Siesta Key.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2010
Resident endows Harvard chair

Longboat Key resident Ruth Kreindler and her family recently endowed a professorial chair at Harvard Law School.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2010
Resident's cat remains missing since last week

Max, a 5-year-old gray tabby cat, was lost Tuesday, May 25, near Joan M. Durante Park and The Longboat Observer office.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2010
Green recognized for her United Way volunteer work

Longboat Key resident Lois Green donated her time to the United Way for many years without expecting anything in return, so she was surprised to learn she had received the organization's Alexis de Toqueville award for outstanding leadership and being an inspiration to others.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2010
Griffin to be featured contributor in new read

Longboat Key novelist H. Terrell "Terry" Griffin is a featured contributor in the upcoming release from Oceanview Publishing, "Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads."

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2010
Town manager St. Denis requests sand input

The town of Longboat Key is urging its residents to tell commissioners what kind of sand they want for the town's island-wide beach project, which will begin in November 2011.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 2, 2010
Key Club makes case for renovation

Longboat Key Club and Resort General Manager Michael Welly said the Islandside project is consistent with other developments in the gulf-planned development.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • June 2, 2010
Lions Club awards $12,000 in scholarships

Three Sarasota high school students who plan to study education receive $4,000 each.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 2, 2010
Key Club stands by plan in spite of planner's snub

Planning Director Monica Simpson says the project is too big, too dense. Now it's up to the Town Commission: 9 a.m. Monday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 2, 2010
Trustee to oversee Colony operations

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May appointed a trustee to oversee resort operations and removed the resort's longstanding management.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 2, 2010
Contest offers chance to make Key history

The Longboat Key Historical Society is asking the public to submit new logo designs for a contest that will run throughout the summer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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