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  • Robin Hartill
  • May 21, 2010
SCVB announces National Tourism Week winners

The awards honored four leaders in the hospitality industry.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Vanessa Moody
  • May 21, 2010
CLASSROOM SPOTLIGHT: McNeal fifth-graders

One of McNeal Elementary's fifth-grade classes shares their feelings on entering middle school next year.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Vanessa Moody
  • May 21, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: The Mommy Consultant

Denise Drizos, aka The Mommy Consultant, is capable of handling baby needs from setting up registration for a baby shower and picking out toys to organizing a feeding schedule and hiring a nanny.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Vanessa Moody
  • May 21, 2010
MAN ON THE STREET: Memorial Day

Memorial Day weekend is coming up next week, and everybody seems excited about their plans for the three-day weekend.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 21, 2010
Whitney Beach Deli & Wines restaurant closes

The restaurant was operating as Isabelle's Restaurant under the management of Linda Loscalzo.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 21, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Behind the science

This Saturday's program at Mote will give participants a chance to explore Sarasota Bay.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 21, 2010
Buchanan to host town hall meeting

The meeting will be held at 11 a.m., May 22, at Lakewood Ranch Town Hall, 8175 Lakewood Ranch Blvd.

  • East County
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 21, 2010
Property values expected to fall another 10%

An average 10% drop in property values on Longboat Key is expected for the third consecutive year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 21, 2010
Group formally unveils veterans memorial park plans

The group working to create a Veterans Memorial Park in San Marco Plaza formally unveiled plans for the project today.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • May 21, 2010
Store Around the Corner: Wet Noses

Wet Noses pet boutique has a unique selection of gifts and pet products.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 21, 2010
Confidential document appears at Town Hall

Commissioner Gene Jaleski submitted a Longboat Key Club and Resort pro-forma statement dated August 2006 to the town last week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • May 21, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Candidate Forum

Tea Party Manatee will present a Meet Your Candidate Forum from 4-6 p.m., May 23, at Mixon Fruit Farms, 2712 26th Ave. E.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 21, 2010
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Course Work

Construction is well under way on the Fish Hole miniature golf course on Lakewood Ranch Main Street.

  • East County
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 20, 2010
Commission tentatively chooses whiter sand

The Town Commission also approved code amendments proposed by The Longboat Key Club and Resort, which make its Islandside renovation-and-expansion project more defensible legally.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • May 20, 2010
Synchronized swimmers suit up

Sarasota Aquatics Synchronized Swimming at the YMCA - otherwise known as SASSY - will perform a water show from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 23, at the Selby Aquatics Center, 8301 Potter Park Drive.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • May 20, 2010
Republican Club picks up good deeds

One-dozen members of the Republican Club of South Sarasota County collected five jumbo-sized trash bags and a pile of lumber on Armed Forces Day Saturday, May 15, along Manasota Beach Road, in North Englewood and South Venice.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 20, 2010
Ranch Town Hall hours will change

Lakewood Ranch CDD 2 supervisors also voted against putting a 9/11 and Fallen Heroes Memorial in front of Lakewood Ranch Town Hall.

  • East County
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 20, 2010
Commission will consider oil spill plans

The Town Commission will also hear updates about plans for a beach project on the north end of the island and the town's 2010-11 beach-wide project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • May 20, 2010
Why He's Out

Departed Police Chief Peter Abbott and City Manager Bob Bartolotta say little about their relationship. Evidence paints a divergent picture.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • May 20, 2010
Committee polices 'public art'

Officers will begin moving into the new Sarasota Police Department headquarters, 2099 Adams Lane, some time this summer.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • May 20, 2010
City considers more job cuts

After cutting $8 million from fiscal year 2009-10 budget, the city will have to cut another $5 million next fiscal year. City officials say they will be forced to look at staffing numbers.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • May 20, 2010
Bird nests shut down Siesta beach access

Although they were roped off, someone intentionally crossed a barrier and destroyed two snowy plover nests at Siesta Key beach access No. 7, which was then closed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Rod Thomson
  • May 20, 2010
My View: Euro-disaster worse than oil spill

We seem more willing to learn from the Gulf oil spill than from the unfolding Euro-socialist disaster. Perhaps it is the Ostrich syndrome.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 20, 2010
Our View

It was inevitable

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By George Rauch
  • May 20, 2010
Market senses unsustainable deficits, debt

If the government were a family, the family would be broke. Expect interest rates to keep rising.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • May 20, 2010
Positive outlook

Sara Switzer was diagnosed with stage 2 Hodgkin's lymphoma in February.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 20, 2010
Tower Residences condo sells for $2.32 million

A condominium in Tower Residences tops all real-estate transactions for the week of April 19 to April 26.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 20, 2010
Cops Corner

May 9 Bible thumper 11:18 a.m. - 3000 block of Osprey Avenue. Suspicious Person. A woman was standing in the street, holding a red Bible, while yelling and cursing at no one in particular.May 9 Bible thumper 11:18 a.m. - 3000 block of Osprey Avenue. Suspicious Person. A woman was standing in the street, holding a red Bible, while yelling and cursing at no one in particular.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 19, 2010
Banyan Bay Club resident raises issue with fire marshal

Banyan Bay Club Vice President Dick Hershatter is suggesting that the town's fire marshal did not perform his job correctly when reviewing a condominium unit.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 19, 2010
LBK residents get special delivery

Longboat Key has a new resident: John and Nat Eisch, of Longboat Key, welcomed daughter Jasmine to the world May 13.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 19, 2010
Circle businesses team up to help

Les Ciseaux Salon, on St. Armands Circle, is participating in the "Matter of Trust" program, for which human and/or animal hair is converted into hair mats that soak up oil from spills.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 19, 2010
Virginia Sanders writes song about Longboat Key

Longboat Key resident and Longboat Observer "Turtle Watch" columnist Virginia Sanders wanted to pay tribute to her barrier-island home, so she wrote this song to be sung to the tune of "Home, Home on the Range."

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 19, 2010
Last call for graduates

The Longboat Observer is finishing its annual graduation story featuring all high-school and college graduates on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 19, 2010
Island Chapel thanks Lord's Warehouse volunteers

Longboat Island Chapel entertained Lord's Warehouse volunteers and their spouses April 26, at the church's Fellowship Hall for an appreciation dinner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 19, 2010
Sign-code confusion arises

Suggestions offered to clarify and modernize the town's sign code were met with more suggestions and debate from the town's Planning and Zoning Board.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 19, 2010
Attorney questions IPOC funding

Attorney Steven Thompson believes the 16 homeowners of Lighthouse Point have assumed potential liability because their association is a managing member of the IPOC LLC.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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