Your Observer

Observer Staff
April 28, 2010

Klaubers welcome new addition

Murf and Sue Bassett Klauber are proud to announce the birth of their 15th grandchild.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
April 28, 2010

The Colony welcomes some familiar faces

Longboat Key resident Barbara Bishop is enjoying family visiting from New Hampshire.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
April 28, 2010

Congratulations!

Kristy Blair Iannello recently became engaged to John Powers Balfour II.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
April 28, 2010

Pattigeorge's adds new additions for Earth Day

Employees at Pattigeorge's restaurant on Longboat Key celebrated Earth Day by planting new herb-and-vegetable gardens.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
April 28, 2010

Camera crew sets up at the Colony

A camera crew filming a commercial to promote state tourism was spotted Monday, April 26, at The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
April 28, 2010

Resident receives belated birthday gift

Dawn diLorenzo spotted a bald eagle nesting on Longboat Drive South, near Whitney Beach Plaza, and snapped a few photos.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
April 28, 2010

Longboat Observer readers win 'mother' of all contests

The votes are in - more than 15,000 total - and the winners of the YourObserver.com Mother-Daughter Lookalike contest have been named.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Kurt Schultheis
April 28, 2010

Push for new center emerges

Key Club General Manager Michael Welly says the Longboat Key Club and Resort is willing to donate funds for a new town community center - on one condition.

Longboat Key
News

Kurt Schultheis
April 28, 2010

Observer Updates

Florensa reports groin project is 'mostly finished'; Broadway beach project receives 400 yards of sand

Longboat Key
News

Kurt Schultheis
April 28, 2010

Contract negotiations stall again

The town of Longboat Key and its firefighters are still at an impasse for a new three-year contract.

Longboat Key
News

Observer Staff
April 28, 2010

Observer names look-alike winners

The East County's Tracey Punzone-Roman and her daughter, Emily, garnered more than one-fifth of all votes during The Observer Group's Mother-Daughter Look-alike Contest on YourObserver.com.

East County
Neighbors

Pam Eubanks
April 28, 2010

Memo could derail Ranch's Villages

SMR's Villages of Lakewood Ranch South project is set to go before Sarasota County commissioners April 29. But a last-minute legal issue may wreck the project completely.

East County
News

Michael Eng
April 28, 2010

The day after Christmas, Lakewood Ranch 10-year-old Rachael Jaworski collapsed in her bathroom with two brain aneurysms and a ruptured arterio-venous malformation. To date, her doctors have not been able to find a solution.

East County
News

Pam Eubanks
April 28, 2010

Incorporation committee receives feasibility analysis

Lakewood Ranch's Civic Action Forum's Incorporation Study Committee received the final draft of Fishkind & Associates analysis April 20.

East County
News

Observer Staff
April 28, 2010

Our View

Tough test for St. Denis

Longboat Key
Opinion

Kurt Schultheis
April 28, 2010

Chief stresses necessary fire evacuations Keywide

After a fire from a resident's kitchen stove was reported last week, all Islander Club residents failed to evacuate the condominium.

Longboat Key
News

Kurt Schultheis
April 28, 2010

In Brief

Brenner donates funds to foundation; Jaleski says meeting was informative; Free condo foreclosure seminar

Longboat Key
News

Robin Hartill
April 28, 2010

Village peacocks ruffle feathers

Nuisance Wildlife Removal will begin culling the Village flock from 70 to 12 this week.

Longboat Key
News

Kurt Schultheis
April 28, 2010

Colony contractors disagree

One inspector says the buildings are in 'sound shape'; the other says he saw mold and fungi.

Longboat Key
News

Observer Staff
April 28, 2010

Letters to the editor

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

Longboat Key
Opinion

Robin Hartill
April 28, 2010

Longboat's turtle-nesting season off to a crawl

Loggerhead turtles nest from May through October.

Longboat Key
News

Observer Staff
April 28, 2010

Cops Corner

April 17 Feel the burn 2:26 p.m. - 2100 block of GMD. Larceny. Two men were arrested for stealing heartburn medication at a drug store and trying to return it at a grocery store. The Longboat Key Publix store manager positively identified the suspects and the men were taken to the Sarasota Jail.

Longboat Key
Cops Corner

Pam Eubanks
April 28, 2010

Battles inspire Ranch Relay

The Lakewood Ranch Relay for Life will be from 7 p.m., April 30, to 1 p.m., May 1.

East County
News

Pam Eubanks
April 28, 2010

East County couple swings for the fences

C & H Baseball owners Rob and Danielle Huff last week broke ground on their new 17,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, of which 10,000 square feet will be dedicated to a baseball training complex for youth.

East County
News

Pam Eubanks
April 28, 2010

News Briefs 04.29.10

Following a burst of algae blooms in Lakewood Ranch's lakes earlier this month, Lakewood Ranch Town Hall Operations staff now is working to implement a long-term lake maintenance program it has been working on for several months.

East County
News

Jen Blanco
April 28, 2010

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Cooper Maxwell

The Observer spotlights Lakewood Ranch tennis standout Cooper Maxwell.

East County
Sports

Jen Blanco
April 28, 2010

A tale of two teams

After starting the season 1-8, the Lakewood Ranch has won 12 of its last 18 games, earning the No. 2 seed in the Class 4A-District 10 tournament, which began April 27.

East County
Sports

Jen Blanco
April 28, 2010

OBSERVER TEAM SPOTLIGHT: Ande McDonald

Each week, The East County Observer will introduce one player from the Miss Manatee Softball 12U Observer team.

East County
Sports

Dora Walters
April 28, 2010

Historic evening

The Longboat Key Historical Society delved into the Key's rich and varied history for its 'Elegant Benefit' fundraiser.

Longboat Key
Neighbors

Observer Staff
April 28, 2010

Sarasota 2050 plan: economic death

Let's bring a little rational perspective to the discussion this Thursday when the Sarasota County Commission considers the fate of Schroeder-Manatee Ranch's Villages of Lakewood Ranch South project.

East County
Opinion

Observer Staff
April 28, 2010

Cops Corner 04.29.10

While the defendant was in the cosmetics department, he selected two packages of cologne. He then placed the merchandise inside his shirt and concealed the merchandise under both of his armpits.

East County
Cops Corner

Pam Eubanks
April 28, 2010

LECOM prescribes Mini-Medical School

As part of National Osteopathic Medicine Week April 18-24, medical students at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine took what they've learned to students at Nolan Middle School.

East County
News

Robin Hartill
April 28, 2010

Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of April 16 through April 22, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

Longboat Key
Real Estate

Robin Hartill
April 28, 2010

Bay Isles home sells for $4 million

The Bay Isles sale was the top transaction for the recording week of April 12 through April 16, during which nine sales were consummated on Longboat and its surrounding keys.

Longboat Key
Real Estate

Observer Staff
April 28, 2010

Birth Announcements 04.29.10

Congratulations to the East County parents who celebrated recent births.

East County
Neighbors

Dora Walters
April 28, 2010

Player of the Week: Robert Dreyfus

Longboat Key Public Tennis Center

Longboat Key
News

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