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  • Observer Staff
  • January 24, 2019
Longboat Key weather page photo: Jan. 24

Tina Mulligan caught this sunset from Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 24, 2019
East County weather page photo: Jan. 24

Sharon Piotrowski captured these clouds over the Sarasota Polo Club grounds.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 24, 2019
Sarasota weather page photo: Jan. 24

Jeannie Sparks photographed this ibis at Celery Fields.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Patty Dunham and Bennie Dods
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 24, 2019
Christ Church hosts first dinner of the season

Deborah Walk spoke about the history of the Ringling Family and their Sarasota legacy during the Jan. 23 dinner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The home in San Remo Estates at 1483 Tangier Way recently for $2.85 million. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,200 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 24, 2019
San Remo Estates home sells for $2.85 million

Residential real estate transactions for Jan. 7-11.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
After the final draft of the code was finished last fall, city staff quickly backed off the prospect of making any zoning changes in residential neighborhoods.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 24, 2019
Foregoing form-based code, city plots zoning changes

The city is abandoning its efforts to adopt a new zoning code, instead opting for a series of revisions to current regulations. How did staff identify planning priorities?

  • Sarasota
  • News
Audrey Jensen has placed a sign on Garfield Drive encouraging motorists to slow down. Jensen's advocacy started after her dog was struck by a vehicle outside her home.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 24, 2019
Resident campaigns for slower speeds on Lido

Lido Key resident Audrey Jensen wants to encourage motorists to drive safely on island streets.

  • Sarasota
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Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 24, 2019
Cops Corner: Sarasota 1.24.19

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 23, 2019
Taste of the Keys blooms into 8th year

The Longboat Key Garden Club's annual fashion show featured clothes from Michael's on the Boulevard and Men's Wearhouse.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Breanna Pituch and Doggo were reunited.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 23, 2019
Neighbors work together to get furry friend home

After Doggo, a 9-year-old Shiba Inu, escaped from his house, Longboat Key residents and visitors banded together to get him home.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Siesta Key Association is not sure what its next legal step will be, but a board member said the group was "not completely discouraged" by the latest ruling.
    By
  • David Conway
  • January 23, 2019
Judge dismisses Big Pass suit, again

Although a circuit court judge rejected a Siesta Key group’s challenge of the proposed dredging of Big Pass, she left open the opportunity for the case to be refiled.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
    In Memoriam |
  • January 23, 2019
Benedict Urban Feole

Benedict Urban Feole, 91, a devoted husband, Father, Grandfather and Great-grandfather, passed away on January 18, 2019 at The Arbor at Galloway Ridge, Pittsboro, North Carolina. His obituary tribute is publishing in the Longboat Observer.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 23, 2019
Sarasota Memorial Hospital breaks ground on new radiation oncology center

The center is part of the hospital's $220 million cancer institute.

  • East County
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The Sarasota County Fire Department works to contain a gas leak at the Orange Blossom Tower on Wednesday.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 23, 2019
Gas line ruptures near Palm and Main

The Sarasota County Fire Department teamed up with TECO Energy to mitigate the leak near the Orange Blossom Tower.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Country Club Shores home at 572 Outrigger Lane recently sold for $2.84 million. Built in 2018, it has four bedrooms, four-and-two-half baths, a pool and 4,141 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 23, 2019
Country Club Shores home sells for $2.84 million

Residential real estate transactions for Jan. 7-11.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Kat Wingert
  • January 23, 2019
The relevance of the ADA

With a population that’s getting older overall, the Americans with Disabilities Act is more important than ever.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Linda Stone and Diane Laybourn have led a group that has donated more than 150 blankets to charity.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 23, 2019
Lakewood Ranch Women's Club has it covered by making blankets

Lakewood Ranch Women's Club forms Blankets 4 Babies and makes blankets for nonprofit groups.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2019
Share your thoughts with the Observer

The Observer is looking for reader feedback, and in exchange for filling out the survey, you will be entered to win a $250 Visa gift card.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 23, 2019
Cops Corner: Alarming work being done

Police reports from around Longboat Key

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Lakewood Ranch's Seath Lauer practices for the LECOM Suncoast Classic after taking two years away from professional golf.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 23, 2019
Area golfer gets another shot at dreams

Seath Lauer is getting another shot at the Web.com's LECOM Suncoast Classic in February at Lakewood National in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lakewood Ranch High girls soccer senior defender Rheana White dribbles upfield against Sebring High.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 23, 2019
Lakewood Ranch soccer captain doubles as accomplished painter

Lakewood Ranch High girls soccer captain Rheana White has commissioned paintings for restaurants and helps design handbags

  • East County
  • Sports
Lakewood Ranch High as 19 portables on the southwest corner of its campus and another four used for students on the northwest corner.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 23, 2019
Lakewood Ranch High School expansion delayed

Rezone might have left too many students on campus to move portables.

  • East County
  • News
Ringling College's Morgan Woolverton talks about how virtual reality is going to change the future of healthcare, education and other industries.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 23, 2019
Creativity, virtual reality talk of the town in Lakewood Ranch

Lecture series sparks intellectual interest in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • News
Lakewood Ranch Garden Club members Phyllis Weber, Cheryl Scheid, Virginia Craig and Sheryl Perkins are excited to offer the National Garden Clubs Inc.'s Garden School in Lakewood Ranch.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 23, 2019
Need a stem class? There's one in Lakewood Ranch

Lakewood Ranch Garden Club offers special gardening school.

  • East County
  • News
Mary Lou Johnson is currently working on a second photography book.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 23, 2019
Mary Lou Johnson captures lure of Longboat

The local photographer’s book, ‘The Lure of Longboat Key: Sunrise to Sunset,’ has sold more than 1,200 copies in Publix.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Picerne Development's Bill Shallcross explains to planning commissioners why he believes the apartments will not need as much parking as the county's code requires.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 23, 2019
New plan includes apartments in Lakewood Ranch

Picerne Development wants to build more than 200 apartments at Lorraine Corners.

  • East County
  • News
Brandi Ezell with Drayton Saunders. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 23, 2019
Real estate foundation gives out grants to 51 nonprofits

Among the recipients are Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee and the Wobbly Feet Foundation.

  • East County
  • News
Hajar Benjoud.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 23, 2019
East County Athlete of the Week: Hajar Benjoud

The Lakewood Ranch senior talks Eckerd College and committing to fitness

  • East County
  • Sports
Sally Yanowitz was a board member of the American Jewish Committee of West Coast Florida, Embracing Our Differences, JFCS and more.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 23, 2019
Sally Yanowitz remembered for philanthropic passions

Yanowitz, 86, died Jan. 16.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Rachel Burkhart Photography
    A time to celebrate |
  • January 23, 2019
Just Married: Will Chase and Anna Hahn

A love story so real it could be a made into a movie.

  • Sarasota
  • Celebrations
Christopher Culton.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 22, 2019
Lakewood Ranch High football coach leaving after one season

Christopher Culton is leaving Lakewood Ranch High football after one season for North River High

  • East County
  • Sports
Cheri Coryea has served in management at Manatee County for 26 years, most recently being appointed to the deputy administrator position.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 22, 2019
Manatee County commissioners seek skill, continuity as administration changes

Commissioner plan to appoint Cheri Coryea as acting administrator.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 22, 2019
Nokomis man arrested after fleeing into a lake

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested man, who said he couldn't swim, after saving him.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Samantha Chaney
  • January 22, 2019
School Board member Bridget Ziegler proposes cell phone ban at schools

The Sarasota County School Board is considering banning cell phones on district campuses in the future. But will the idea buzz well with everyone?

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
According to a Jan. 18 update from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, red tide can still be found in background to high concentrations in Sarasota County and low to medium concentrations.
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • January 22, 2019
Longboat group urges EPA to take lead on red tide

EPA needs to follow Chesapeake Bay blueprint

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Firefighter Paramedic Tirso Guerrero demonstrates CPR.
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • January 22, 2019
Fire department offers life-saving training

More than 2,000 have taken the CPR class

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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