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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • July 15, 2015
Key Club summer camp an ace

Until Aug. 14, the Longboat Key Club will welcome children ages 4 to 17 each week for its summer sports and tennis camps.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Elia Rofail acquired the 1940s-era Monterey Village Motel at 24th Street and Tamiami Trail and plans to develop a 33-unit, $3 million apartment project.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2015
OUR VIEW | How to change N. Trail’s insanity

Capital flows where it is welcome. For more than 25 years, anti-market regulations have chased away innovation.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Longboat Pass Bridge is closing 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. the nights of Tuesday, July 14 and Wednesday, July 15 for bridge maintenance work.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 15, 2015
Longboat Pass Bridge closes tonight

The Florida Department of Transportation will close Longboat Pass Bridge 12 a.m. to 5 a.m. the nights of Tuesday, July 14 and Wednesday, July 15 .

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2015
Cops Corner East County 07.16.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • East County
  • Cops Corner
1070 Westway Drive
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 15, 2015
Four-bedroom Lido Key home sells for $2.8 million

The home is on 1070 Westway Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Kurt and Catherine Schulz
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • July 15, 2015
In the same boat

New Longboaters Kurt and Catherine Schulz explain what life is like when your backyard is the ocean.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 15, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 7.16.15

Cops Corner: Longboat Key 7.16.15

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Commissioner Lynn Larson was the guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key’s July 9 breakfast meeting.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 15, 2015
Larson Lines: Town Commissioner Lynn Larson discusses town issues

Longboat Key Commissioner Lynn Larson was the guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key’s July 9 breakfast meeting. Larson term limits out as a commissioner after six years of service in March.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key Detective Sgt. Robert Bourque used Facebook to help find who stole a Longboat Key Lexus in April.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 15, 2015
Facebook assists police in car theft arrest

Longboat Key Police got an arrest warrant and a juvenile pick-up order on two suspects associated with a Longboat Key car theft after a Facebook thread comment implicated those involved.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 15, 2015
News Briefs: Longboat Key 7.16.15

Town receives BP settlement cash; Mid-Key plaza sells; Undergrounding petition announced

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant co-owner Alan Moore's longest job at his restaurant was the face patrons saw as they entered the door with menus in hand ready to take them to their tables.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 15, 2015
'End of an Era' for Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant

The Moore family prepares for its next course after selling the iconic 47-year-old Longboat Key restaurant.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Whitney Beach Plaza owner Ryan Snyder is performing studies to see if a hotel is viable on the plaza site. (Kurt Schultheis)
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 15, 2015
Can the north end handle a hotel?

The owner of Longboat Key's Whitney Beach Plaza knows the plaza can’t sustain itself with leases in place, so he’s investigating if the site can accommodate a 100-room boutique hotel.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longbeach Village resident Kip O’Neill puts wire up around her porch whenever she leaves her home for an extended period of time to keep the peacocks away. (Kurt Schultheis)
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 15, 2015
Town aims to reduce peafowl to 12 birds

The Longboat Key Town Commission will review peacock removal bids in the fall that focus on removing all of the female birds to stop the peacocks from reproducing in Longbeach Village.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Heather Perry has lived in Lakewood Ranch since 2004. She moved to Florida from Washington, D.C. She said she’s always loved animals and loved keeping them close to her.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • July 15, 2015
Conversation with Heather Perry

The Canine Ranch Country Club owner is expanding the property's services— and its purpose.

  • East County
  • News
The SMR expansion will be completed in phases. Graphic by Nicole Thompson.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • July 15, 2015
SMR expansion gets clawback from Panther Ridge residents

Despite traffic concerns, the Manatee County Planning Commission recommended a 1,999 unit mixed-use development on S.R. 70 Thursday.

  • East County
  • News
Siblings Jeffrey Shapiro, 95, Carol Siegler, 89, Jeffrey and Dorothy Tanebaum, 95, for the first time in more than five years came together for a few days June 26, to help craft a memoir for their parents.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • July 15, 2015
Plymouth Harbor resident and her siblings honor parents

Plymouth Harbor resident Carol Siegler and her siblings, Jeffrey Shapiro and Dorothy Tanebaum, seek to preserve their parents’ story through writing.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Haile Middle student Hannah Arduini has a passion for history.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2015
Heritage Harbour history buff wins prize

Haile Middle eighth-grader Hannah Arduini received the Special Magna Carta Prize for her essay on Eleanor Roosevelt.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Nate's Honor Animal Rescue recently took Chance from Manatee County Animal Services.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • July 15, 2015
The No-Kill Zone

As Manatee County strives to maintain a 90% animal save rate, shelters crowd and some animals spend more time in local rescues.

  • East County
  • News
Children feed Snooty in 1976 at the South Florida Museum.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2015
Snooty takes the record

Guinness World Records named South Florida Museum's resident manatee, Snooty, the oldest one in captivity.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Manatee County Sheriff Brad Steube has been asking Manatee County commissioners for more patrol officers for at least four years. He'll learn July 30 if the commission will factor the additional positions into their fiscal year 2016 budget.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 15, 2015
East County zone on sheriff's radar

Manatee County Sheriff Brad Steube has a short-term goal of adding 12 deputies and a long-term goal of a new East County zone.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • July 15, 2015
Cantrell: A teacher of life's lessons

Mary Cantrell, District 5 representative on the Manatee County School Board, died July 12.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2015
OBITUARY | Frank Kveton

Frank Kveton died July 10.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2015
OBITUARY | Barbara Hunt Robb Meehan

Barbara Hunt Robb Meehan died July 9.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2015
OBITUARY | Ronald Taub

Ronald Taub died June 26.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Concept rendering courtesy of SJ Collins Enterprises.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • July 15, 2015
Say Wawa…and Walmart market, Whole Foods

Two developments in Sarasota and Manatee Counties inch closer to bringing big names to East County.

  • East County
  • News
Weldon  Frost, 84, writes and taps out letters to the editor on his keyboard to the Longboat Observer when he feels important issues need to be addressed.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 15, 2015
A Conversation with Weldon Frost

Longboat Key resident Weldon Frost, 84, writes and taps out letters to the editor on his keyboard to the Longboat Observer when he feels important issues need to be addressed. He recently sat down with the Longboat Observer to discuss everything from oil

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Richard Williams, 35, of Bradenton, was arrested 10:45 p.m. Monday and charged with the murder of 17-month-old William “Quincey” Pollard at their apartment in the 6200 block of Rosefinch Court, according to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office arrest report
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 14, 2015
Lakewood Ranch man charged with death of 17-month old boy

Police allege that a blow to the head resulted in the death of William 'Quincey' Pollard.

  • East County
  • News
The Sarasota Police Department provided this image of the vehicle involved in this morning's suspicious incident.
    By
  • David Conway
  • July 14, 2015
Police investigate suspicious incident at school bus stop

After an unknown man approached a group of children at a bus stop, offering them money, police are searching for more information regarding the incident.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Cecily Schneider submitted this sunset photo, taken on the TPC Prestancia golf course.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2015
Sarasota photo contest winner: July 16

Cecily Schneider submitted this sunset photo, taken on the TPC Prestancia golf course.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sergio De Albuquerque submitted this photo, taken on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2015
Longboat Key photo contest winner: July 16

Sergio De Albuquerque submitted this photo, taken on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2015
East County photo contest winner: July 16

James DeBlasio submitted this photo, taken during a storm in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • July 14, 2015
Longboat Chamber goes to the Beachhouse

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce held its monthly networking luncheon at the newly renovated Beachhouse restaurant on July 14.

  • Longboat Key
  • Business
A record number of manatees have been spotted off the shores of Longboat Key this summer.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 14, 2015
Mayers works to protect manatees

A record number of manatees observed around the shores of Longboat Key have island residents urging for safety of the sea creatures.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • July 14, 2015
Campers find balance with circus camp

Campers run away with the circus at the Sarasota Christian School Circus Camp.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2015
County approves master plan for Benderson Park

Sarasota County commissioners unanimously approved the rezone of 603 acres of parkland to make way for more than $20 million improvements to Nathan Benderson Park.

  • East County
  • News
8309 Linderick Lane, Bradenton
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 14, 2015
Concession home sells for $2.3 million

Here are the residential real estate transactions for June 29 through July 3.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
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