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  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 25, 2012
Commission addresses law of the land

The commission will take a two-step approach to reviewing its land-use regulations, beginning with a look at planned-use development issues.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • July 20, 2011
Measure of Success

Casa del Mar's cotton plant reaches new heights.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
David Bullock is Longboat Key town manager.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • February 8, 2012
Bullock talks Key issues to PIC

The new town manager discussed ongoing Longboat Key issues at a Public Interest Committee forum.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • June 1, 2011
Property values to fall again

Taxable values will drop for the fourth year in a row on Longboat Key.

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  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Enforce Sarasota's eight-year term limits; Commissioners corrupt in extending term limits; Roundabout money should be spent on safety

  • Sarasota
  • News
The house has remained in its charred state for three years. Pam Eubanks.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • November 2, 2011
Lakewood eyesore will be demolished

A Greenbrook home that burned down in late 2008 is slated for demolition by Manatee County.

  • East County
  • News
Mark Smith, president of the board of directors of All Faiths Food Bank.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • October 21, 2011
IN THE PUBLIC EYE: Mark Smith

President of the board of directors of All Faiths Food Bank; he has been a member of the board since 2006.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Pancreatic cancer survivors Suzanne Bourdeau and Joan Gardyasz pose together prior to starting the Sarasota Walk last year. File photo.
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • October 26, 2011
Sarasota Walk takes strides to raise awareness

Longboat Key resident and Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Foundation founder Nancy Flemming started the Sarasota Walk for pancreatic cancer awareness seven years ago because of a personal experience. Her husband, Harry, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died nine days later.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 30, 2011
News Briefs

2011 Atlantic hurricane season comes to a close; Town wants joint meeting with Manatee County; Mote cares for turtle from Portugal

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The cattle egret appears to try to guilt customers inside a McDonald’s into feeding it by staring at them through the window. The bird has been meeting great success with its ploy.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 4, 2011
Egret addicted to fast food?

The same cattle egret has been visiting a McDonald's restaurant for more than a year, because customers were regularly feeding it. Now wildlife officials are warning people that an unnatural diet could harm the bird.

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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 6, 2011
St. Denis proposes new cuts to budget

A budget workshop next week will determine if the town staff's suggested $307,746 in cuts should be implemented.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Public Works Department employees open the gate and put signs back in place Friday, officially re-opening the North Shore Road beach access.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2011
Briefs

Mote scientist will lead World Aquaculture Society; New town meetings scheduled for July; North Shore Road beach access re-opens

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Longboat Key Town Commission also will consider amendments to its Comprehensive Plan at Town Hall tonight.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 11, 2011
Commission to set maximum millage tonight

The Longboat Key Town Commission reached consensus this morning not to set the millage rate any higher than the current rate of 1.8872 mills.

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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • July 13, 2011
St. Armands wants garage, not meters

A city of Sarasota special meeting will be held at 10 a.m. July 21 to discuss parking meters and their possible placement on St. Armands Circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Briana Calderon mimics the pose of the woman she painted on this wooden canvas.
  • By Rachel S. OHara |
  • December 16, 2010
Neighbors: Briana Calderon

Briana Calderon, a 16-year-old junior at Booker High School for the Visual Performing Arts, says that her love for art has been a part of her life since she was a little girl.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • February 3, 2011
Charter Review Committee rejects elected-mayor idea

The city's Charter Review Committee voted down a suggestion to recommend for a fourth time a directly elected-mayor proposal appear on the ballot.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Fish killed by red tide washed up on Blind Pass Beach, which is part of Manasota Key, the southernmost, Sarasota County-owned beach. File photo.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • October 14, 2011
County staff cleaning up fish kill

Sarasota County maintenance employees were working Friday morning to clean up Blind Pass Beach, where fish killed by red tide had washed up.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
A line of boxcars stretches from Shade Avenue to the Publix supermarket at Ringling Boulevard and Lime Avenue. File photo.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • August 11, 2011
Trains stalled in neighborhood

More than four months after residents were told empty boxcars were to be moved from their neighborhood in a matter of days, they sit in the same place they've been since March.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Energy Upgrade will enable residents to visit a website, www.energyupgradetoday.com, to help them identify and set priorities for saving energy, which will result in lower utility bills.
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • October 6, 2011
County launches new energy-efficiency program

An online county initiative launched Monday has been designed to make it easier for residents to lower their utility bills.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • September 29, 2011
Parking garage mural project approved

A Palm Avenue parking garage mural project will coincide with the Chalk Festival in November.

  • Sarasota
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