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	<title><![CDATA[May 23: Daily Headlines Video]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Today's Stories: New roundabouts planned for U.S. 41; Village crosswalk lighting receives green light; Pastry Art owner passes the cup; No laughing matter: Pam McCurdy]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Key population grows by 1.04%]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The latest Census data shows that Longboat Key's population grew slightly between 2011 and 2012.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[May 22: Daily Headlines Video]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Today's Stories: Town manager seeks $300,000 in budget cuts; Half-cent sales tax would cover indigent health care; Surging Tsunami: Jillian Santiago; Teenager composes a promising future]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Dr. Michael Crosby: Big fish in Mote's growing sea]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Dr. Michael Crosby assumed the role of Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium 
president and CEO last week following the retirement of Dr. Kumar Mahadevan.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Firefighters oppose pension board]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The Town Commission approved an emergency ordinance on first reading Monday to alleviate any concern with a new pension board.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Commissioners review town wish list]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[A community center and improved cellular communication service topped the list of goals for residents and town leaders this week.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Mar Vista project will be reviewed again]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Commissioners are now determining if they will be able to review the project again before summer hiatus.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Beach project bid: $13.3 million]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The town of Longboat Key finally received a bid for its summer beach renourishment project, but staff isn’t too happy with it.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Front-Page/0522201327143/Beach-project-bid-133-million</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Town manager seeks $300,000 in budget cuts]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Town Manager Dave Bullock warned the commission to expect another year of revenue shortfalls and rising pension costs.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[General employees don’t receive the DROP option]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Town Manager Dave Bullock didn't offer some employees the chance to enter a DROP retirement program early.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[BID agrees to pay $50,000 for a Circle parking study]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The study would look at ways to address the parking shortage, including the possibility of a parking garage and valet service.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Seeds of remembrance]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Inspired by a mission trip to Israel, Longboaters Ed and Betty Rosenthal helped start a fruit orchard at Temple Beth Sholom to honor Holocaust victims.]]></description> 
	<link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Front-Page/0522201327137/Seeds-of-remembrance</link> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Your Neighbor: Brenton Cloud]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[You could say the saltwater resides in Brenton Cloud's blood.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Jordan House survived prior storm]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[The Mar Vista structure that's at the center of a controversial plan survived a 1921 hurricane that wiped out most of the island.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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	<title><![CDATA[Lore: Market closed five years ago at Whitney Beach]]></title> 
	<description><![CDATA[Since the gourmet grocery store closed, businesses have flooded out of the north Key shopping center.]]></description> 
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	<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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