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Schneider
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 16, 2014
Obituary: Harold Schneider

Harold Schneider, 102, of Bird Key, died Nov. 12.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Magner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 16, 2014
Obituary: Philip Magner Jr.

Philip Magner Jr., 87, formerly of Longboat Key and Buffalo, N.Y., died Dec. 9.

  • Longboat Key
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LONGBOAT HARBOUR
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • December 16, 2014
Light up the key

We searched all of Longboat for the shining stars of holiday decorations for our annual Light up the Key contest. Here, we reveal our five winners.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 16, 2014
It's Read Everywhere

Headed on a great trip? Make sure to take your Observer along! Snap a photo of you holding your Observer on vacation, then submit it and you could win travel tickets, courtesy of Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. YOUROBSERVER.COM/ITSREADEVERYWHERE

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This home at 561 Spinnaker Lane has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,558 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.4 million. Photo by Kristen Herhold
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • December 16, 2014
Country Club Shores home sells for $1.4 million

The following residential real estate transactions took place between Dec. 1 and Dec. 5.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Enjoy our edible gift guide.
  • By Randi Donahue
  • December 16, 2014
Edible elation

Christmas is quickly approaching, but there is still time to shoot straight to the top of your friends' and family's nice list. Here are Diversions' picks for local edible gifts that can be as pleasing to the taste buds as the spirit.

  • Arts + Culture
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  • Nick Reichert
  • December 16, 2014
Big time under the Big Top

Sarasota students discover their circus calling.

  • Arts + Culture
Dianne Joseph submitted this photo, taken on Lido Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 16, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

Visit YourObserver.com to submit your local weather photos. Each weekly winner will be entered into a monthly drawing for a $25 gift card. One grand prize winner will receive a $5,000 flooring makeover.*

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jazz Club of Sarasota performers Johnny Moore, Dominic Mancini, Tommy Goodman, Greg Nielsen and Bob DeAngelis have more than a century of jazz experience combined.
    By
  • Nick Reichert
  • December 16, 2014
All That Jazz

The Jazz Club of Sarasota serves and protects the city's jazz community.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 16, 2014
Mar Vista project gets noisy approval

A second-story deck receives approval from the planning board after Village residents make their concerns loud and clear.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • David Conway
  • December 16, 2014
City leases land scrutiny from Chapman

Sarasota Vice Mayor Susan Chapman wants to re-examine city lease agreements with groups such as Mote and Save Our Seabirds. Many of the leases are $10 a year or less.

  • Longboat Key
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"Selma"
    By
  • Pam Nadon
  • December 16, 2014
Holiday film preview

Take the hectic out of holiday burnout by catching a great movie.

  • Arts + Culture
The curve at the intersection of Broadway and Gulf of Mexico Drive makes it a poor fit for a crosswalk, according to L.K. Nandem, district traffic engingeer for FDOT, who suggested the town pursue a roundabout at the location. Photo by Kristen Herhold
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 16, 2014
Commission circles Broadway for roundabout consideration

Four crosswalks are headed to an FDOT-controlled thoroughfare near you. That is, unless you live on the north end.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 16, 2014
Commission gives referendum first stamp of approval

Longboat residents could vote in an all-mail election that will determine whether to allow tourism on the Key Club Islandside property.

  • Longboat Key
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Frosty has lived in River Club since he was erected by his creator, the late Dan Burgett, in 1997. He has lived off River Club Boulevard at the home of Don and Mary Lou DeBolt since 2003. Photos by Pam Eubanks
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 16, 2014
Frosty returns

He's big, costly and a bear to maintain. But new owners vow to keep River Club's famous snowman shining next year.

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