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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 3, 2012
Colony granted one-year extension

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association did not receive the longer extension its attorney wanted.

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Employee trustees also discussed figures that suggest their plan is in better shape than the other plans, with an average unfunded liability of $77,000 per member compared to the firefighters' $343,000 per member.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 3, 2012
Employees seek union protection

Forty-two general employees are eligible to join a new union being sought to halt possible changes to town employee pension plans.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
An overgrown hedge that’s now blocking views of Sarasota Bay for Marina Bay residents has forced the town to alter its hedge ordinance to fix the dispute.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 3, 2012
Commissioners hedge bets on height change

The height of side-yard hedges on waterfront properties will be regulated after a complaint was filed about landscaping taking away views of Sarasota Bay.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Casa del Mar General Manager D.M. Williams celebrated his 30th anniversary with the resort last September.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 3, 2012
D.M. Williams preps for Casa del Mar exit

D.M. Williams' contract won't be renewed when it expires next year, but he isn't leaving quietly.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 3, 2012
New Pass dredging offers sand options

A management plan paid for by Sarasota County now suggests sharing sand dredged from New Pass with the town.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • October 3, 2012
Touch of Africa offers reward for missing mascot

Touch of Africa, a store on St. Armands Circle that sells African gifts and organizes trips to its namesake, found itself short one adult-sized lion costume Wednesday, Sept. 27.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub owner Ed Chiles has plans for a second story at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub in Longbeach Village. File photo.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 3, 2012
Construction on Mar Vista addition targeted for 2013

Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub owner Ed Chiles plans to build a second-story addition to his restaurant in Longbeach Village.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 3, 2012
Harry's wines and dines with new tasting format

The new wine tasting format will offer a more intimate event, limited to about 100 people.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Richard ‘Sam’ Barlow
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  • Robin Hartill
  • October 3, 2012
Key Club's long-term staffers share highlights

These five Longboat Key Club and Resort employees were there from the beginning - 30 years ago. Some began their positions even earlier in jobs with Arvida Corp. Now, these long-time employees reflect on the Key Club's pearl anniversary.

  • Longboat Key
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The Longboat Key Club and Resort celebrated 30 years of operation Monday, Oct. 1. Photo courtesy of Jack Elka.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 3, 2012
Key Club: 'Celebration of a dream'

The opening of the Inn on the Beach hotel 30 years ago marked the fulfillment of John Ringling's dream for a grand hotel on the north end that was abandoned more than half a century earlier.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Parent volunteers Amy Goodman and Denise Radenmacher help student Micah Radenmacher, center, get all the sea creatures from his net.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • October 3, 2012
Aquatic 'ed-venture'

Fifth-grade students from McNeal Elementary learned about marine life during field trips Sept. 27 and Sept. 28, at Coquina Beach.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • October 3, 2012
Gayler's start date, public hearings scheduled

David Gayler will start as interim superintendent Oct. 15; public hearings about a permanent superintendent replacement are set.

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  • Observer Staff
  • October 3, 2012
Our View: The property amendments

Frederic Bastiat, the great French economic journalist of the 1840s, would be launching into tirades on talk radio today if he were asked to analyze the proposed constitutional amendments on Florida's Nov. 6 ballot.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Geoffrey Fisher
  • October 3, 2012
My View: Political trash talkers and their supporters have double standards

What does it say when the Democratic congressional candidate brings in Sandra Fluke?

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 3, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

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