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  • Robin Hartill
  • May 30, 2012
Commission puts community center committee on hold

The Longboat Key Town Commission delayed appointing members to a Community Center Advisory Committee to allow town staff time to gather additional data.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • May 30, 2012
Town prepares for $4.7 million Sarasota County surtax shortfall

The town predicts that revenue from Sarasota County's 1% sales tax will be approximately 38% below original predictions.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • May 30, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Susan Phillips and Steve Branham
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  • Dora Walters
  • May 30, 2012
Longboat Key couple celebrates engagement

It's official! Susan Phillips and Steve Branham are engaged and are planning a beach wedding for this summer.

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Donors Sally and Sam Shapiro, of Longboat Key, stand with Glasser-Schoenbaum Human Services Center Executive Director Phil King, center.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • May 30, 2012
Glasser-Schoenbaum Center unveils plans for new health facility

With donations from Longboaters Sam and Sally Shapiro and co-founder Betty Schoenbaum, the center hopes to break ground on its new children's health facility this summer.

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Key-wide, Longboat Key Finance Director Tom Kelley estimates a 1.5% to 3% decrease in property values this year.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 30, 2012
FULL STORY: Longboat Key property values will decrease by 1.5% to 3%

Longboat Key taxable values are dropping, but preliminary estimates show the dip is less than the previous four years.

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File photo.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 30, 2012
Fundraiser dedicated to restoring the bay

Scallopalooza is a night of fun that also does a lot of good.

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  • By Brian Gunnell
  • May 30, 2012
Bridge Bites: A hold-up play

After N-S reached 3NT, East, figuring that his side had a profitable sacrifice, offered his partner a choice between 4♥ or 4♠. This pushed N-S to the perilous contract of 5♦, which, as you will see, Declarer is about to bungle.

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  • May 30, 2012
News Briefs

Vitale gala raises funds for cancer research; East County youth make headlines at history fair; Dental office hosts cancer-screening event

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • May 30, 2012
Provider may terminate service in Cascades, Rio Mar

Capitol Infrastructure, the company that provides data, video and other services within Rio Mar and Cascades, has filed for bankruptcy protection and is selling its assets.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 30, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Pablo Garabitos

Eleven-year-old Pablo Garabitos launched three home runs in two games this past week, including two in one inning, to help power Main Street Trattoria in the Majors division of the Manatee County Cup.

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  • May 30, 2012
Cops Corner: East County

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Longboat Key Club Fitness Director Heather Hackett and Director of Wellness Kristi Bonsack
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • May 30, 2012
Aerobic grandma: Wellness never goes on vacation

Once upon a time, a beach vacation consisted primarily of soaking up the sun, catching up on reading and taking a Pina Colada off a tray.

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Kelly Rockett-Safford submitted this sunset photo, taken on Holmes Beach.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 30, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Kelly Rockett-Safford submitted this sunset photo, taken on Holmes Beach.

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This home at 600 Putting Green Lane in Country Club Shores has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,072 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.1 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 30, 2012
Country Club Shores home sells for $2.1 million

A home in Country Club Shores tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Ann and Paul Kelleher, of Newtown Square, Pa., sold their home at 600 Putting Green Lane to Timothy and Jerri Walroth, Longboat Key, for $2.1 million.

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