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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
Interviews to begin soon for north-end project

The community-based planning effort for the island's north end will incorporate input from stakeholders, students and design professionals. information-gathering phase of a community-based planning effort for the island's north end.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Firefighter/paramedic Jim Reynolds has been a firefighter for 16 years, four-and-a-half of which he has spent on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
Firefighter is engine behind equipment

Firefighter/paramedic Jim Reynolds researches equipment when he isn't handling emergencies - a contribution that helped earn him the 2011 Firefighter of the Year Award.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
Commission gives its two cents

Town staff will ask the commission for direction about how to proceed with a forecasted 15-year shortfall of $4,763,431 in infrastructure surtax revenue.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
Town hopes to cash in on video advertisements

The commission will discuss an advertising model that could help to offset the town's cost of offering live-streaming meetings.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
Bridge crash causes $55,000 in damages

A driver struck a concrete guardrail Wednesday, Jan. 11, on New Pass Bridge, causing approximately $55,000 in damage, according to a Longboat Key police report.

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Judy Kepecz-Hays stands in front of The Water Club, where her newest listing — a two-story, 5,300-square-foot residence priced at $4.75 million — is located. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
Kepecz-Hays takes No. 1 slot in 2011

Coldwell Banker's Judy Kepecz-Hays finished the year with sales volume of approximately $45 million, making her the top Sarasota-Manatee Realtor.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
Key Realtors share their 2012 real-estate predictions

The top 10 Longboat Key-based Realtors for 2011 share their predictions of how the real-estate market will fare this year.

  • Longboat Key
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File photo The Longboat Library opened in 1957 in its original location at the Twin Tarpon Shopping Center, 6350 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
Longboat Library campaign seeks to balance books

The Longboat Library will soon begin an awareness campaign about its expenses in hopes of raising support for town funding.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Newly commissioned USMC 2nd lieutenants take the oath of office at the National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico, Va. Courtesy.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
Our View: Stand up for the honorable

Their act was deplorable. And stupid.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Jim Warnecke made sure to get a hug from his daughter, Brie Middlebrook, who sat in on the presentation with her first-grade class.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 18, 2012
Jim Warnecke makes landfall at Willis Elementary

Lakewood Ranch resident and hurricane hunter Jim Warnecke spoke with Willis Elementary first-graders Jan. 12 about chasing storms with the NOAA.

  • East County
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CDD supervisors last week voted to hire attorney John Harllee as special council.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 18, 2012
Lawsuit filed in CDD debate

Both Stoneybrook Investors LLC, owners of the Stoneybrook Golf Club, and the Lighthouse Cove Condominium Association have served lawsuits to the Heritage Harbour South CDD.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 18, 2012
Sheriff releases few details in Ranch homicide

Manatee detectives now believe Ina Gross' murder was not a random act. However, Manatee Sheriff Brad Steube had not named a suspect as of Jan. 17.

  • East County
  • News
Unit 282 condominium at Grand Bay, 3040 Grand Bay Blvd., has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,143 square feet of living area. It sold for $880,000. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 18, 2012
Grand Bay condo sells for $880,000

Timothy Radigan, of Dunwoody, Ga., sold his Unit 282 condominium at Grand Bay, 3040 Grand Bay Blvd., to Diane Richter, of Louisville, Ky., for $880,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Renderings of the widening project show 12-foot driving lanes and a five-foot sidewalk are part of the improvements.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 18, 2012
FDOT to widen State Road 64

The $12.7 million project will expand State Road 64 to six lanes from Carlton Arms Boulevard to Interstate 75.

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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • January 18, 2012
School Board privatizes custodial services

The School Board on Jan. 9 approved privatizing services at four schools, including Braden River Elementary and Haile Middle School. The move is expected to save $160,000.

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