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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 14, 2011
Commission plugs into north-end power issues

Commissioner Pat Zunz questioned the frequent power failures that occur at the north end of the island and affect hundreds.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 14, 2011
Port Dolphin funds refuel town coffers

The town received a $500,000 reimbursement check from the Oslo, Norway,-based company.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 14, 2011
Our View: To end the Colony dispute

It's the thought that counts. It was right on.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 14, 2011
Our View: To end the Colony dispute

It's the thought that counts. It was right on.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
First place for a single-family home goes to 681 Emerald Harbour Drive. Photo by: Rachel S. O'Hara
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • December 14, 2011
Longboat Key's spirit is put on display

Rudolph's nose isn't the only thing glowing this year, because our island decorated full-out.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Edmund Adams
  • December 14, 2011
My View: Public desires and Publix plans

What do Longboat Key residents want in the proposed new Publix store that the present store doesn't carry, and what does Publix propose to deliver on the residents' wishlist?

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 14, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Circle decorations a top-notch job

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 14, 2011
News Briefs

Key condos complete Bay Partner Grant Projects; Commission to discuss pension study funding; Sea turtle released from Broadway Beach Access

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 14, 2011
St. Armands parking garage now on deck

Vice Mayor Terry Turner has urged the Sarasota City Commission to consider a parking garage for St. Armands Circle as part of the city's two-year goals.

  • Longboat Key
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Sidewalks now line each of the Circles’s four medians. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 14, 2011
Medians project 99% complete

St. Armands Circle Business Improvement District (BID) Chairman Marty Rappaport announced Tuesday that a $450,000 Circle median project is 99% complete.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Alice Blueglass has helped maintain a pizza garden for the past four years — part of the Longboat Key Garden Club's project with Just for Girls.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • December 14, 2011
Neighbors: Alice Blueglass

This lifetime teacher loves to help students of all ages.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unit 102 condominium at Tiffany Plaza, 4325 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,456 square feet of living area. It sold for $520,000. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • December 14, 2011
Bayou Sound home sells for $675,000

K&R Ventures LLLP sold the home at 3460 Bayou Sound to Kathleen Pendleton, Longboat Key, for $675,000.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 14, 2011
Siblings show community support

Someone give these kids an award.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
"This has been one of the best years of my life," Ellie Ohlman said of her time as the 2011-2012 Desoto Queen. "We've gotten to do so much for the community."
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 14, 2011
DeSoto queen spearheads letter-writing campaign

Lakewood Ranch graduate Ellie Ohlman visited elementary schools to help them pen letters for soldiers stationed overseas.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 14, 2011
East County welcomes polo season

The Sarasota Polo Club will host its season opener Dec. 18. Polo matches run Sundays through April 8.

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