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First Bank employees Charlotte Dakel and Vicki Mann
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • December 7, 2011
Collection banks on holiday toys

First Bank of Longboat Key is banking on donations for Toys for Tots.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • December 7, 2011
All aboard for the holiday boat parade

The Cortez Yacht Club's Holiday Boat Parade is taking off Saturday, Dec. 17 from Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant and Pub and floating its way to the Seafood Shack.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Dr. Ira Abrahamson
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • December 7, 2011
Bridge player makes triumphant feat

Dr. Ira Abrahamson bid and made 7 notrump in back-to-back hands, which is like making two holes-in-one in successive outings of golf, he says. He made the first hand in his apartment, where he plays on Tuesdays, and it was the last hand bid of the day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Alice Dean with PAL and Vacation Rentals Manager Gordon McMillan. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2011
25 years of work honored

Resort Operator Alice Dean started out in housekeeping at the Longboat Key Club and Resort 25 years ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jane Boehme, of the Longboat Key Garden Club, rings the bell for the Salvation Army Dec. 4.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • December 7, 2011
Boehme rings her silver bell

When the Longboat Key Garden Club signed up to ring the bell for the Salvation Army for two full days, Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key member Jim Burmeister, who is in charge of organizing the bell-ringing campaign, was relieved

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The resolution of the Colony dispute will be good for the town, but does the town have a role to in its resolution?
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 7, 2011
Commission talks role in Colony dispute

Former Mayor George Spoll generated discussion among commissioners after he spoke about the ticking clock for the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort redevelopment.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Monica Simpson resigned from her position as Longboat Key Planning Zoning & Building Director in a Dec. 2 letter to interim Town Manager David Bullock.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 7, 2011
Simpson resigns as P&Z director

Planning Zoning & Building Director Monica Simpson resigned from her position after an investigation that ran a month-and-a-half but will continue to do consulting work for the town.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Publix will hold a community workshop to display its plans and renderings for the proposed project.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 7, 2011
P&Z to check out Publix plans

Planning & Zoning Board will discuss next week Publix's request for outline-development plan and site-plan approval.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 7, 2011
L'Ambiance, Sanctuary dismiss Key Club de novo challenge

Attorney Robert Lincoln says that the case will move forward with IPOC as the single plaintiff, but Key Club attorney John Patterson believes that the dismissal raises issues.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 7, 2011
St. Denis returns 401(k) contribution

The former town manager agreed to return a 401(k) match of $10,365.79 after commissioners questioned the payment.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2011
News Briefs

Mote seeks part-time residents for study; Town files amended Armstrong complaint; Commission approves ordinances; Commission approves budget transfer for bonuses

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Patricia Ostroski
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • December 7, 2011
SEASON OF SHARING: Patricia Ostroski

Patricia Ostroski is spreading health and wealth. In 2008, Ostroski started teaching a weekly yoga class at Bayport Beach and Tennis Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The words "SUR 13" and "SOTA 941 County" were written in graffiti on New Pass Bridge. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 7, 2011
New Pass graffiti could be gang-related

Police found graffiti that appears to be connected to a local gang, but, according to Police Chief Al Hogle, gang activity is a rarity on the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The town should swap the two parcels next to Pattigeorges to get a community center.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2011
Our View: Community center: Act III

Rather than let that 9,400-square-foot restaurant property continue to sit empty and deteriorate, it could be converted to a community center and perhaps satisfy the vision of creating town-center activities clustered around Publix.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Cell phone coverage is a matter of life or death; Town should mediate in Jim Armstrong case; Christmas bonus with tax dollars is wrong; Beer Can Island could be option for cell tower

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