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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 25, 2011
Younger presents beach-monitoring data

Commissioner Phillip Younger created charts using beach-monitoring data from the town's beach engineer, Coastal Planning and Engineering, and presented them to the Town Commission earlier this month.

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  • May 25, 2011
News Briefs

Board member questions pension report findings; Residents concerned about community center; Diver off Anna Maria Island pronounced dead; and Meetings & agendas.

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  • May 25, 2011
Town commissioners consider iPad purchase

The Longboat Key Town Commission will decide whether the town should purchase iPads for commissioners, which would cost taxpayers $4,200.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 25, 2011
Subcommittee compiles list of goals

The Longboat Key Town Commission will review a goals list that a subcommittee placed in the town's Vision Plan for possible implementation. The goals, which were submitted by a wide range of groups and individuals, must be discussed at the 1 p.m. Thursday, May 26 regular workshop.

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  • May 25, 2011
OUR VIEW: The rec center dilemma

Longboat Key residents have known for a long time the recreation center at Bayfront Park needs to be replaced. The hard parts are deciding how to pay for improvements and how expansive those improvements should be.

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  • By Gerald Feder
  • May 25, 2011
MY VIEW: The pension operation can't simply be punted

The notion of punting the town's pension "operation" (whether the firefighters' or all three of the town employees' pension "operations") does not confront the complexity of the issues facing the town with respect to employee benefits.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 25, 2011
Longboaters: Be wary of telephone scams

Longboat Key Police Department warns that a floundering economy has spurred several telephone scams that have hit Longboat Key.

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This beach bunny was spotted swimming at the sand spit near Jewfish Key.
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  • May 25, 2011
Some bunny wants to cool off

This beach bunny was spotted swimming at the sand spit near Jewfish Key.

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  • May 25, 2011
Longboaters fill up food bank

The third annual Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Food Drive was again a success.

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  • May 25, 2011
Visiting ladies tip their hats to Save Our Seabirds

The Red Hattitude ladies of Sun City received the royal treatment May 13 during a visit to Save Our Seabirds.

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  • May 25, 2011
Sharapova shines at Italian Open, readies for French Open

Hideaway Bay resident and former No. 1 tennis player Maria Sharapova clinched a victory at the Italian Open May 15 beating Australian Sam Stosur 6-2, 6-4 for the title.

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Longboat Key photographer Mary Lou Johnson snapped this beak-iful picture: a trio of pelicans enjoying a day on the water.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
Photographer snaps picture-perfect pelicans on Longboat's waters

Longboat Key photographer Mary Lou Johnson snapped this beak-iful picture: a trio of pelicans enjoying a day on the water.

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Key resident Matt Callihan snapped these photos of the birds that we'll assume are Mother and Father Goose, along with their goslings, at Hole No. 5 on the Blue Course.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
Longboat Key Club golf course geese hatch their golden eggs

Technically, these geese are more gray than golden. But we think the newly hatched goslings at the Harbourside golf course look as good as gold.

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  • May 25, 2011
Enjoy a day (or three) at the beach

Memorial Day weekend is one of the most popular times to enjoy some fun in the sun. Longboat Key has plenty of public beach accesses, although some are tough to spot.

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  • May 25, 2011
Cops Corner

200 bock of Gulf of Mexico Drive (GMD). Civil Disturbance. A resort employee told police that a tree-trimming service was cutting down tree limbs in a parking lot and causing sawdust to cover three cars.

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