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Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Simpson and town planner Ric Hartman explain the revised sign code to the Town Commission Tuesday.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 20, 2010
Sign code continues to confuse

Suggestions offered to clarify and modernize Longboat's sign code were met with more suggestions and debate from the Town Commission Tuesday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A proposed 150-foot cellular tower would sit behind the Longboat Island Chapel. This photo was taken from the front yard of Ronald Platt’s home.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 20, 2010
Proposed north-end cell tower disputed

A 150-foot proposed cellular tower, which has not yet been reviewed by town staff, is already meeting resistance from neighborhood residents.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 20, 2010
St. Denis touts beach program

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis warned Longboat residents Saturday that the town's 2011-12 beach renourishment project could cost taxpayers as much $40 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 20, 2010
MPO meeting seeks road to traffic fixes

Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) officials discussed St. Armands Circle traffic with Longboat Key and Sarasota residents and officials Oct. 18, at a Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization work session on St. Armands traffic.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2010
Our View

We recommend...

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Town Manager Bruce St. Denis plays guitar with Blues Pig to a James Taylor classic, "Steamroller."
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 20, 2010
Fish Tales

The Longboat Key Historical Society held its sixth fish fry at Mar Vista. But the island's fish fry tradition goes back much further.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
"The hat that suits me best is that of a producer," Ben Turoff says. "It comes from growing up in the theater. I can appreciate what everyone brings to a situation because I'm able to pull from all my experiences."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 20, 2010
'Home on the Stage'

Ben Turoff explains why he prefers the 'folksier' Glenridge Performing Arts Center to the familiar lights of Sarasota's downtown-theater scene.

  • Arts + Culture
"We try to go about our business like nothing is a problem," Brad Pattison says of his and his wife, Ellie's, come-what-may attitude. "Because everything has a solution."
    By
  • Heidi Kurpiela
  • October 20, 2010
Backstage Pass: Practical Magic

The Players Theatre's Brad and Ellie Pattison share a backstage love story and kindred theater bonds.

  • Arts + Culture
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • October 20, 2010
Edibles

Savory Street International Cafe and Bakery

  • Arts + Culture
Mikhail Baryshnikov and David Neumann performed in front of sold-out crowds at the Ringling International Arts Festival.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2010
Dance Review: 'Solos with Mikhail Baryshnikov & David Neumann'

Famed dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov demonstrated at the Ringling International Arts Festival (RIAF) that a dance career is not just for the young.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jeremy Whatmough
  • October 20, 2010
My View: Key is too special for a cell tower

A 15-story cell tower would be contrary to what is described in a new Vision Plan report. It would make us look like an industrial park.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Broadway in the Village intersects with Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2010
Letters to the editor

Something should be done about Broadway intersection

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2010
Cops Corner

Oct. 11 Cooking crisis 5:05 p.m. - 600 block of Norton Street. Domestic Violence. A man called 911 to report that his wife would not allow him to make a sandwich. The wife told police that her husband was drunk again and gets "stupid" when he's drinking. She also told police he would push her against a wall when he's drinking. He was arrested for trying to walk away from police and transported to jail.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 20, 2010
Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Oct. 8 through Oct. 14, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
This home at 1212 Center Place in the Lido C Subdivision has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a swimming pool and 1,677 square feet of living area. It sold for $640,000.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 20, 2010
Real Estate:Sales fall to eight during first full week of October

Sales dropped to eight for the week of Oct. 4 through Oct. 8, down from the previous week's total of 14.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
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