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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 1, 2010
Residents hit high note with bucket list

Longboat Key residents Marlene Companaro and Sally Keyes fulfilled a dream when they recorded their album, 'Diamonds in the Rough.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 1, 2010
Harry's restaurant/deli closed for vacation

Harry's Continental Kitchens restaurant and deli closed starting Monday, Aug. 30 for a summer break.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 1, 2010
Cops Corner

Aug. 14 Burned out 11:11 p.m. - 3100 block of Bayou Sound. Fire. Police responded to a report of an overheating stove, which set off a smoke detector. The stove was checked, and the smoke detector was reset.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 1, 2010
Subcommittee to begin interviews

Town commissioners are going to select from a group of 10 residents who will interview town employees. Their mission: improve efficiency.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 1, 2010
Firefighters demand pension analysis

The firefighter pension board chairman said he has lost faith in the pension's actuary and asks why the firefighters' pension has more than $10 million in unfunded liabilities.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 1, 2010
Briefs

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  • September 1, 2010
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  • By Larry Grossman
  • September 1, 2010
MY VIEW: Panel trying to avoid blurred vision

The problem on Longboat Key is not regulation. It's under-imagination and a lack of clear objectives.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • September 1, 2010
Food for thought

Independent restaurateurs in one part of the Gulf Coast have captured marketing successes by banding together. The concept is now spreading across the region.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 1, 2010
Lido property sells for $2.6 million

William and Sandra Ruppert, of Overland Park, Kan., sold the waterfront Lot 4 and southeast corner of Lot 6 on Westway Drive in the Lido C Subdivision of the John Ringling Estates to Modus Operandi Partners LLC, a Florida limited-liability company with a Bradenton address, registered to Louis Najmy, of Bradenton, for $2.6 million. The property sold for $3.1 million in December 2000.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Robin Hartill
  • September 1, 2010
Real Estate Reports

Real Estate Reports

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  • September 1, 2010
Building permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Aug. 20 through Aug. 26, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 1, 2010
WB Plaza tenants open but wonder what's in store

Whitney Beach Plaza business owners continue to operate despite the pending foreclosure of the shopping center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Donna Swan
  • September 1, 2010
Deal Us In: Learn How to Count

Good bridge players play as though they can see through the cards. Actually, they are doing nothing more than counting.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 1, 2010
Shipshape Sunset

Lawrence Wild submitted this sunset photo, taken at Marina Jack in downtown Sarasota. Please send your sunset (or sunrise) photos to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228, or e-mail them to [email protected].

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Cindy Ritchell, Ann Quackenbush, Brenda Korthauer, Beverly Sutton and Kit Torchia all lend a helping hand in packing seeds to send internationally to farmers who need them. Quackenbush is a driving force behind Hope Seeds, a charitable ministry through Christ Church of Longboat Key.
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