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Edith Barr Dunn celebrates her 90th birthday.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 17, 2010
Dunn celebrates with sweet surprise

On her 90th birthday, Edith Barr Dunn showed she still takes the cake.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 17, 2010
Grand Opera Day has grand finale

Sunday, Nov. 7 was Grand Opera Day at Grand Bay, with more than 100 attendees enjoying a festival of arias and ensembles.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sean Fitzpatrick puts the finishing touches on the turtles he has sculpted out of sand.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • November 17, 2010
Sculptors ready to shape Siesta Key

Sand sculptors who will be participating in this weekend's Siesta Key Crystal Class Master Sand Sculpting Competition on Siesta Beach were out Wednesday morning working on a special group sand sculpture.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 17, 2010
Beach project cost decreases

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis told residents Tuesday that the 2011-12 beach renourishment project could cost between $30.5 million to $36 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 17, 2010
Judge puts furniture feud to bed

U.S. bankruptcy trustee William Maloney will not be allowed to sell items such as toilets and kitchen sinks from units at The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • November 17, 2010
Longboat Look Back

A look at what was happening on Longboat this week during the 80s and 90s, compiled by Senior Editor, Dora Walters.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 17, 2010
Town's Vision Plan debated

The town's revised Vision Plan, which was revised by a subcommittee over the summer, was the focus of a public meeting Nov. 11 to get input from Key residents and business owners.

  • Longboat Key
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This home at 3037 Gulf of Mexico Drive was denied a variance to move its property line closer to the Gulf of Mexico.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 17, 2010
Variance request receives setback

The Zoning Board of Adjustment turned down a Gulf-front property owner Tuesday when he asked for a variance to build an addition and move his property line closer to Gulf of Mexico.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mar Vista owner Ed Chiles stands on the roof of his historic restaurant, which seats 169 people.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 17, 2010
Mar Vista's second-story plan moves forward

Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub owner Ed Chiles has plans to build a second-story addition to his restaurant.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Fewer than 20 male peacocks currently reside in the Village neighborhood.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 17, 2010
Peacock imbalance doesn't fly in Village

Between 30 to 35 of the neighborhood's 50 peacocks are females, meaning that the population could heavily increase during spring breeding season if the flock is not culled.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 17, 2010
Our View

Longboat can be, should be No. 1; Our Fetish with Inflation: What Others are Saying about Dollar, Gold

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 17, 2010
Cops Corner

Nov. 5 Undercover 11:25 a.m. - 3500 block of Fair Oaks Court. Suspicious Circumstance. Police responded to a report of an unconscious person under a quilt in a vacant home. The unconscious person, however, turned out to be several boxes of junk that resembled a person.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • November 17, 2010
Interfaith Thanksgiving Worship Service

The 30th annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Worship Service will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40 N. Adams Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Rifka Glatz is a Grand Bay resident who was one of 1,684 Jews rescued by Rezsö Kasztner during World War II.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 17, 2010
Story of Survival

In 1944, Dr. Rezso Kasztner saved 1,684 Jews from concentration camp fate - Longboater Rifka Glatz was one of those survivors. Temple Beth Israel will screen a documentary about Kasztner Nov. 21.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 17, 2010
Observer Cup to be in full swing

The inaugural Observer Cup 2010/11 Greater Sarasota 2-Player Golf Tour will take place Dec. 11, at the Longboat Key Club and Resort; Jan. 9, at Heritage Oaks; Feb. 20, at The Founders Club; and March 26, in Lakewood Ranch.

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