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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 28, 2010
Observer Updates

Florensa reports groin project is 'mostly finished'; Broadway beach project receives 400 yards of sand

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 28, 2010
Contract negotiations stall again

The town of Longboat Key and its firefighters are still at an impasse for a new three-year contract.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 28, 2010
Observer names look-alike winners

The East County's Tracey Punzone-Roman and her daughter, Emily, garnered more than one-fifth of all votes during The Observer Group's Mother-Daughter Look-alike Contest on YourObserver.com.

  • East County
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 28, 2010
Memo could derail Ranch's Villages

SMR's Villages of Lakewood Ranch South project is set to go before Sarasota County commissioners April 29. But a last-minute legal issue may wreck the project completely.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Michael Eng
  • April 28, 2010
'OUR LITTLE MIRACLE'

The day after Christmas, Lakewood Ranch 10-year-old Rachael Jaworski collapsed in her bathroom with two brain aneurysms and a ruptured arterio-venous malformation. To date, her doctors have not been able to find a solution.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 28, 2010
Incorporation committee receives feasibility analysis

Lakewood Ranch's Civic Action Forum's Incorporation Study Committee received the final draft of Fishkind & Associates analysis April 20.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 28, 2010
Our View

Tough test for St. Denis

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 28, 2010
Chief stresses necessary fire evacuations Keywide

After a fire from a resident's kitchen stove was reported last week, all Islander Club residents failed to evacuate the condominium.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 28, 2010
In Brief

Brenner donates funds to foundation; Jaleski says meeting was informative; Free condo foreclosure seminar

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 28, 2010
Village peacocks ruffle feathers

Nuisance Wildlife Removal will begin culling the Village flock from 70 to 12 this week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 28, 2010
Colony contractors disagree

One inspector says the buildings are in 'sound shape'; the other says he saw mold and fungi.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 28, 2010
Letters to the editor

To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, 34228.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 28, 2010
Longboat's turtle-nesting season off to a crawl

Loggerhead turtles nest from May through October.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 28, 2010
Cops Corner

April 17 Feel the burn 2:26 p.m. - 2100 block of GMD. Larceny. Two men were arrested for stealing heartburn medication at a drug store and trying to return it at a grocery store. The Longboat Key Publix store manager positively identified the suspects and the men were taken to the Sarasota Jail.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 28, 2010
Battles inspire Ranch Relay

The Lakewood Ranch Relay for Life will be from 7 p.m., April 30, to 1 p.m., May 1.

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