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    By
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  • December 2, 2009
Longboat Key - Building Permits

Longboat Key - Building Permits

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  • December 2, 2009
Longboat Key - Real Estate Reports

Longboat Key - Real Estate Reports

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Kent Chetlain
  • December 2, 2009
Longboat Key - St. Armands building sells for $3 million

The sale of the two-story commercial building off St. Armands Circle at 349 Monroe Drive commanded the highest price - $2,995,000 - for sales recordings for the week of Nov. 16 to Nov. 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By George Rauch
  • December 2, 2009
Market watch: Common sense says 'no' to a new bull market

On Nov. 16, the Dow Jones industrial average set a new 'post recovery' high, and the Dow transportation average confirmed that high with a new high of its own on the same day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • December 2, 2009
Black Tie & Tales

Read this week's social column, Black Tie & Tales, by Molly Schechter.

  • Longboat Key
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  • December 2, 2009
Business observer 12.03.09

Business observer 12.03.09

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Donna Swan
  • December 2, 2009
Deal Us In

Deal Us In

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  • December 2, 2009
Sublime sunset

Laura Hand submitted this sunset photo, taken from the bayside of Longboat Key. 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].

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By E.F. (Gene) Sweeney
  • December 2, 2009
MY VIEW: How to fix Congress

The Congressional Reform Act of 2009 would contain eight provisions, all of which would probably be strongly endorsed by those who drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.Â

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Jennifer Aaron
  • December 2, 2009
LETTER: Careless drivers endanger children

I hope this letter makes some people stop and consider that their lives and the lives of others can change so dramatically because they decided not to slow down for one-quarter of a mile.

  • East County
  • Opinion
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 2, 2009
Teens upload computer assistance program

Teenagers from Our Lady of the Angels are helping senior citizens learn how to use computers as the Meek Squad.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • December 2, 2009
Cornerstone launches jail ministry

Members of Cornerstone Church of Lakewood Ranch will be volunteering in a new jail ministry for families of inmates.

  • East County
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2009
Cops Corner 12.03.09

The complainant reported what sounded like a telephone scam to him. He was contacted by a possible male subject who said he was his son. The call was garbled. The complainant told the caller to fax information. He received three more calls and decided not to comply with the caller's request.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2009
Business Observer 12.03.09

The ice cream parlor Tara resident Lee Thomas dreamed up about four years ago is finally a reality.

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    By
  • Black Tie Staff
  • December 1, 2009
Holidays at the Crosley Festival of Trees Preview

The Crosley Estate Foundation

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