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  • January 27, 2010
Sunset Study

Katharina Staiger, of Germany, took this sunset photo near Sutton Place while on vacation. 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
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 27, 2010
Key Club reviews its options

Longboat Key Club and Resort officials will review alternatives proposed for its $400 million Islandside project this week, including a compromise offered by Key resident and commission candidate Phillip Younger.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 27, 2010
Jazz orchestra draws lively crowd at Education Center

OONOJO, the Original Octogenarian New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, played Jan. 21 at Longboat Key Education Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 27, 2010
Green closes the book on 'the last chapter'

Lois Green, 79, is facing her fourth bout with cancer. She received her latest diagnosis - terminal - Aug. 20, 2007.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 27, 2010
Firefighter contract discussions linger

The town will not give the firefighters their old contract back, because it contains clauses it wants revised.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 27, 2010
Island Chapel puts faith in partnerships

The first lecture of Building Abrahamic Partnerships, a series of three lectures to develop communities of understanding, was held Jan. 23, at the Longboat Island Chapel.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jessica Luck
  • January 27, 2010
Vern Buchanan holds Town Hall meeting

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, held a Town Hall meeting Jan. 23, at Longboat Key Town Hall. More than 100 people attended.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2010
Our view: The public interest

The commissioners' vote on the Longboat Key Club's renovation-and-expansion project will be a statement written into Longboat Key's history, the legacy of who we were - as a people bonded together on this island, as Floridians and as Americans.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2010
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  • January 27, 2010
Cops Corner

Jan. 7 No. 1 fan 8:54 p.m. -- 6400 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive (GMD). Public Drunkenness. Police found a man sleeping on a bench at the intersection of General Harris Street and Gulf of Mexico Drive. He told police he had fallen asleep while listening to a game on the radio and was given a ride to his parents' house on Lyons Lane.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2010
Five-year-old dog needs a home

Buddy, a 5-year-old pointer/Lab/Dalmatian mix, is in need of a good home.

  • East County
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2010
Windsor donates $1,300 to Napier's

The Windsor of Lakewood Ranch Assisted Living recently presented a check for $1,300 to the Napier's Log Cabin Horse & Animal Sanctuary Inc.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 27, 2010
Residents concerned with changes

Several Lakewood Ranch residents voiced concerns about the community's new security providers during Community Development District meetings last week.

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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 27, 2010
Neal's Central Park takes shape

Inspired by New York's Central Park, the future community is expected to open in July.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 27, 2010
Supervisors seek review of Town Hall policy

Supervisor Glenda Robertson said she received 'conflicting' reports from Town Hall employees.

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