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Matt Bruback has partnered with Jennifer Vigne with the Education Foundation of Sarasota County to promote the miracle belt.
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  • Mark Gordon
  • November 11, 2015
Former MLB player turns Sarasota entrepreneur

A minor league baseball player-turned-entrepreneur has a product parents embrace. His next goal: get it into more hands.

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • November 11, 2015
QUIZ: Longboat Key celebrates 60 years

How well do you know the barrier island's history?

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Manatee County School Board members approved a 50% increase to what developers currently pay to build in the county.
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • November 11, 2015
Manatee County School Board says yes to impact fees

The district will recommend to Manatee County Commission to reinstate school impact fees.

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George Lewis started painting in 2003 after taking an adult education class in Oregon.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • November 11, 2015
Local Rotary member shows his colors

George Lewis, aka the “Water Man” donates and raffles his artwork to raise money for Rotary projects.

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"This isn't a sad foundation, this is an awesome foundation," Founder Melissa Wandall said at the fundraiser held Friday, Nov. 6. "I was a kid in grief. I get the sense that it's too sad, people don't want to hear about (the foundation)."
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • November 11, 2015
Mark Wandall Foundation raises funds for Comfort Zone Camp

After a successful one day camp in October, founder Melissa Wandall aims for three days in 2016.

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Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 11.12.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.

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Five years later, the 18-acre beachfront property at 1620 Gulf of Mexico Drive remains locked up and vacant.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Welcome Back: Colony still sits vacant

Making vacation plans? Don’t plan on staying at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort any time soon.

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While you were away, the 150 peacocks in Longbeach Village didn’t leave town.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Welcome Back: Town fails to lure peacock trapper

While you were away, the 150 peacocks in Longbeach Village didn’t leave town.

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Longboat Key residents cite seasonal traffic as a top concern.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Welcome Back: Traffic congestion headed for your roadways

There’s no quick fix for regional traffic troubles.

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Severe sand erosion on the south end of Longboat Key means there’s not much recreational beach left at high tide behind condominiums like L’Ambiance.
    By
  • Jack Short
  • November 11, 2015
Welcome Back: Shoreline projects to watch this season

How much sand will upcoming local beach projects bring? Enough to fill the Empire State Building’s 1.37 million cubic yards — nearly twice. Read on to learn plans for your favorite beach this season.

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Ocean Properties Vice President Mark Walsh says his company plans to investigate traffic issues as part of a future Islandside hotel project.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Welcome Back: Key Club referendum passes

Mail-only vote could deliver a new Longboat Key Club Islandside hotel.

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A Gulf of Mexico Drive undergrounding referendum nixed new poles on the island.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Welcome Back: Poles still here, but not for long

Gulf of Mexico Drive utilities are headed underground. Now, the commission surges forward to determine how to bury the rest of the island’s lines.

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Whitney Beach Plaza owner Ryan Snyder will work with town staff to craft a future density referendum that will eventually allow him to convert the plaza’s residential zoning to tourism use.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Commission allows Whitney Plaza referendum work

Whitney Beach Plaza owner Ryan Snyder received consensus from the Longboat Key Town Commission Monday to craft language for a referendum that would allow him to change the property’s zoning.

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Mayor Jack Duncan hopes for a new Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, revitalized buildings and Gulf of Mexico Drive as a community road in the next 60 years.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Conversation with Jack Duncan

Jack Duncan is in the midst of his third and final commission term.

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Longboat Key-based MW Development Group principal Manfred Welfonder has been trying to redevelop the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort property since 2007.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
MW Group forms Colony alliance with Naples-based developer

Longboat Key-based MW Development Group and The Lutgert Companies has teamed up and has a vision to build a $195 million hotel project on the shuttered Colony site.

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