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News

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  • Robin Hartill
  • April 24, 2013
LBK homes sell for $5.7 million, $3.5 million

Both Gulfside properties are located in the Manatee County portion of the Key.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 24, 2013
Beach project receives no bids

A beach project bid meeting at Town Hall last week produced no beach bids and will delay the town's beach project by 30 days.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 24, 2013
Workshop to focus on Colony issues

A 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, workshop allows commissioners to vet all of the issues facing the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

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Longboat Key Turtle Watch’s 2013 poster offers turtle-nesting season guidelines. Courtesy photo.
  • By Robin Hartill and Alex Mahadevan
  • April 24, 2013
Turtles swim the globe before returning home

A loggerhead that hatches on local beaches might swim thousands of miles before returning to nest at the place where it hatched.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Century 21 Beggins Enterprises’ expanded operations will be headquartered out of Barrier Island Realty’s office at 7000 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 24, 2013
Larry Starr forms alliance with Century 21 Beggins

Century 21 Beggins Enterprises will offer residential real-estate services in R1A's four Longboat Key offices and its downtown Sarasota headquarters.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • April 24, 2013
Fleetwood: voice for Colony rehab model

In the past year, Blake Fleetwood has disagreed with the majority of the Colony's board by arguing against a teardown and rebuild of the shuttered resort.

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • April 24, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Robin Hartill
  • April 24, 2013
Longboat Key Chamber focuses on home front

The chamber of commerce will offer more island events and a new resident membership.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 24, 2013
Leaving town? Learn how to protect your property

If you're getting ready to head north for the summer, plan to take the necessary steps now to ensure your home stays safe.

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  • News
Phase two of The Reserve at Crossing Creek will take two years to complete, but the construction of two model homes will begin now.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • April 24, 2013
Phase two of The Reserve at Crossing Creek begins

Centex Homes started construction of two model homes in a Bradenton community that's finally ready for phase two - the completion of 88 new single-family homes.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
News Briefs

School Board approves all-boys charter school; Man killed in I-75 crash

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Andy Cohen, interim legal counsel for the Heritage Harbour South CDD. Photo by Pam Eubanks.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • April 24, 2013
Stoneybrook, CDD lawsuit continues

No settlement has been reached in a lawsuit concerning stormwater assessments on the Stoneybrook Golf Course.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Business Briefs

Cooper Creek Boulevard LA Fitness opens; Primose School ranks better than its peers; John Neal Homes adds staff, expands office

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13207 Palmers Creek Terrace. Photos courtesy of SRQ360
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • April 24, 2013
3 Things: Luxury on the Links

The very first amenity Sarasota's early settlers built for themselves was a golf course, and the town's love affair with the game has only grown over the years.

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Commissioners discussed panhandling and downtown sound at Tuesday's special meeting.
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • April 23, 2013
City of Sarasota commission approves anti-panhandling ordinance

Commissioners did not vote on a moratorium on new bars, deciding to focus on trying to seek "long term" solutions to downtown sound issues.

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