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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Key Club mulls modifications

Longboat Key Club and Resort officials are considering moving the Islandside project's wellness center to the north parcel.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • June 23, 2010
Whitney Beach Plaza under contract

A major grocery chain could buy the north-end plaza in a commercial short sale.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Brown: 'This is our island'

The Longboat Key Town Commission agreed to allow Town Manager Bruce St. Denis to do whatever it takes to keep oil off Longboat Key's shoreline and its nearby waterways.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Trustee selected in Colony case

St. Petersburg-based William Maloney began overseeing operations at The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort last week.

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  • June 23, 2010
In Brief

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Town requests input for Bay Isles Road sign

The Town Commission wants business owners to provide input before it places names on its Bay Isles Road wayfinding sign.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Town will enforce chair removal at beach access

Vice Mayor Jim Brown said the chairs people leave behind at the Gulfside Road beach access 'are not very attractive.'

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 23, 2010
Resident continues fight against Summerfield HOA

Joani Ellis says the Summerfield/Riverwalk Association is withholding information. The association's attorney disagrees.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 23, 2010
Family questions bank's foreclosure proceedings

Eight days before GMAC Mortgage formally took the title of the Meyers' home, it changed the locks. Many of the family's belongings still were inside.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 23, 2010
Rio named new BRE principal

Hayley Rio, assistant principal at Prine Elementary School, will be taking Braden River Elementary's top post this summer.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 23, 2010
American Ideals breaks ground on veterans park

The park in San Marco Plaza should be finished by Veterans Day.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 23, 2010
Inside Central Park

Developer Pat Neal shares his vision for Lakewood Ranch's newest community - its first north of State Road 70.

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  • Pam Eubanks
  • June 23, 2010
News Briefs 06.24.10

A man threatening he had a vial and syringe containing the AIDS virus robbed the Lakewood Ranch Hallmark June 18.

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  • By Donna Swan
  • June 23, 2010
Deal Us In: Splinter Bid

Try not to use the cue bid when there can be a more accurate bid. Some players might have bid three hearts over West's two-heart bid, but at your next chance to bid the bidding may be at five hearts and what can you do?

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  • June 23, 2010
LLSA Chamber Small Business of the Year Awards

SPECIAL SECTION: The Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce announced its Small Business Week winners and finalists.

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