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Longboat Key Club & Resort receives glittering award; Additional players confirmed for the 2012 Sarasota Open; 2012 Nick Bollettieri Open seeks junior tennis players

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  • March 28, 2012
JUST THE STATS

3.5 - The Super Senior team from the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center that won the District Championship Monday, March 19. They will play in April in Daytona.

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  • March 28, 2012
Bridge Bites: A choice of promotions

Here is a hand where E-W can beat South's 3♥ contract in one of two ways, each involving a trump promotion.

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David Johnson submitted this sunset photo, taken on the north end of Longboat Key.
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  • March 28, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

David Johnson submitted this sunset photo, taken on the north end of Longboat Key.

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  • March 28, 2012
Longboat Library to convert to cafe

APRIL FOOLS - Buoyed by a $75,000 financial boost from Sarasota County to replace the roof at the Longboat Library, the library's board has decided it's time to go all-out and enter the new millennium.

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  • March 27, 2012
Obituary: Dr. Robert G. Addison

Dr. Robert G. Addison, of Chicago and Longboat Key, died March 15. He was 90.

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  • March 27, 2012
Obituary: Catherine L. 'Kay' Ronson

Catherine L. "Kay" Ronson, 78, of Longboat Key and New York City, died March 26.

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  • March 27, 2012
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The study recommends a terminable groin at Beer Can Island and two permeable adjustable groins at the north end.
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  • March 27, 2012
Manatee County to discuss Longboat Pass today

Commissioners will discuss how to proceed with the recommendations of the Longboat Pass Inlet Management Study.

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Town Clerk Trish Granger administers oaths of office to Vice Mayor David Brenner and Mayor Jim Brown.
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  • March 26, 2012
Brown gets second term as mayor

Longboat Key Mayor Jim Brown and Vice Mayor David Brenner will keep their posts following unanimous votes by the commission.

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Publix will rebuild its existing Longboat Key store and replace it with a new, 49,533-square-foot store.
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  • March 26, 2012
Publix buys properties for $2.35 million

Sales of two parcels adjacent to the existing Avenue of the Flowers store closed last week for a combined $2.35 million.

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Jim Brown was sworn in as mayor at last year's statutory meeting by outgoing Mayor George Spoll.
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  • March 26, 2012
Commission to pick mayor tonight

The Longboat Key Town Commission will select its mayor and vice mayor for the following year at tonight's statutory meeting.

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