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Terri Baker and Barbara Harrison discuss a painting of a seashore.
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  • January 20, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Highway Men Gallery Opening

The Longboat Key Center for the Arts' Highway Men exhibit opened Friday, Jan. 18. The exhibit, which runs through March 1, features 50 paintings from the collection of Larry Helmuth.

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Terri Baker and Barbara Harrison discuss a painting of a seashore.
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  • January 20, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Highway Men Gallery Opening

The Longboat Key Center for the Arts opened an exhibit of Highway Men paintings Friday, Jan. 18. The exhibit features 50 paintings from the collection of Larry Helmuth and will be on display through March 1.

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  • January 19, 2012
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William Hall holds up his second fish
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  • January 19, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Yacht Club Minnows

It's ten in the morning on a Sunday, and instead of sitting inside watching cartoons on T.V., the Sarasota Yacht Club Minnows hit the docks. The new club met for its first time on Sunday, Jan. 13, but will meet on a monthly basis because it seems most of the kids are hooked. Yacht Club employees Amanda Holm and Camille Bienvenue led the children's fishing group. They fished off of the dock, catching their fish using live shrimp as bait and releasing it shortly after.

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Architect Lisa Wannemacher presented a prospectus plan for Bayfront Park Recreation Center.
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  • January 19, 2012
Residents talk Bayfront Park community center plans

Key voters could have their say on a community center as early as November.

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  • January 18, 2012
Truckload of thanks rolls in

D.M. Williams, manager at Casa Del Mar, has been a big supporter of the Longboat Key Fire Rescue.

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The Colony Beach & Tennis Association believes it can move forward with plans for redeveloping the historic resort — even without the approval of longtime owner Dr. Murray "Murf" Klauber.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
Association disputes Klauber's claims

In a Jan. 16 letter to Town Manager David Bullock, Colony Association attorney Donald E. Hemke argued that the association doesn't need the approval of the resort's longtime owner to proceed.

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  • January 18, 2012
Church members will decide Gill's future

The Longboat Island Chapel's board notified the Rev. Kenneth Gill of its decision last week to place him on administrative leave, but chapel members will have the final say over his future. with the church.

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  • January 18, 2012
Interviews to begin soon for north-end project

The community-based planning effort for the island's north end will incorporate input from stakeholders, students and design professionals. information-gathering phase of a community-based planning effort for the island's north end.

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Firefighter/paramedic Jim Reynolds has been a firefighter for 16 years, four-and-a-half of which he has spent on Longboat Key.
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  • January 18, 2012
Firefighter is engine behind equipment

Firefighter/paramedic Jim Reynolds researches equipment when he isn't handling emergencies - a contribution that helped earn him the 2011 Firefighter of the Year Award.

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  • January 18, 2012
Commission gives its two cents

Town staff will ask the commission for direction about how to proceed with a forecasted 15-year shortfall of $4,763,431 in infrastructure surtax revenue.

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  • January 18, 2012
Town hopes to cash in on video advertisements

The commission will discuss an advertising model that could help to offset the town's cost of offering live-streaming meetings.

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  • January 18, 2012
Bridge crash causes $55,000 in damages

A driver struck a concrete guardrail Wednesday, Jan. 11, on New Pass Bridge, causing approximately $55,000 in damage, according to a Longboat Key police report.

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Judy Kepecz-Hays stands in front of The Water Club, where her newest listing — a two-story, 5,300-square-foot residence priced at $4.75 million — is located. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
Kepecz-Hays takes No. 1 slot in 2011

Coldwell Banker's Judy Kepecz-Hays finished the year with sales volume of approximately $45 million, making her the top Sarasota-Manatee Realtor.

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