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The Colony property has virtually stood empty since August 2010, after unit owners took possession of their units, and the hotel closed. Photo by Rachel S. O’Hara.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 3, 2011
Judge reverses bankruptcy rulings against the Colony.

Dr. Murray "Murf" Klauber could recoup damages from the Colony Association.

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Beth Callans, president and owner of Beth Callans Management, in 2010.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 3, 2011
Callans management company misses payroll

The Longboat Key-based Beth Callans Management will close later this week, employees say.

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Jim Eatrides and Kevin Barile estimate that their latest plan took more than 1,000 man hours to compile.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 3, 2011
Plan seeks to open lines of communication

Cell-phone tower plan calls for a 150-foot stealth cellular tower on the 4.5-acre Longboat Island Chapel property.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 3, 2011
Town millage rate stays flat

The town 's recommended budget for fiscal year 2011-12 keeps the millage rate flat and includes a $52,400 budget surplus.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 3, 2011
Breakdown: What Judge Merryday said

The following is a breakdown of Tampa-based U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday's two orders that reversed the actions and rulings made by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May in August 2009 concerning the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort bankruptcy hearings.

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Dr. Murray “Murf” Klauber, longtime Colony owner.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 3, 2011
Colony key players

These are the key players in the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort's future.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 3, 2011
Colony: What happens next?

Both sides in the ongoing Colony Beach & Tennis Resort bankruptcy litigation case differ on what recent federal appeals court rulings mean for the future.

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Photo by Amanda Sebastiano
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • August 3, 2011
Bishop heads home ... until next year

The Most. Rev. David Zubik, bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, has been spending one-week vacations on Longboat Key for years - 15, to be exact. During his visits, he leads Masses at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church.

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Photo courtesy of Mary Lou Johnson
    By
  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • August 3, 2011
Tennis club ladies ditch their makeup for the day

Lady tennis players at the Longboat Key Club joined Makeup Free Mondays, a movement standing for much more than leaving off the eye shadow.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 3, 2011
Chef Jamie stands the heat in 'Hell's Kitchen'

On Monday's episode of 'Hell's Kitchen,' Chef Jamie Gregorich, sous chef at Euphemia Haye, proved she can stand the heat in the kitchen - by surviving another elimination.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 3, 2011
Fire destroys unit at Westchester

Mark Benjamin was working Thursday night, when a fellow Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteer, who was on the beach for a turtle-nest opening, called him to say that Westchester condominium, where Benjamin lives, was on fire.

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Loris Birnkrant
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • August 3, 2011
Obituaries: Loris Birnkrant

Loris Birnkrant, 92, of Longboat Key and Birmingham, Mich., died July 30.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 3, 2011
Cops Corner

8:06 a.m. - 6400 block of Gulfside Road. Suspicious Person. Police awoke a man and sent him on his way after they found him sleeping in the bushes.

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • August 3, 2011
The Castaway

This week's Castaway cartoon.

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Unit 231 at Villa Di Lancia has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,485 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,312,500. Photo by Amanda Sebastiano.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 3, 2011
Villa di Lancia condo sells for $1.3 million

Eydie Koonin, trustee, of Marietta, Ga., sold the Unit 231 condominium at 2185 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Steve and Deborah Cossingham, trustees, of Newport, N.H., for $1,312,500.

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