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Lazy Lobster Longboat Key owner Michael Garey said that this season he has been able to seat diners at the restaurant's outdoor terrace, something that last year's weather prevented until April.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • March 16, 2011
Warm temperatures heat up tourist season

This season's warmth is a ray of sunshine for local businesses.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 16, 2011
P&Z board discusses plaza changes

The Planning and Zoning Board discussed height modifications and other changes for Whitney Beach Plaza and Avenue of the Flowers.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 16, 2011
News Briefs

Finance Department receives award; Formal application to town for cell tower postponed; Academy of Government session begins this week; Bolger foundation donates $2.6 million for clinic

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Longboat Key Public Interest Committee members gave a state of the union address about the town’s three pension plans Wednesday, March 9
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 16, 2011
Pension Experts: PIC Pension Committee presents its findings

Five Longboat Key residents, who reviewed the town's three pension plans, said the town is 'headed toward a financial crisis.'

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  • March 16, 2011
Cops Corner

CLASSIC COPS March 5, 1984 12:01 p.m. Man reports bullet fired into vending machine, 6900 block of GMD. The machine survived the attack.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 16, 2011
Current peacock policy doesn't fly for Villagers

Although the peacocks are controversial - some residents love them, while others hate them - many Village residents say that the current system for removal doesn't work.

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Chris and Ethna Lynch
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  • Robin Hartill
  • March 16, 2011
Emerald Isle Style

We asked local Irishmen and women for the scoop on an authentically Irish St. Patrick's Day. Some of their answers left us a wee bit shamrock-shocked.

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  • Neighbors
Unit S-202 at La Firenza, 4125 Gulf of Mexico Drive, sold for $2,635,000 in February.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • March 16, 2011
February sales summary

The following is a summary of key residential real-estate sales recorded for the month of February at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Unit 902 in Phase I of the Beaches of Longboat Key-South, 775 Longboat Club Road, has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and 1,842 square feet of living area. It sold for $960,000.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 16, 2011
A home in Bay Isles sells for $1.8 million

The transaction was the largest of the 14 sales recorded on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys during the week of Feb. 28 and March 4 at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses and the sole sale to exceed $1 million.

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Joel Morganroth and Richard Perlman
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  • Robin Hartill
  • March 16, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Perlman offers limo tour of keys to potential buyers; D'Agostino joins Coldwell's Longboat Key office; Valarie Wadsworth joins MS&Co. St. Armands office

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Muir
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  • Robin Hartill
  • March 16, 2011
Business observer

Northern Trust announces Muir's promotion

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    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 16, 2011
Sarasota Open returns to Longboat Key Club

The 2011 Sarasota Open Tennis Tournament will take place April 23 through May 1 at the Longboat Key Club Tennis Gardens.

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 16, 2011
Scoreboard

Check out the latest local bridge scores.

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Alan Thacker submitted this sunset photo, taken near Coquina Beach.
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 16, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: Golden rule

Alan Thacker submitted this sunset photo, taken near Coquina Beach.

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  • Neighbors
  • By Donna Swan
  • March 16, 2011
Deal us in

How to set up a winning defense

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Emi Frydman checks out the basket of Easter eggs her family members found at the April 4 egg hunt at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church. The Easter activities, open to the public, made their return for the first time since the early 2020s through the efforts of church members.
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Lydia Lardner, 3, makes an impressive start filling up her Easter basket with Kelly Lardner and family at the April 3 Sand Cay Condominiums Beach Resort's Easter egg hunt, a beloved tradition at the resort for more than a decade.
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Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key President Danielle Gladding welcomes guest speaker Longboat Police Chief Russ Mager to update members about his approach to leadership since he assumed the role last autumn at the April 2 meeting.
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St. Regis at Longboat Key is a gulf-facing resort and condo development on the barrier island of Longboat Key. The Unicorp-developed property opened in 2024 at the former site of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.
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