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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

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key Public Interest Committee members gave a state of the union address about the town’s three pension plans Wednesday, March 9
    By
  • 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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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • 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.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • 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.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Chris and Ethna Lynch
    By
  • 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.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unit S-202 at La Firenza, 4125 Gulf of Mexico Drive, sold for $2,635,000 in February.
    By
  • 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.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Joel Morganroth and Richard Perlman
    By
  • 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

  • Longboat Key
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Muir
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 16, 2011
Business observer

Northern Trust announces Muir's promotion

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    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.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 16, 2011
Scoreboard

Check out the latest local bridge scores.

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

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Voters approved the $16 million beach project by 76.2%.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 15, 2011
Beach project, charter amendment approved

On Election Day, Longboat Key voters overwhelmingly approved a $16 million beach project and a charter amendment that clarifies partial terms for commissioners.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The town of Longboat Key is holding its municipal election for Sarasota County registered voters at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 15, 2011
Longboat voters hit the polls

Key residents can vote until 7 p.m. today in the municipal election at Town Hall.

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