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  • December 15, 2010
Donor spotlight: Barbara Blumfield

Each week, The Longboat Observer will feature a different donor who is involved with Season of Sharing, a 10-year, community-wide fundraising partnership created by the Community Foundation.

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LIBYA. This is not a mirage – The Longboat Observer even travels to deserts. Town and Carol Mink brought their Observer with them on an October trip to the Sahara Desert. The Minks are pictured in the Berber village of Kabao, Libya.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 15, 2010
It's Read Everywhere

LIBYA. This is not a mirage - The Longboat Observer even travels to deserts. Town and Carol Mink brought their Observer with them on an October trip to the Sahara Desert. The Minks are pictured in the Berber village of Kabao, Libya.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 15, 2010
News briefs

Community news and notes

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The 2010 Sarasota Bay Watch Sister Keys cleanup drew 80 volunteers.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 15, 2010
Sarasota Bay Watch receives grants totaling $24,000

Group founder Rusty Chinnis says that the group could hire a full-time director with additional support.

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    By
  • Dora Walters
  • December 15, 2010
Longboat Lookback

A look at what was happening on Longboat this week in years past.

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Duncan
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 15, 2010
Duncan secures commission seat

Harbourside resident Jack Duncan will take a seat at the dais as District 2 commissioner next year after another resident bowed out of the race.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 15, 2010
North-end beach project will begin next month

The town received a permit for an emergency beach project that will bring 133,000 cubic yards of sand to the much-eroded north end next year.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 15, 2010
Cops Corner

Classic Cops Dec. 9, 1989 3:31 p.m. - 3100 Block of GMD.Suspicious Person. Gone on arrival.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 15, 2010
Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Friday, Dec. 3 through Thursday, Dec. 9, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

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Unit 803 at The Ritz Carlton Beach Residences condominium, 1300 Benjamin Franklin Drive, has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms and 3,861 square feet of living area. It sold for $2,625,000.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 15, 2010
Beach Residences unit sells for $2,625,000

The sale was the largest of eight transactions recorded on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys during the week of Nov. 29 through Dec. 3, and was the only sale to exceed $1 million.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 15, 2010
Scoreboard

Get the latest bridge and golf scores

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Oleda Baker, 75, is always ready for her close-up.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • December 15, 2010
Oleda Baker helps us break the age barrier

The author of 11 books and former model shares her beauty secrets and advice.

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  • By Donna Swan
  • December 15, 2010
Deal us in

Some hands look too easy

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Joseph S. Levine submitted this sunset photo, taken at the Bay Isles Beach Club.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 15, 2010
Captive audience

Joseph S. Levine submitted this sunset photo, taken at the Bay Isles Beach Club.

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Barbara MacLean and Nancy Gross
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • December 15, 2010
All Angels women host holiday luncheon

Bonnie Wild, of Accessories Gone Wild, was the featured speaker at the Dec. 15 holiday luncheon of the Episcopal Church Women of All Angels by the Sea.

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