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  • Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2011
Correction

The Jan. 13 issue of the Longboat Observer stated that Lois and Bill Cohodas recently celebrated their 61st anniversary. But we were wrong - that was so 10 years ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The logo for Longboat Key Club and Resort is similar to the Wave 2 Me sculpture that was created by Malcolm Robertson.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • January 19, 2011
Wave 2 Me sculpture finds new home

The Wave 2 Me sculpture that has been an iconic piece at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, was installed Wednesday morning at the front entrance of the Longboat Key Club and Resort Islandside.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 19, 2011
Home burglaries rise, total crime level falls

Longboat Key saw an 84.6% increase in home burglaries from 2009 to 2010. Vehicle larcenies, however, decreased 64.6% in 2010.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 19, 2011
Firefighter lodges complaint

A Longboat Key firefighter filed a complaint against five town officials Dec. 29, alleging that they interfered with the Firefighters Pension Board and stalled a forensic investigation of the pension plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Firefighters Pension Board Chairman Keith Tanner, right, holds a discussion with Benchmark founder and President Edward Siedle after a special pension meeting Jan. 12, at Town Hall.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 19, 2011
Pension trustee interrogates investigator

A Firefighters Pension Board trustee believes pension investigator Benchmark Financial Services has preconceived notions.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The building occupied by McCarver & Moser sold for $2.7 million.
  • By Sean Roth and Robin Hartill
  • January 19, 2011
Three St. Armands buildings sell for $5.3 million

Three commercial buildings on St. Armands Circle sold for a total of $5.34 million during the first week of January.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2011
News Briefs

Beach project delayed due to dredge structural issues; Mote begins tours of its seahorse conservation lab; Water pipeline upsizing project completed; Hazardous waste pickup scheduled for Jan. 29

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sue Spry, of Spryco Management, on Longboat Key, receives a package from 30-year FedEx driver Leola "Lee" Meyer.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 19, 2011
Driven employee plans retirement route

Leola 'Lee' Meyer has spent 30 years as a FedEx driver and 25 years driving along the keys.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Anna Pedraza, who just moved to the Key from Orlando, reads on the beach Tuesday afternoon, which was one of the warmer days in the last week.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 19, 2011
The heat is on

Last year's season was one of the coldest in history. Now, local tourism professionals say that last year's weather could impact this year's business forecast.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2011
Cops Corner

Jan. 7 Distasteful demonstration 11:49 a.m. - 500 block of Bay Isles Road. Civil Disturbance. A woman told police she wanted them to take away a photograph of the president with an Adolf Hitler-like mustache being displayed by demonstrators. Police explained that the demonstration was orderly and that the First Amendment protected the photograph being shown. The woman was extremely upset that police would not remove the photo and requested the officer's business card.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 19, 2011
Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Jan. 7 through Jan. 13, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
This home at 549 Hornblower Lane in Country Club Shores Unit III has five bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms, 3,839 square feet of living area and a pool. It sold for $1.2 million.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 19, 2011
Country Club Shores home sells for $1.2 million

The sale was the largest of the 13 residential real-estate transactions recorded on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys during the week of Jan. 3 through Jan. 7 at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
UTAH. Lauren Walsh traded the sand for the snow on a trip to Deer Valley Resort, in Park City, Utah. But she brought a ray of sunshine from home: her copy of the Longboat Observer.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2011
It's Read Everywhere

Lauren Walsh traded the sand for the snow on a trip to Deer Valley Resort, in Park City, Utah. But she brought a ray of sunshine from home: her copy of the Longboat Observer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Donna Swan
  • January 19, 2011
Deal us in

Lots of errors can be made

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Luca Modica submitted this sunset photo, taken at Seaplace, 2045 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: Radiant Waves

Luca Modica submitted this sunset photo, taken at Seaplace, 2045 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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