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Edith and Carroll Newton
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 22, 2010
Newtons celebrate 70 wonderful years

Edith and Carroll Newton celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in June.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Founders and organizers Leonard Biberman and Pat Anderson
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 22, 2010
Physics club puts energy into holidays

The Longboat Key Physics Club's annual party was held Friday, Dec. 12, at Crab & Fin Restaurant.

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  • Neighbors
Sanctuary Reef
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 22, 2010
Mote's new exhibit offers a shrimp's-eye view

Mote Marine Aquarium's "Sanctuary Reef" traveling exhibit opened Wednesday, Dec. 22 and offers a new view of coral reefs: a shrimp's-eye view.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
McKitrick
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 22, 2010
McKitrick wins her 161st victory

Earlier this month, Arlene McKitrick won the American Seniors Golf Championship at Innisbrook - her 161st championship win on the golf course.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 22, 2010
Commission OKs project

The Town Commission approved both a beach project and structures to hold sand on the island's eroded north end.

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  • News
The Whitney Beach Shopping Plaza has been for sale since early 2009, originally listed at $6.5 million. It sold for $3.7 million Dec. 17.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 22, 2010
Whitney Beach Plaza sells for $3.7 million

The sale marks the beginning of a two- to three-month push to attract tenants to the 85% vacant north-end shopping center.

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  • News
The Colony's recreational facilities include 12 tennis courts in the center of the property.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 22, 2010
Colony owners seek stake in courts

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners now have the option to purchase a 5% interest in the resort's tennis courts.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Key resident Lenny Landau questions whether sand renourishment projects are needed every six to eight years.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 22, 2010
Landau presents beach analysis

Key resident and Longboat Key Public Interest Committee member Lenny Landau told the commission that the town doesn't yet need to renourish some portions of its beach.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 22, 2010
Challenge hearings postponed

Three challenges filed by the Islandside Property Owners Coalition will not begin until spring 2011.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 22, 2010
News Briefs

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  • December 22, 2010
Cops Corner

Classic Cops Dec. 20, 1982 7:38 p.m. - Hughes Street. Man reports fire in chimney. No damage.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Santa made his way to the rooftop of the 10-story Promenade, which also featured Rudolph on its sign.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 22, 2010
Tinsel Town

The annual 'Light Up the Keys' competition on Longboat Key draws out its shining stars.

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  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 22, 2010
Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Friday, Dec. 10, through Thursday, Dec. 16, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

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  • Real Estate
St. Armands LLC purchased the building at 343 St. Armands Circle for $850,000. The 647-square-foot building was constructed in 1959.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 22, 2010
Sunglass Express Optical building sells for $850,000

St. Armands LLC, a Florida limited-liability company managed by Robert and Yvonne Schloss, purchased the building at 343 St. Armands Circle, where their Sunglass Express Optical store is located, for $850,000 from Darol Fry, 178 N. Washington Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The home at 100 S. Warbler Lane sold for $2.5 million in November, on Bird Key.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 22, 2010
November sales summary

The following is a summary of key residential real-estate sales recorded for the month of November at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses. Data from November 2009 is also listed for comparison.

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The Citizen Tax Oversight Committee meets once a year to review expenditures of revenue brought in from the infrastructure surtax. The 2026 meeting lasted about 15 minutes on Thursday, April 2.
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