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Longboat Key | Trending

The Longboat Library currently has 18,000 to 20,000 titles in stock, including fiction and non-fiction, mysteries, biographies and a collection of audio books.
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • November 17, 2010
Library opens for winter hours

The Longboat Library is now open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 17, 2010
Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Nov. 5 through Nov. 11, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
This home at 414 N. Washington Drive has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,454 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.3 million.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 17, 2010
Key Real Estate: Sales climb to 17 during first week of November

Sales nearly tripled between the last week of October and the first week in November, with 17 sales recorded on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys during the week of Nov. 1 and Nov. 5, compared to six during the previous week.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The top single-family home sale in October was the $855,000 sale of 560 Schooner Lane.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 17, 2010
October Sales Summary

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

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 17, 2010
It's Read Everywhere

Longboat Observer readers bring their favorite local newspaper with them to China and Thailand.

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  • Neighbors
  • By Donna Swan
  • November 17, 2010
Deal Us In

How to make a slam contract

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  • News
Jack Duncan submitted this sunset photo, taken at the Bay Isles public beach access.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 17, 2010
Captivating Crimson

Jack Duncan submitted this sunset photo, taken at the Bay Isles public beach access.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Susan Landau and Virginia Sanders
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • November 16, 2010
Garden Club prepares for holiday season

The Longboat Key Garden Club discussed plans for the holiday season at their Tuesday, Nov. 16 meeting, held at the Windward Bay Condominiums clubhouse. Juan Florensa, Public Works Director for the town of Longboat Key, was the guest speaker for the evening.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Michele Kneuse is president of Florida Vacation Connection.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 16, 2010
FVC, SRI announce joint venture

The vacation-rental management companies will manage and market properties together.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Pelican Harbor Association Vice President Gus Swoboda and Sheldon Kahn.
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • November 16, 2010
Pelican Harbor residents bid farewell to association president

Pelican Harbor residents said goodbye to their association president, Sheldon Kahn, with a farewell party on Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the home of fellow Pelican Harbor resident Ken Bennett. Kahn had been president of the condo association for 5 years and a resident at Pelican Harbor for 45 years.

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  • News
Pat Herrmann
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • November 15, 2010
Man on the street: Thankful time

We asked Longboaters what they are thankful for this year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Pension board chairman Keith Tanner said an audit needs to be performed because of suspicions about the pension plan.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 15, 2010
Pension audit discussion looming

The Longboat Key Town Commission will be allowed to discuss a decision by the Firefighters' Pension Board to hire a company to perform a $50,000 audit.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 15, 2010
OBITUARY: Sidney Libit

Sidney Libit, 97, was co-founder of U.S. Cap and Closure.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Harry's General Manager Hal Christensen and his daughter, Ella, at last month's wine tasting.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 15, 2010
Historical Society to celebrate town's 55th anniversary

The event will take place Wednesday at Harry's Continental Kitchens.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Kat Bouchard and Blake Halverson hold up some stone crab legs from their work table during the Wine & Stone Crab Celebration.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • November 13, 2010
LBKC has great success with inaugural Wine & Stone Crab Celebration

The inaugural Wine & Stone Crab Celebration took place Friday, Nov. 12 and Saturday, Nov. 13 at the Longboat Key Club to kick off the stone-crab season.

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