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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 21, 2010
OBITUARY: Lawrence Harold Weiss

Lawrence Harold Weiss, 84, was a Longboat Key resident.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Danny Williams is a graduate of the University of Central Florida.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 21, 2010
Saunders names manager for St. Armands offices

Danny Williams is the new managing broker of the company's two offices on St. Armands Circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Interim Fire Chief Paul Dezzi was promoted to fire chief Monday.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 21, 2010
Town promotes Dezzi to fire chief

The town manager selected the current interim Longboat Key Fire Rescue chief as the town's top fire official Monday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ongoing traffic issues at St. Armands Circle will be discussed with Florida Department of Transportation officials next month.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 20, 2010
MPO schedules St. Armands traffic meeting

The Sarasota Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization will hold a St. Armands Circle traffic workshop in October.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The fishermen: Gordon Lyons, Mark Huber, John E. Anderson, George Rauch, with Ginny Porter
  • By Jessica Luck
  • September 17, 2010
Christ Church has bigger fish to fry

There were definitely plenty for this potluck. Even though season has yet to hit the island, Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian USA welcomed more than 40 of its members for a fish fry/potluck Friday, Sept. 17, at Islands West.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The trolley service on Longboat Key will continue for the foreseeable future.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 17, 2010
Trolley service extended

The Manatee County Commission agreed to hold off on eliminating its Longboat Key trolley route for the rest of the year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mote animal care coordinator Lynne Byrd helped to treat the five turtles released on Thursday.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 17, 2010
Five de-oiled sea turtles from Mote released

The turtles were rescued from Louisiana and treated at Mote.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key's Police Department has agreed to a three-year contract that begins Oct. 1.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 16, 2010
Police contract ratification expected

The town of Longboat Key's Police Department and the Town Commission are expected to ratify a contract Monday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Edgar gets a birthday sash from trainer Holly West.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 15, 2010
At 18, Edgar takes the (squid) cake (WITH VIDEO)

Edgar, a permanent sea-turtle resident at Mote Marine Aquarium, celebrated her 18th birthday Wednesday with a squid cake and party.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Photo courtesy of Holly West/Mote Marine Laboratory
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2010
Mote hatches plan to help hatchlings

After 33 loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings became disoriented recently after emerging from their nests in Venice and near Palma Sola Bay, in Manatee County, Mote Marine Laboratory released them Thursday, Sept. 9 about 8 miles from shore in seaweed called sargassum.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Rev. Edward Pick
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2010
Father Pick gets corny on vacation

The Rev. Emeritus Edward Pick, of St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, made a recent visit to the Michigan home of Tim and Susan Clarke.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Ross Alander
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 15, 2010
Subcommittee makes final selections

A subcommittee formed to review operations at Town Hall selected six Longboat Key residents to interview department heads in September.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 15, 2010
Briefs

Briefs

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Owners Bill and Judy Carman stand in front of the three-story Carman’s Shoes & Handbags store on St. Armands Circle.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 15, 2010
Carman's Shoes on Circle to close

After 45 years on the Circle, the shoe-and-handbag store will close.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 15, 2010
Town tax rate to rise 25.8%

The Longboat Key Town Commission voted 6-1 to pass a fiscal year 2010-11 budget on first reading that includes a tax rate of 1.8872 mills; the current rate is 1.5 mills.

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