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Lazy Lobster staff celebrates outside the restaurant.
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2010
Lazy Lobster celebrates one-year anniversary

The Lazy Lobster of Longboat Key celebrated the one-year anniversary of its Centre Shops location Friday, Oct. 15.

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  • Neighbors
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2010
Raffle ticket sales speed up for Kiwanis car raffle

The 29th annual St. Jude Gourmet Luncheon and Longboat Key Kiwanis Foundation car raffle are two-and-a-half weeks away, but approximately half of the 350 raffle tickets have already been sold.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2010
LBK ranks high on readers' list of top island destinations

Conde Nast readers showed some love for Longboat, choosing it as the continent's third-best island destination.

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  • Neighbors
Ruth Kreindler with Irwin and Sylvia Pastor
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2010
Beth Israel members cash in on 'Mad Money'

Temple Beth Israel members got tips that made sense - and cents - Tuesday, Oct. 12, when CNBC "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer simulcast a 90-minute program from the 92nd Street Y in New York City.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Billy Drake pins the deputy chief badge onto his wife's, Sandi, shirt.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2010
Firefighters and family celebrate promotions

The Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department celebrated the promotion of two of its officers Monday, Oct. 18.

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  • Neighbors
Florida gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott had a near-obsession with measuring performance as CEO of Columbia-HCA. It made the company the national leader in quality.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • October 20, 2010
The Real Rick Scott

There's another portrait of candidate Rick Scott the media neglect to report. It shows an honest, exceptional businessman and that the alleged Medicare fraud wasn't the primary reason for his resignation from Columbia-HCA.

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Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Simpson and town planner Ric Hartman explain the revised sign code to the Town Commission Tuesday.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 20, 2010
Sign code continues to confuse

Suggestions offered to clarify and modernize Longboat's sign code were met with more suggestions and debate from the Town Commission Tuesday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A proposed 150-foot cellular tower would sit behind the Longboat Island Chapel. This photo was taken from the front yard of Ronald Platt’s home.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 20, 2010
Proposed north-end cell tower disputed

A 150-foot proposed cellular tower, which has not yet been reviewed by town staff, is already meeting resistance from neighborhood residents.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 20, 2010
St. Denis touts beach program

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis warned Longboat residents Saturday that the town's 2011-12 beach renourishment project could cost taxpayers as much $40 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 20, 2010
MPO meeting seeks road to traffic fixes

Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) officials discussed St. Armands Circle traffic with Longboat Key and Sarasota residents and officials Oct. 18, at a Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization work session on St. Armands traffic.

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Town Manager Bruce St. Denis plays guitar with Blues Pig to a James Taylor classic, "Steamroller."
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 20, 2010
Fish Tales

The Longboat Key Historical Society held its sixth fish fry at Mar Vista. But the island's fish fry tradition goes back much further.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2010
Cops Corner

Oct. 11 Cooking crisis 5:05 p.m. - 600 block of Norton Street. Domestic Violence. A man called 911 to report that his wife would not allow him to make a sandwich. The wife told police that her husband was drunk again and gets "stupid" when he's drinking. She also told police he would push her against a wall when he's drinking. He was arrested for trying to walk away from police and transported to jail.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 20, 2010
Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Oct. 8 through Oct. 14, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
This home at 1212 Center Place in the Lido C Subdivision has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a swimming pool and 1,677 square feet of living area. It sold for $640,000.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 20, 2010
Real Estate:Sales fall to eight during first full week of October

Sales dropped to eight for the week of Oct. 4 through Oct. 8, down from the previous week's total of 14.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Donna Swan
  • October 20, 2010
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