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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 25, 2010
Key Club presents new drawings

On Thursday, Longboat Key Club and Resort officials presented drawings to Town Hall that showed the Islandside project's wellness center relocation and five new villa buildings on the north parcel.

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  • Stephanie Hannum
  • June 24, 2010
RECIPE AND A RESERVATION: Beach Bistro

Beach Bistro owner Sean Murphy shares an exclusive recipe with YourObserver.com readers.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • June 24, 2010
ResortQuest affiliate RVA opens north Key office

The new location is part of an expansion plan announced in February.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Larson: 'I wasn't confused'

Commissioner Lynn Larson told The Longboat Observer she knew what she was doing when she voted for an Islandside project last week.

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  • June 23, 2010
Observe a happy Fourth of July

Coming soon to a newsstand near you: The Longboat Observer will feature its special "Spirit of America: Slice of Americana" section in its July 1 issue in honor of the Fourth of July.

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  • June 23, 2010
Turtle Tracks

Week of June 13 to June 19

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  • June 23, 2010
Jack Peffley recovering after heart procedure

Jack Peffley, owner of Taffy's Menswear on St. Armands Circle, was released from the hospital after undergoing a heart procedure earlier this month.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 23, 2010
Mote gets a whale of a visit

Mote Marine Laboratory scientists tagged three whale sharks from a group of 10 whale sharks that gathered June 18, approximately 23 miles southwest of Sarasota.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Key Club mulls modifications

Longboat Key Club and Resort officials are considering moving the Islandside project's wellness center to the north parcel.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 23, 2010
Whitney Beach Plaza under contract

A major grocery chain could buy the north-end plaza in a commercial short sale.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Brown: 'This is our island'

The Longboat Key Town Commission agreed to allow Town Manager Bruce St. Denis to do whatever it takes to keep oil off Longboat Key's shoreline and its nearby waterways.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Trustee selected in Colony case

St. Petersburg-based William Maloney began overseeing operations at The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort last week.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 23, 2010
In Brief

Community News and Notes

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Town requests input for Bay Isles Road sign

The Town Commission wants business owners to provide input before it places names on its Bay Isles Road wayfinding sign.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2010
Town will enforce chair removal at beach access

Vice Mayor Jim Brown said the chairs people leave behind at the Gulfside Road beach access 'are not very attractive.'

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