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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 13, 2010
Tropical depression impacts turtle nests

About 200 nests in Sarasota County have been affected.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 13, 2010
Younger running again

At-large Commissioner Phillip Younger has picked up a commission candidate qualification packet.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 12, 2010
OBITUARY: Rhea Goldman

Rhea Goldman, 100, was a Longboat Key resident.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 12, 2010
Town prepares for beach project

Town attorney David Persson has drafted a letter to Gulf-front property owners requesting they sign easements for the town's upcoming beach project.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 11, 2010
Two nest openings scheduled

Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteers will excavate both nests.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 11, 2010
Pierre drops out of IPOC

The Islandside Property Owners Coalition files another legal challenge to the Islandside project, while one of its members leaves the coalition.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 11, 2010
Colony Collapse

The bankruptcy judge dissolved the 38 year partnership between Colony owner Murf Klauber and the unit owners.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 11, 2010
Turtle Tracks

Turtle Tracks

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  • August 11, 2010
LBK's guitar hero

LBK's guitar hero

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  • August 11, 2010
Briefs 08.12.10

Bayflite responds to two Key accidents and Longboat police catch burglar.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 11, 2010
One project ends, another begins

A pipeline-upsizing project is nearing completion along Gulf of Mexico Drive, just in time for a paving project to begin in the same area.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 11, 2010
Plaza owner awaits closing

After more than a decade on Longboat Key, Andrew Hlywa is eager to say goodbye to Whitney Beach Plaza and the island itself.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 11, 2010
Police department signs three-year contract

The department signed a three-year contract Friday. Meanwhile, the firefighters are at an impasse with the town.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 11, 2010
Vision Plan focus questioned

The Vision Plan Subcommittee will hold a comprehensive planning lesson, before moving forward with its revisions.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 11, 2010
Property owner fined for noncompliance

The Code Enforcement Board fined Key resident James Armstrong $50 a day for not obtaining building permits.

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