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  • Observer Staff
  • May 19, 2010
Island Chapel thanks Lord's Warehouse volunteers

Longboat Island Chapel entertained Lord's Warehouse volunteers and their spouses April 26, at the church's Fellowship Hall for an appreciation dinner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 19, 2010
Sign-code confusion arises

Suggestions offered to clarify and modernize the town's sign code were met with more suggestions and debate from the town's Planning and Zoning Board.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 19, 2010
Attorney questions IPOC funding

Attorney Steven Thompson believes the 16 homeowners of Lighthouse Point have assumed potential liability because their association is a managing member of the IPOC LLC.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 19, 2010
Chief wants stronger police presence

Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle believes a reduction in officers over the last two years has led to an increase in crime.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 19, 2010
Colony closing arguments submitted

More than 80% of The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners are urging Judge K. Rodney May to convert the resort's bankruptcy case to a Chapter 7 liquidation.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 19, 2010
Signs of beautification grant visible on Key

New "Welcome to Longboat Key" signs are currently being erected on both the north and south ends of the island, and new plantings are being installed throughout the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 19, 2010
Town manager addresses Key budget questions

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis prepared a list of budget reductions for the Town Commission's regular workshop.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 19, 2010
Cops Corner

May 7 Weapon watch 5:43 p.m. -- Off the Key. Assist Other Agency. Sarasota police advised Longboat officers to be on the lookout for a 50-year-old man with brown hair and a mustache walking northbound with a gun in his hand. The man could not be located.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 19, 2010
Lights. Camera. Action.

They put the entire project together in just four days. By the time area leaders gathered Monday, May 17, they were ready to tell the world about the Sarasota area.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Virginia Sanders
  • May 19, 2010
Turtle-nest season begins

The 2010 turtle-nesting season officially began May 1, with many more serious problems facing the sea-turtle population than ever before.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 19, 2010
Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of May 7 through May 13, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 19, 2010
Longboat Key home sells for $6.65 million

George and Elizabeth Tomaszewicz, of Longboat Key, sold their home at 2735 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Linda Scott, trustee of the Florida Land Trust Agreement, of Longboat Key, for $6.65 million. The sale, recorded April 28, at the Sarasota County Courthouse, marks a 2010 record on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 19, 2010
Real Estate Reports

Tim Field earns foreclosure and short-sale certification; St. Hilaire joins Michael Saunders' St. Armands office; Longobardi named sales associate for Rive Isle.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Donna Swan
  • May 19, 2010
Deal Us In

Takeout double

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 19, 2010
Brilliant Breakthrough

Ted Feldewerth submitted this sunset photo taken from White Sands of Longboat, 5114 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Please send your sunset (or sunrise) photos to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228, or e-mail them to [email protected].

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