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  • July 21, 2010
Surprise guest makes appearance at birthday party

Plymouth Harbor resident Ethel Danto celebrated her 102nd birthday July 12, at Bijou Cafe, in downtown Sarasota.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 21, 2010
Arts Center's powerful show comes to a close this week

Longboat Key photographer Mary Lou Johnson held an 'Afternoon Conversation with the Artist' Thursday, July 15, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 21, 2010
Key Club receives its third Pinnacle Award

The Longboat Key Club and Resort has been named one of the best hotels and will receive a 2010 Successful Meetings Pinnacle Award for the third consecutive year from readers of Successful Meetings.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 21, 2010
Subcommittee wants citizen participation

A casting call has begun to find Longboat residents who are interested in reviewing the town's eight departments for efficiency purposes.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 21, 2010
IPOC challenges code amendments

The Islandside Property Owners Coalition has challenged seven town code changes proposed by the Longboat Key Club and Resort.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 21, 2010
Cops Corner

July 6 "Wallet whereabouts" 1:57 p.m. -- Lost Property. A man reported losing his wallet on the beach. The wallet contained $50, a driver's license and several credit cards.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 21, 2010
Mote updates Bird Key residents on oil spill

Dr. Barbara Kirkpatrick, environmental health program manager and senior scientist for Mote Marine Laboratory, spoke to approximately 70 Bird Key residents Friday, July 16, at Bird Key Yacht Club.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 21, 2010
Tall (cotton) tale: Casa del Mar's plant sets another record

On July 15, Longboat Key Fire Rescue Lt. Michael Murphy climbed up the ladder on a town fire truck to reach the top of the cotton plant and held out the measuring tape, which he then lowered down to Casa del Mar Assistant Manager Mark Meador and Manatee County Agriculture Assistant Ervin Shannon to record the official height: 31 feet, 7 inches.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 21, 2010
Sand accumulates near Islander groins

Town staff and Islander Club residents are pleased thus far with the progress of the two groins built in May.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 21, 2010
Key coyote identified as visitor's missing dog

Police told Kevin Fuller, of Maitland, who was vacationing at Gulf Tides of Longboat Key, that they had received reports of a coyote sighting, and Fuller agreed that Maggie could be mistaken for a coyote.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 21, 2010
Casa del Mar reservations manager books retirement

Mildred 'Millie' Kossmann retired last week after working 28 years at Casa del Mar.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 21, 2010
Restored residence

The historic Umbrella House on Lido Shores, designed in the Sarasota School of Architecture style, gets its famed trellis structure back.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 21, 2010
Key Real Estate: Lido Key home sells for $2.25 million

In total, 13 sales were recorded at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses. Of those sales, 10 occurred on Longboat Key, including two on the Manatee County side of the island, and one each occurred on Lido Key, St. Armands Key and Bird Key. Four of the week's sales exceeded $1 million. Additionally, three of the week's 13 transactions were vacant-lot sales.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 21, 2010
Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of July 9 through July 15, in order of dollar amounts.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 21, 2010
Business Observer 07.22.10

Whole Foods to hold Save Our Seabirds fundraiser.

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