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  • May 27, 2010
Cork Restaurant to close next week

The future of the three-year-old restaurant is currently uncertain.

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  • May 27, 2010
Town manager requests sand input

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis is urging town residents in a memorandum to consider which type of sand they want for the town's next beach project.

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  • May 27, 2010
Recipe and a Reservation: Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant and Pub

Mar Vista chef George Quattromani shares an exclusive recipe for yourobserver.com readers.

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  • May 26, 2010
Gulf is just feet from North Shore Road (VIDEO)

At high tide, the Gulf of Mexico is extremely close to North Shore Road.

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  • May 26, 2010
65 years and still going strong

65 years after their wedding in Gallup, N.M., Milton and Florence Harr, of Longboat Harbour, are still going strong.

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  • May 26, 2010
Dora the Explorer records experiences

Longboat Observer senior editor Dora Walters recently underwent knee-replacement surgery and is currently undergoing rehabilitation. And she's writing about the experience on her "Dora the Explorer" blog at YourObserver.com.

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  • May 26, 2010
Gray cat lost near Observer office

A 5-year-old tabby cat named Max has been missing since Tuesday.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 26, 2010
Jaleski resigns

Commissioner Gene Jaleski resigned from the Town Commission Tuesday, May 25. In his resignation letter, he apologized to the Longboat Key Public Interest Committee, which he offended in an e-mail he sent Saturday, May 22.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 26, 2010
Residents to monitor town efficiency

The majority of the Town Commission wants a committee of Key residents to oversee town operations and offer efficiency suggestions.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • May 26, 2010
Will Longboat Key be spared again?

The hurricane season of 2005 tied for the most active season in history. The forecast for this hurricane season, which begins June 1, calls for similar storm activity.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 26, 2010
Town Commission chooses whiter sand

The Town Commission chose sand at its regular workshop that could cost taxpayers approximately $50 million.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 26, 2010
Confidential document appears at Town Hall

Commissioner Gene Jaleski submitted a Longboat Key Club pro-forma statement dated August 2006 to the town last week.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • May 26, 2010
Longboaters learn secrets of community-center success

Approximately 20 Longboat residents toured the Anna Maria Island Community Center facility May 18, to learn about a non-profit model of community-center development.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 26, 2010
Condominiums see sand loss due to Islander groins

Unit owners at En Provence condominium and Villa Di Lancia say the two groins built behind The Islander Club are quickly eliminating their beaches.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 26, 2010
Town prepares its oil response plan

The U.S. Coast Guard has a strategy in place for the oil spill in the Gulf that includes plans for Longboat Pass and New Pass.

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