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  • January 27, 2010
Sunset Study

Katharina Staiger, of Germany, took this sunset photo near Sutton Place while on vacation. 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].

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 27, 2010
Key Club reviews its options

Longboat Key Club and Resort officials will review alternatives proposed for its $400 million Islandside project this week, including a compromise offered by Key resident and commission candidate Phillip Younger.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 27, 2010
Jazz orchestra draws lively crowd at Education Center

OONOJO, the Original Octogenarian New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, played Jan. 21 at Longboat Key Education Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 27, 2010
Green closes the book on 'the last chapter'

Lois Green, 79, is facing her fourth bout with cancer. She received her latest diagnosis - terminal - Aug. 20, 2007.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 27, 2010
Firefighter contract discussions linger

The town will not give the firefighters their old contract back, because it contains clauses it wants revised.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Dora Walters
  • January 27, 2010
Island Chapel puts faith in partnerships

The first lecture of Building Abrahamic Partnerships, a series of three lectures to develop communities of understanding, was held Jan. 23, at the Longboat Island Chapel.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jessica Luck
  • January 27, 2010
Vern Buchanan holds Town Hall meeting

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, held a Town Hall meeting Jan. 23, at Longboat Key Town Hall. More than 100 people attended.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2010
Cops Corner

Jan. 7 No. 1 fan 8:54 p.m. -- 6400 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive (GMD). Public Drunkenness. Police found a man sleeping on a bench at the intersection of General Harris Street and Gulf of Mexico Drive. He told police he had fallen asleep while listening to a game on the radio and was given a ride to his parents' house on Lyons Lane.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 26, 2010
Larson, Rothenberg win District 1 preliminary

Newcomer Lynn Larson and Mayor Lee Rothenberg beat out Lee Pokoik in the District 1 preliminary election to move forward to the March general election.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 26, 2010
Obituary: Sue Vaught

Tiny's of Longboat Key owner Sue Vaught died at 61.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 25, 2010
Early voting numbers are in

More than 1,000 people took advantage of early voting at Town Hall for the town-wide District 1 preliminary election.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 22, 2010
10 cold stunned turtles released in Collier County

The turtles were treated at Mote's Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital during the last two-and-a-half weeks.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 22, 2010
Islandside hearings continued for one week

Longboat Key Club Attorney John Patterson asked for and received a week reprieve from the Islandside hearings Friday so the club can possibly bring back 'a better project.'

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 21, 2010
Residents express erosion concerns

The Town Commission gave town staff direction for a number of options for erosion issues at the north end of the island.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 21, 2010
Wagner Realty announces new LBK branch manager, agents

The company decided to partially merge the staffs of its Longboat Key and West Manatee offices.

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