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  • Dora Walters
  • December 16, 2009
Sale-goers leap for the printed word

Virginia Sanders was one of the featured authors at Mote Marine's annual Christmas book sale.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • December 16, 2009
Speaker gives All Angels a healthy outlook

Dr. Henry E. Simmons, president of the National Coalition on Health Care, was the guest speaker at the Dec. 8 meeting of the Sandpipers of All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 16, 2009
Harry's wine-ds up for latest event

Harry's Continental Kitchens will hold its next wine tasting from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, at Harry's deli, 525 St. Judes Drive. The event will benefit Longboat Island Chapel's Aging in Paradise Resource Center. Cost is $10. Call 383-0777.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 16, 2009
Longboat Fire Rescue completes training

Fire rescue crews held a drill last week to take what they learned in the classroom and apply it to a fire emergency situation.

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    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • December 16, 2009
Black Tie & Tales

Read this week's social column, Black Tie & Tales.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 16, 2009
Commission to review Key Club project

The Longboat Key Planning Board voted 4-3 to move the Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside renovation-and-expansion project forward to the commission.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 16, 2009
Christ Church project approved

Christ Church of Longboat Key's building project was forwarded to the Town Commission for review by the Planning & Zoning Board, but some residents still have project concerns.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 16, 2009
Briefs

Briefs

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 16, 2009
Town must inspect Colony units

A termite infestation report of The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort done by an engineering company was sent to the town for review. The town will also perform an independent inspection of the property.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 16, 2009
Anderson requests reinstatement

At a Dec. 8 appeal, the attorney for former Longboat Police Officer Jessica Anderson told the town manager that other Longboat officers were treated differently than Anderson.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 16, 2009
Cops Corner

Dec. 6 Construction question 3:26 p.m. -- 6400 block of GMD. Suspicious Circumstance. A Christ Church member reported to police that someone placed a sign on the church's construction site that read: 'WHY?' The church member told police members of the nearby homeowners association were disputing the church's construction.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 16, 2009
Longboat Key holds worship services

Longboat Key holds worship services

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 16, 2009
Celebration of life gathering to be held for Claudia Fuller

A celebration of life gathering for 2008 Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Citizen of the Year Claudia Fuller will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30, at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota. The date coincides with what would have been Fuller's 80th birthday. Fuller, 79, died Oct. 21. The celebration will feature a band, hors d'oeuvres and cash bar. Guests are invited to bring a memory of Fuller to share.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jessica Luck
  • December 16, 2009
The bold and the beautiful

We announce the winners to this year's 'Light Up the Keys' contest.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kent Chetlain
  • December 16, 2009
Longboat Key - Key sales jump to 21 first week in December

After two weeks each of eight lackluster sales on the keys, the first week of December exploded with a resounding 21 realty transactions.

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