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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 10, 2009
P&Z moves Islandside project forward

The planning board voted 4-3 to move The Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside renovation and expansion project forward to the Town Commission next month.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 10, 2009
Local restaurants earn Golden Spoon awards

Eight local restaurants and one chain received honors.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 9, 2009
Sarasota's first green fire station opens tomorrow

The St. Armands fire station was completed in late October.

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  • December 9, 2009
Cops Corner

Nov. 25 Gator grab 9:32 a.m. -- 400 block of GMD. Vehicle Larceny. A woman reported that someone stole her crocodile purse valued at $2,000 from the passenger seat of her unlocked car while she was inside a gas station paying for her gas. The purse contained a payroll check, her Social Security card, credit cards, a checkbook and $10 in cash.

  • Longboat Key
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  • December 9, 2009
Longboat Key - Building permits

Longboat Key - Building permits

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  • By Kent Chetlain
  • December 9, 2009
Longboat Key - Positano condo sells for $2 million

Despite the Thanksgiving holiday week shortened by two days, there were a respectable, eight, key real-estate sales recorded at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses between Nov. 23 and Nov. 25.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Dora Walters
  • December 9, 2009
Player of the week: Nicky Proctor

Cedars Tennis and Fitness Club

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  • December 9, 2009
Sunset swirls

Tom King submitted this sunset photo, taken near the Broadway beach access on the north end of the Key. 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 Donna Swan
  • December 9, 2009
Deal Us In

Deal Us In

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 9, 2009
Tennis tournament draws national players

More than 250 people played in this year's Longboat Key Senior Clay Court Tournament at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center. The tournament was scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 2 through Sunday, Dec. 6, but was extended into Monday, Dec. 7, due to rain.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 9, 2009
Obituary: Richard Schaefer

Richard Schaefer, 79, of Longboat Key and formerly of Wilmette, Ill., died Dec. 5.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • December 9, 2009
TBI establishes its first Gala Awards

emple Beth Israel of Longboat Key has created the Gala Awards - to be held annually - to recognize extraordinary contributions by its members.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • December 9, 2009
Island Chapel helps seniors age in paradise

The Longboat Island Chapel plans to open a 6,000-square-foot Aging in Paradise Resource Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • December 9, 2009
Compromise saves St. Armands Circle events from cancellation

The City Commission ratified a compromise to reduce special-event fees to a flat per-day fee, which is based on the size of the park.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 9, 2009
Term limit change approved

Some commissioners, Key residents and commission candidates expressed frustration Monday night, when the commission approved a resolution to its town charter that could give the mayor another term.

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