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Town pension board divided on seat decision

Longboat Key Fire-Rescue Lt. Michael Murphy will keep his pension board seat until a decision is reached.

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  • December 2, 2009
Donation station

Claude Engle thanks Weldon Frost for donating money to The Salvation Army Monday, Nov. 30. Engle is just one of many Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key members who volunteers throughout the holiday season as a bell ringer at the Longboat Key Publix.

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Post office delivers more maintenance

Longboat Key's postmaster is working to expand a maintenance contract that will keep the building's bushes and weeds under control.

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  • December 2, 2009
Political ads banned in directory

At-large commission candidate Phillip Younger asked Town Manager Bruce St. Denis last week if he could place a political advertisement in the Tennis Center's phone directory.

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  • December 2, 2009
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  • December 2, 2009
Arts Center opens doors to new, old members

The Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, will hold an open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Dec. 10.

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  • December 2, 2009
Tennis tournaments court top players

The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center will host two tournaments in the next two weeks - the Longboat Key Senior Clay Court Tournament and The Observer Challenge.

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Cops Corner

Nov. 22 Case of mistaken identity 12 a.m. -- 600 block of Penfield Street. Suspicious Vehicle. Police received two calls about two drunken men in a small boat in the canal behind their docks. A boat with people was detained for questioning, but it was the wrong boat.

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  • December 2, 2009
Twin Shores celebrates completion of marina villas

The four new homes have two bedrooms and two bathrooms.

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  • December 2, 2009
P&Z receives Islandside conditions

The Planning and Zoning Board will review a list of 40 conditions that must be met for the board to recommend The Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside renovation and expansion application.

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  • December 2, 2009
Chief's actions disputed

Longboat Key Police Officer Jessica Anderson's attorney, Michael Krohn, will appeal her Oct. 21 termination next week. Krohn says other officers have not been let go for fireable offenses.

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  • December 2, 2009
Storms nearing Longboat Key

Longboat Key residents are being urged to exercise caution beginning this evening because heavy rainfall and flooding is expected for the rest of the week.

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  • December 2, 2009
Sanders combines her artistic and writing talents

Virginia Sanders has been drawing since the third grade, and she started writing limericks after meeting her late husband, Dr Jack Sanders. Her book, "Leaping Limericks," is now available.

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  • December 2, 2009
Couple shares public proposal at Publix

Lamarr Glenn surprised his girlfriend, Natasha Ford, with a surprise proposal last week at the Longboat Key Publix.

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  • December 2, 2009
Sculptors carve out new home at Rec Center

A.C. Sculptors LLC of Longboat Key has just set up a studio on the ground-floor level of the Bayfront Park Recreation Center.

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