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  • By Donna Swan
  • June 24, 2009
Deal us in

West leads the six of diamonds, eight of diamonds from the dummy, and East plays the queen. Rubber bridge or team players suggest that scoring of match-point pairs distorts the game.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 24, 2009
Building official steps down

Randy Fowler resigned from the town after 33 years of service, citing differences in opinion on how his department should be run.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 24, 2009
'Fight the good fight'

Town Manager Bruce St. Denis received direction to spend up to $25,000 to hire a consultant to combat Sarasota's plans to construct five roundabouts on U.S. 41.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 24, 2009
Manatee County proposes pipeline solution

Manatee County officials announced Tuesday that they are in negotiations with Port Dolphin LLC to extract sand from a controversial pipeline route before the pipe is placed on the bottom of the Gulf.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 23, 2009
Signal issues surface over the weekend

A broken sensor light at the intersection of S.R. 789 and Ken Thompson Parkway caused traffic backups over the weekend.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 22, 2009
Obituary: Geraldine 'Gerry' Shields

Geraldine 'Gerry' Shields, 81, of Longboat Key, died June 8.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 19, 2009
Whitney Beach Deli to close for summer

The liquor store, which customers will enter through the same automatic doors that they used for the restaurant, will remain open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 19, 2009
Building official resigns

Building Official Randy Fowler resigned from the Planning, Zoning and Building Department Thursday, June 18.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Sean Roth
  • June 19, 2009
Veterans team up to turn around properties

Sensing an unfilled niche, a pair of veteran Sarasota developers is teaming up with a Tampa real estate marketer to create a broad-based development turn-around firm.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 19, 2009
Longboat Library announces summer sale

The Longboat Library kicked off a summer sale today. All paperbacks have been reduced to 50 cents. Hardbacks will be sold at regular prices, which range from $1 to $3. The sale will continue through October.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 18, 2009
Regular Workshop Wrap-up

Find out what the Longboat Key Town Commission was told, adopted and forwarded at its Thursday, July 18 special meeting and regular workshop.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 18, 2009
Obituaries

Ethel "Terry" Teal Crutchfield, 87, of Longboat Key, died Sunday, June 14.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 18, 2009
Paving company reschedules completion

The Manatee County portion of Gulf of Mexico Drive will now begin its final striping Sunday, June 21.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Donna Swan
  • June 17, 2009
Deal Us In: Wake up a partner with this sequence

Deal Us In: Wake up a partner with this sequence

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kent Chetlain
  • June 17, 2009
Key Real Estate

Sales recordings surge the first week of June

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