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  • Katie Johns
  • January 18, 2019
Garden Club toasts to 50th year

Club members and guests enjoyed a cocktail party at the Holiday Inn at Lido Beach.

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  • Katie Johns
  • January 17, 2019
St. Mary Men's Club dishes out Italian feast

The club hosted its annual Italian Night Jan. 17 in the parish fellowship hall.

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  • Katie Johns
  • January 17, 2019
Golfers scramble for SPARCC

The inaugural SPARCC Auxiliary Winter Golf Tournament teed off on Jan. 17.

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  • January 17, 2019
Longboat Key weather page photo: Jan. 17

Cindy Leder captured this evening sky from a Longboat Key beach.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 16, 2019
Seaplace residents put new clubhouse to good use

The clubhouse renovations began in August and were completed in the beginning of January.

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A cyclist approaches the northern end of the multi-use trail east of Gulf of Mexico Drive. To continue, riders must cross the street.
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • January 16, 2019
Trail extension added to town's transportation wish list

The prokect would have competition from the region

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  • Eric Garwood
  • January 16, 2019
Cops Corner: No one suspicious around here

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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The Bird Key home at 604 Mourning Dove Drive recently for $2.47 million. Built in 2006, it has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,240 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1.65 million in 2012.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 16, 2019
Bird Key home sells for $2.47 million

Residential real estate transactions for Dec. 31-Jan. 4

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Sign on Gulf of Mexico Drive advertising the St. Regis.
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • January 16, 2019
Unicorp request for Longboat sales office moves forward

Sales office could be on site in six months

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Courtesy photo
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  • Katie Johns
  • January 16, 2019
Welcome, baby Baldwin

Jon “Tripp” Bradford Baldwin III was born Dec. 17.

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Through her children's books, Joy Shepherd aims to start a positive conversation between children and parents.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 16, 2019
Longboater brings childhood conversations to life in books

Joy Shepherd has written four children’s books discussing serious topics that challenge parents.

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Kris, Kristen and Laney Bowman. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 16, 2019
Bell-ringing success

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church volunteers raised $26,596 in 2018, making them a top fundraising site in Sarasota.

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Roger Pettingell, the No. 1 real estate agent in Sarasota and Manatee counties by total sales volume, sold this home at 622 S. Owl drive for $5.6 million. (Photo Courtesy)
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • January 16, 2019
Pettingell tops real estate volume for 7th consecutive year

The Longboat Key Realtor broke his 2017 number, which made him the first in Sarasota County to top $100 million in a year.

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Dockmaster Larry Bateman, Purser Margie Clark, Scribe Graham Sampson, Dockmaster John Shea Commodore Bill Coughlin
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 15, 2019
Longboat Harbour changes watch

For the first time since 2015, the condominium complex has new leadership.

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Rusty Chinnis is a certified fly-casting instructor.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 15, 2019
Instructor casts a deep love of fly-fishing

Longboat's Rusty Chinnis knows the mechanics, but also knows there's a lot more to teach.

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Though homesteaded residents would gain property tax savings if Florida's overhaul proposal gains 60% of support in the November elections, even non-homesteaded property owners would see new protections from sharply rising property assessments.
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