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  • Eric Garwood
  • May 16, 2018
Cops Corner: Officer lends a helping hand

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • Katie Johns
  • May 15, 2018
St. Armands Circle Association gets down to business

About 70 association members gathered for a meeting and award ceremony on May 15 in the Harbourside Ballroom of The Resort at Longboat Key Club.

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  • Bret Hauff
  • May 15, 2018
Contractors survey Colony site for possible repairs

Developer Chuck Whittall and a representative for beachfront owners, Manfred Welfonder, disagree about the outcome of the survey, both saying that contractors gave them assurance about their positions.

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The Florida Department of Transportation is in the process of constructing a pedestrian crosswalk across connecting First Street to Ritz-Carlton Boulevard in Sarasota.
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  • May 15, 2018
Residents, officials monitor bayfront traffic

Longboat Key residents are hopeful changes along U.S. 41 will reduce seasonal congestion, but a new crosswalk may complicate matters.

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  • Bret Hauff
  • May 14, 2018
Longboat newcomer appointed to Planning and Zoning Board

Debra Williams, a 55 year old former planning and zoning board member of a small town in New Jersey, was unanimously appointed to the board by the Town Commission.

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  • Bret Hauff
  • May 14, 2018
Survey: Longboat workers impacted by SCAT cancellation

A proposed cancellation of SCAT Route 18 would impact at least 13 businesses on Longboat Key, according to a survey conducted by the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce.

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  • May 14, 2018
Lido Shores home sells for $7 million

Lido, real estate, top sale, Lido Shores, built by architect Clifford Scholz, sold $7 million, 1219 Westway Drive, sold by Deborah Beacham, Michael Saunders & Co. Real Estate, Sarasota

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  • Eric Garwood
  • May 11, 2018
Kiwanis Club hosts expert on opioid crisis as luncheon speaker

Public is invited to attend May 17 event at Portofino.

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Amy Anthofer and Nurse of the Year Charlene Chirillo
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  • Katie Johns
  • May 11, 2018
The Resort at Longboat Key Club thanks nurses

To finish off National Nurses Week, the Resort honored area nurses with lunch on May 11.

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  • Katie Johns
  • May 9, 2018
Robert Ruff swings into 90th birthday

About 40 tennis friends gathered May 9 to celebrate Robert Ruff at The Resort at Longboat Key Club Tennis Gardens.

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This home at 1219 Westway Drive recently sold for $7 million. Built in 2003, it has five bedrooms, six-and-two-half baths and a pool.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 9, 2018
Lido home sells for $7 million

Residential real estate transactions for April 23-27.

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  • Katie Johns
  • May 9, 2018
Turtle Tracks

Turtle nesting season on Longboat Key has begun.

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Gratehouse calls the 50s the new 30s and said it's never too late to reinvent yourself. Photo courtesy of Mary Gratehouse and Jason Gentile
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  • Katie Johns
  • May 9, 2018
Mary Gratehouse wins Ms. Florida International title

As Ms. Florida International, Longboat Key's Mary Gratehouse will now spend the next year traveling as an ambassador for Easterseals.

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  • Eric Garwood
  • May 9, 2018
Cops Corner: Be on the lookout . . .

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • May 8, 2018
Longboat eyes new streetlights

The town of Longboat Key has been thinking about new streetlights as part of its project to put all overhead wires underground .

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