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  • Katie Johns
  • January 27, 2018
Longboat Library hosts L'Art Festival

Local authors, painters, photographers and others showed off their work on Jan. 27.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Event chairwoman Palma Panza, Lyn Haycock, Patty Sileo and Susan Phillips
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 25, 2018
Garden Club blossoms with Taste of the Keys

The annual event sold out with more than 300 people in attendance on Jan. 25.

  • Longboat Key
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Longboat Police found a 54-year-old woman dead Tuesday evening.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • January 25, 2018
Woman found dead in clubhouse sauna on Longboat Key

The door of the Harbourside clubhouse sauna was unlocked, police say.

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  • January 25, 2018
Longboat Key weather page photo: Jan. 25

Terrie Stewart watched as this boat approached from the horizon, wondering who would be out on Longboat Key Pass on such a rough day. It was the Coast Guard, patrolling the rough sea.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 25, 2018
Mote celebrates relationship with Israel

At a lunch and learn event on Jan. 23, Mote patrons learned about Mote’s history of marine science in Israel in celebration of Israel turning 70 this year.

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  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood and Bret Hauff | Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2018
Fewer condos, less density proposed for Colony site

Whittall's newest plan falls within boundaries of existing rules.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 24, 2018
Christ Church hosts first Wednesday night dinner

Pianist Jeremy Silverman performed for church members on Jan. 24.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unicorp National Development Inc. President Chuck Whittall used the town's 712 zoning code changes to try to persuade commissioners to approve his application to adapt town policy.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 24, 2018
Longboat developer backs off on Colony density request

"We heard the community loud and clear,'' Whittall says.

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  • News
This home at 409 Meadow Lark Drive on Longboat Key recently sold for $3,899,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 24, 2018
Meadow Lark Drive home sells for $3,899,000

Residential real estate for Jan. 8-12.

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  • Real Estate
Ted Kohn, 84, was never a religious person, but this photo has him questioning his belief.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 24, 2018
Seeing is believing: Longboater believes he sees Holy Trinity in photograph

Ted Kohn thought he was just taking a photo of a sunset. Then, he turned the photo vertical and spotted what he believes are religious symbols.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
“The Pit and The Passion: Murder at the Ghost Hotel follows a reporter and author as they try uncover the truth about a skeleton found in a deserted hotel.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 24, 2018
Spanish Main author keeps her readers guessing in 11th book

“The Pit and The Passion: Murder at the Ghost Hotel,” debuted on Jan. 22.

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  • Neighbors
The spring tide event of September 2015, where water flooded the streets on a sunny day.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • January 24, 2018
Longboat to install new valves to mitigate north end tidal flooding

The Public Works department is investigating new valves and new stormwater drain locations as tidal flooding becomes more frequent.

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  • News
Dozens of cases of cybercrime, fraud and identity theft were reported to the Longboat Key Police Department last year.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • January 24, 2018
Cybercrime takes aim at Longboaters

The best way police say they can stop cybercrime, one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises in the world, is with a dose of skepticism.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 24, 2018
Cops Corner: Your papers, please

Police reports from around the island.

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File photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 23, 2018
Documentary about Tom Sung gets Oscar nod

The film is nominated for “Best Documentary Feature."

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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