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Dr. Matthew Nessetti, Dr. Doris Ramirez Nessetti, Longboat Key resident Dr. Irwin “Irv” Becker and Anne Marie Dozier worked at the AllCare Medical Center on Longboat Key. File photo.
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  • Katie Johns
  • February 15, 2018
AllCare Medical Center closing Longboat practice

The practice, which opened in March 2016, will close by the end of the month.

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  • February 15, 2018
Longboat Key weather page photo: Feb. 15

Jason Sherwin photographed this great egret and the shadow it cast across the sand at Casa Del Mar on Longboat Key.

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  • February 15, 2018
Scroll through your monthly weather and nature photo contest winners for Winter

See your January through March winners here!

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  • February 15, 2018
Cops Corner: No way to paddle back home

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • February 14, 2018
Elvis shakes up Spanish Main Yacht Club

About 100 residents gathered in the clubhouse for a Valentine's Day performance.

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  • February 14, 2018
Garden Club toasts to Valentine's Day

The club's second annual Love on the Beach event took place at Bay Isles Beach Club.

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The home at 465 E. Royal Flamingo Drive recently sold for $1.5 million.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • February 14, 2018
East Royal Flamingo Drive home sells for $1.5 million

Residential real estate transactions for Jan. 29 through Feb. 2.

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A 2016 affidavit alleges commissioners George Spoll and Jim Brown violated Florida's open government law, a potential second degree misdemeanor.
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  • Bret Hauff
  • February 14, 2018
Affidavit claims Longboat commissioners spoke against Unicorp plan years ago

Commission candidate Langley says in 2014 then-mayor Jim Brown told him: Whittall's plan “would never be approved by the town.’’

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Cash and Snookie Register will be married 58 years in November.
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  • February 14, 2018
Longboat Key love: Five couples share their stories

From blind dates to being set up by mutual friends, Longboat Key couples tell us how they met and how they've succeeded in their relationships.

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Robin Bray, Kay Tschannen, Helen Owen and Debra McKenna Photo courtesy of Vivian Chester
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  • February 14, 2018
Longboat ladies talk wellness

On Feb. 12, Christ Church hosted a Women's Wellness Day.

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Luna Bella, a English cream golden retriever, often gets dirty from rolling in the dirt at Bayfront Park dog park.
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  • Bret Hauff
  • February 14, 2018
Longboat dog park popularity has a muddy by-product

Dogs at Bayfront park roll and run in dirt that was once grass, a worn turf that struggles to accomodate heavy traffic.

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The town clerks office, which has been digitizing records for months, is responsible for governing documents.
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  • Bret Hauff
  • February 14, 2018
Longboat residents to gain access to digital records within months

IT Director Jason Keen hopes the project will encompass all town departments by 2020.

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Town hall can accommodate 185 people with overflow seating.
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  • Bret Hauff
  • February 14, 2018
Longboat Town Hall will host Colony’s P&Z hearing

Unicorp’s recent appeals have been in ballrooms to accommodate crowds of Longboat residents.

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  • Bret Hauff
  • February 14, 2018
Longboat sauna death an 'isolated incident,' police say

Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming says the investigation into the unexplained death hasn’t slowed since it began.

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At night, marine animals will be "swimming" around the outside walls of the building. Photo courtesy of Mote.
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  • February 14, 2018
Mote’s big move: What does it mean for Longboat?

Longboat officials and residents weigh in on what Mote’s new aquarium announcement means for the island.

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