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Longboat Key dispatch woes a learning process

The Longboat Key Police Department has unveiled a new non-emergency number, as some residents fret about the recent switchover to Sarasota County’s dispatch system.c

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Longboat Key residents from at least a half dozen neighborhoods came to protest the proposed assessments they have to pay to underground power lines Tuesday.
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  • July 6, 2016
Longboat Key residents protest underground assessments

Commissioners have delayed a decision on how to levy charges for the $23.8 million neighborhood project.

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Cops Corner: Longboat Key 07.06.2016

Enjoy this week’s edition of Cops Corner.

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  • July 5, 2016
Cafe L'Europe hosts Operation Kindness for benefit evening

The organization's volunteers gathered for an evening of dining and recognition

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  • July 5, 2016
Sarasota Sailing Squadron hosts Liberty Day Regatta

Family fun and friendly competition surrounded the annual event

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  • July 4, 2016
Bird Key Yacht Club celebrates the stars and stripes

Bird Key Yacht Club members and their families celebrated Independence Day in style

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  • July 4, 2016
Longboat Key kicks off Independence Day with Freedom Fest

The annual Fourth of July celebration had around 200 attendees

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    By
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  • July 2, 2016
Pattigeorge’s sells for $2 million

The Columbia Restaurant Group bought the iconic Longboat Key restaurant for $1.96 million this week.

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Dave Brenner
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  • June 30, 2016
Dave Brenner announced as Freedom Fest grand marshal

Longboat Key resident will lead the iconic parade Monday.

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Phyllis Bourgery submitted this photo of a Longboat Key sunrise.
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  • June 30, 2016
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 30

Phyllis Bourgery submitted this photo of a Longboat Key sunrise.

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  • June 29, 2016
Mote foundation offers land to Longboat Key

On Tuesday, the Town Commission will consider pursuing the purchase of more than two acres of vacant land from the Mote Scientific Foundation.

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  • June 29, 2016
Emily Walsh named publisher of Observers

She will oversee Observer Media Group’s Sarasota-Manatee newspapers and website.

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Jack Daly
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  • June 29, 2016
Jack Daly back on the dais

Despite receiving a heart valve replacement June 2, Commissioner Jack Daly hasn’t missed a beat at town meetings.

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  • June 29, 2016
Cops Corner 06.29.2016

Enjoy this week’s edition of Cops Corner.

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  • By H. Terrell Griffin
  • June 29, 2016
Chapter 6: Trouble in Paradise

Peacocks are disappearing in the Longbeach Village, and Jake Bass has a suspect.

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