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In his latest death-defying stunt, Nik Wallenda will traverse Longboat Key's power lines to celebrate the March referendum.
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 30, 2016
Nik Wallenda plans power walk

In his latest death-defying stunt, Nik Wallenda will traverse Longboat Key's power lines to celebrate the March referendum.

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Longboaters, your new crosswalks await you, courtesy of FDOT.
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  • March 30, 2016
Longboat Key Crosswalks 2.0

Longboaters, your new crosswalks await you, courtesy of FDOT.

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  • March 30, 2016
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 3.31.16

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • March 29, 2016
Life is gold for Sands Point

Sands Point celebrated its 50th anniversary March 29.

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  • March 28, 2016
Casa Del Mar has baskets of fun

Children staying at Casa Del Mar Beach Resort went searching for candy on resort property Easter morning, March 27.

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  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 28, 2016
Longboat Key Club’s Eggstravaganza

The Resort at Longboat Key Club held its annual Easter celebration March 27.

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  • March 27, 2016
Mar Vista hatches Easter egg hunt

Mar Vista hosted its 28th annual Easter egg hunt March 26.

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  • March 25, 2016
Sand Cay hops to Easter weekend

Sand Cay Beach Resort held its annual Easter celebration March 25.

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  • Matt Walsh
  • March 23, 2016
Long-lasting legacies

Outgoing Longboat Key commissioners Lynn Larson and Pat Zunz played crucial roles in what will be historic changes on the Key. They are testaments to persistence.

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  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 23, 2016
Town Hall shows off local talent

The Town of Longboat Key honored local artists at its Town Hall Art Exhibit reception March 22.

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Steve Schwalbach finishes his run across Florida March 18, at Lido Beach. (Courtesy photo)
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 23, 2016
Steve Schwalbach: Running Man

Steve Schwalbach ran 234 miles across the state of Florida to honor his mother, Jackie, who died of Alzheimer’s disease last year.

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Sylvia Pastor, center, with her sous chefs Lynn Burton and Doris Kaplan March 4, at Temple Beth Israel’s ‘In the Kitchen with Sylvia.’
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 23, 2016
Sylvia Pastor dishes on culinary skills

Sylvia Pastor is known at Temple Beth Israel and on the rest of the Key for her talents as a chef.

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  • Jack Short
  • March 23, 2016
Police say education is right approach for crosswalks

There’s a learning curve that comes with new crosswalks on Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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Brenna Holman
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 23, 2016
Longboat Key: Your Town

Your Town

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Physician assistant Anne Marie Dozier, Dr. Doris Ramirez Nessetti, Dr. Irwin “Irv” Becker, Dr. Matt Nessetti and clinical psychologist Cassie Leutzinger, of AllCare Medical Centers
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 23, 2016
Meet Longboat’s doctors

Meet the doctors of the Longboat Key Center for Healthy Living, which opens March 31, at the Centre Shops

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