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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 27, 2016
Briefs: Longboat Key 1.28.16

Bullock pursues alternative funds for undergrounding; Final tally for red tide fish kills released; Voter registration deadline approaches

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  • News
Country Club Shores resident Matthew Mason and Commissioner Lynn Larson
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 27, 2016
Town Talk: Teen digs into undergrounding project

One of Longboat Key’s youngest citizens tackles one of Longboat Key’s most pressing issues to gain his Eagle Scout merit badge.

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911 center photos
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 27, 2016
911: Making the big switch

The town prepares to shift its 911 service to Sarasota County.

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John Balerna
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 27, 2016
Twin Shores’ helping hands

Twin Shores resident Diane Brandlein would like to thank her neighbor John Balerna.

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  • Neighbors
Huck will be one of three otters featured at "Otters & Their Waters." Photo courtesy of Tracy Frampton/Florida Wildlife Hospital
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 26, 2016
Mote sets date for otter exhibit

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium’s newest exhibit, “Otters & Their Waters,” will open Feb. 26.

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  • News
Local funds are needed to help pay for a seasonal traffic study.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 26, 2016
Local funds needed to power traffic study

Metropolitan Planning Organization funds will help drive a seasonal traffic study.

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  • News
Town Manager Dave Bullock is investigating the use of utility reserve funds to help pay for costs associated with the town’s $23.85 million neighborhood and side street undergrounding project.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 25, 2016
Bullock still investigating neighborhood undergrounding funding

Informational meetings scheduled with neighborhoods this month to discuss the neighborhood undergrounding project will be rescheduled after the Feb. 16 regular workshop.

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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 22, 2016
Beachplace greets seasonal residents

Beachplace Association welcomed back owners at a party Jan. 21.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 22, 2016
Water Club welcomes back residents

Residents of Water Club attended the association’s welcome back party Jan. 21.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 22, 2016
St. Mary has an Italian feast

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church Men’s Club hosted its annual Italian Night Jan. 22.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A $675,000 seasonal traffic study that’s going to analyze traffic in both Manatee and Sarasota counties is going to need some local money to get it done.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 22, 2016
Traffic study needs local funds

A $675,000 study will examine seasonal traffic on the barrier islands but local money is needed to help pay for the study.

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  • News
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 21, 2016
Garden Club finds its roots

The Longboat Key Garden Club honored Florida Arbor Day by donating four trees to the island Jan. 21, at Bicentennial Park.

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  • Neighbors
Stan Singer captured this photo of the sunset casting colors on the water and sand at Beachplace on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 21, 2016
Longboat Key weather page photo: Jan. 21

Stan Singer captured this photo of the sunset casting colors on the water and sand at Beachplace on Longboat Key.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 20, 2016
Seaplace dances the night away

Seaplace residents gathered at the condominium’s “Dance the Night Away” party Jan. 20.

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  • Neighbors
The Longboat Key Town Commission is committed to holding a referendum on March 15 to ask voters to issue bonds for a $23.85 million neighborhood project to bury power lines island-wide.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 20, 2016
Neighborhood undergrounding project is down to the wire

Town Manager Dave Bullock and staff will continue to vet neighborhood undergrounding project concerns until Feb. 15, leaving just one month for public education before the March 15 ballot.

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