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Longbeach Village peacocks that evade trappers will be shot with a tranquilizer dart.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 18, 2015
Commission seeks to reduce peacock population

A trapper could get a golden egg of $25,000 to cull the Longbeach Village peacock population to 12 males.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Dave Bullock would rather have more paid time off on his boat to fish with his wife, Donna, and grandson Evan Ohern, 3, whom Bullock calls “a great fisherman.”
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 18, 2015
Bullock turns down 4% raise

Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock is fine with his $180,000 salary, but the avid boater floats one request before the commission.

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The Bay Isles Master Association Board voted Monday afternoon not to allow the town to use the more convenient Bay Isles Beach Club as one of its access points for dump trucks bringing sand to the sand starved shoreline.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 18, 2015
Bay Isles denies town beach access

Despite pleas from the town, Bay Isles residents won’t open their private beach club to dump trucks for an upcoming project to replenish shores in need of sand.

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District 1 Commissioner Armando Linde
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 18, 2015
Commissioners Linde, Zunz: Sitting soon on a dais near you

Armando Linde and Ed Zunz will become the newest town commissioners in March, after the deadline for candidates to qualify passes without challengers.

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Chris Lynch, Jim Schwartz and Ethna Lynch, of Lynches Pub and Grub, at last year's Gourmet Lawn Party.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 18, 2015
Lawn Party set to break records

The Gourmet Lawn Party will be Dec. 5.

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  • Neighbors
The Unit A-801 condominium at 535 Sanctuary Drive has three bedrooms, three and a half baths and 3,115 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 18, 2015
Sanctuary condo sells for $2.25 million

The Unit A-801 condominium at 535 Sanctuary Drive has three bedrooms, three and a half baths and 3,115 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 17, 2015
Garden Club learns about the Village

Members of the Longboat Key Garden Club welcomed former Longbeach Village Association President Michael Drake at its monthly meeting Nov. 17.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 17, 2015
Curtis Gilroy discusses defense strategies with Republican Club

Former Director of Accession Policy Curtis Gilroy, of the U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, joined the Republican Club of Longboat Key for its monthly meeting Nov. 17.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 17, 2015
Sandpipers learn the art of ballet

The Sandpipers Men’s Group at All Angels by the Sea, Episcopal Church held its first lunch meeting of the year Nov. 17.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Armando Linde is one of two new fresh faces on the Longboat Key Town Commission in March.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 17, 2015
Longboat Key Town Commission seats confirmed

A deadline for candidates came and went Monday with no one challenging four commission seats that were up for grabs. That means the commission has two familiar faces and two new ones.

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Dan Wade, event manager of the Longboat Key Club, models with daughter Carly at last year’s Taste of the Keys
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 16, 2015
Michael Kors decommits from Taste of the Keys

J.McLaughlin will now feature its clothing at the Taste of the Keys fashion show Jan. 27.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Reports of fish kills associated with red tide have been detected on Beer Can Island.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 16, 2015
Red tide fish kills washing ashore on Longboat Key

Red tide algae blooms have been detected off the coast in both Manatee and Sarasota counties.

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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 15, 2015
Christ Church greets members

Christ Church Presbyterian welcomed back 70 members at its first dinner of the season Nov. 14.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 15, 2015
Longboat celebrates sweet 60

Longboat Key celebrated its 60th anniversary Nov. 14, at Bayfront Park.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 13, 2015
Bacchus on the Beach celebrates stone crab and wine

More than 300 guests enjoyed an evening of stone crab and wine at Bacchus on the Beach’s Stone Crab Celebration & Winemaker Auction Nov. 13, at the Longboat Key Club.

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