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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 5, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 8.06.15

Enjoy this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.

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Longboat Key Fire Rescue Chief Paul Dezzi discusses issues that affect his two fire houses with the Longboat Observer.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 5, 2015
Paul Dezzi: Firehouse happenings

Longboat Key Fire Rescue Chief Paul Dezzi discusses issues that affect his two fire houses with the Longboat Observer.

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said Longboat Pass Bridge, which was built in 1957, will have a study performed in 2020 to look at replacement options for the aging structure.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 5, 2015
Town, FDOT spar over bridge construction costs

The town of Longboat Key denies that its contractor, TB Landmark Construction Inc., damaged the foundation of the Longboat Pass Bridge during an October 2014 project.

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Owners of the former Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant seek to build a new restaurant that’s similar to The Shore Diner on St. Armands Circle.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 5, 2015
Owners seek to Shore up 114 additional restaurant seats

One thing is sure as the new owners of the former Moore’s Stone Crab building seek 299 seats: Town Hall better add extra chairs.

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Town Attorney Mooney-Portale notified the Longboat Key Town Commission in a July 16 e-mail that a Supreme Court ruling rendered on June 18 requires sign code changes to be made in municipalities all over the country.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 5, 2015
Court ruling may relax sign code

Longboat Key’s stringent sign code restrictions could be loosened thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

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U.S. Bankruptcy Judge. K Rodney May will review the bids 10 a.m. Sept. 8, when May will hold an all-day auction for Maloney’s judgment against unit owners and decide who is the winning bidder.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 5, 2015
$23 million Colony judgment attracts four bidders

The highest bidder for a $23 million Colony Beach & Tennis Resort judgment is a new player: Bluewater Oceanfront Investments LLC, a Windermere-based corporation formed in July.

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Instructor Sandy Bellino leads the class for aqua tai chi at Sarasota Memorial Hospital's HeathFit. Photo by Amanda Morales
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • August 5, 2015
News you can use from the fitness front

The latest fitness news offers an ever-increasing volume of support for Aerobic Grandma's mission to get readers to be more active.

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  • Neighbors
Longboat Key Revitalization Task Force Vice Chair Tom Freiwald said the key to welcoming new visitors and residents to Longboat Key is continually updating the island’s infrastructure.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 5, 2015
Conversation with Tom Freiwald

Tom Freiwald, 69, stumbled into Longboat Key Town Hall politics by accident when he proposed his community, Spanish Main Yacht Club, could be a site for a cellular tower in 2010. Five years later, Freiwald is still busy doing town work behind the scenes a

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Freda Perrotta
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • August 4, 2015
Turtle Watch honors Freda Perrotta

Longboat Key Turtle Watch recognized founder Freda Perrotta on Aug. 1.

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  • Neighbors
Commissioner Phill Younger wants to have a garbage collection discussion in the fall.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 4, 2015
Commissioner criticizes garbage pickup failure

The issue of late garbage pickup or no garbage pickup at all on Longboat Key will come before the Town Commission in the fall.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 4, 2015
Longboat Key photo contest winner: August 6

Norman Weber submitted this sunset photo, taken near Big Pass.

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    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 4, 2015
Promenade condo tops sales at $1,275,000

A condominium in The Promenade tops all transactions in this week’s real estate

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  • Real Estate
Diane Proios checks Maika Arlond’s blood pressure at the Longboat Key health fair on May 21.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • August 3, 2015
Longboat to offer deskercise class

The hour-long session will teach workers how to increase their physical activity while at work.

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The Longboat Key Town Commission will approve the budget on second reading at a special meeting 5:01 p.m. Sept. 28.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 3, 2015
Town recommends using $389,675 to balance budget

A 5.33% increase in Longboat Key property values generated an additional $504,051 in additional ad valorem revenue at the current millage rate of 2.1763 mills.

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Photo courtesy: Susan Molnar
  • By Nancy Schwartz
  • August 1, 2015
Photo contest winners: June

Photo contest winners: June

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