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  • Robin Hartill
  • April 1, 2015
Can St. Armands keep up with the Kardashians?

As Kim Kardashian and her entourage DASH to their St. Armands store opening, officials worry the addition will add to the headaches they already get from traffic and watching the family’s reality show.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 1, 2015
Commissioners used private email for convenience

‘I thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my commission duties and my personal emails instead of two,’ a commissioner tells the Longboat Observer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 1, 2015
Call Waiting

The delay wasn’t quite as long as it felt — but it still highlights inefficiencies in the town’s current emergency dispatch system.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • David Conway
  • April 1, 2015
Proposed Circle traffic solution: Crossing guards

St. Armands is circling back to a nearly 4-year-old plan to station crossing guards throughout the shopping district to mitigate traffic problems.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Hola Taco Shack makes a run for the border — of its Village parking space, that is. The food truck received a parking ticket from police, who warn that food trucks must abide by parking restrictions.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 1, 2015
Food trucks on the menu for Village parking spaces

Foodies, take note: The Longbeach Village is the place to be, with food trucks adding to the growing restaurant scene.

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  • News
A sandbar near Jewfish Key has become a popular spot for boaters, particularly during weekends. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 1, 2015
Jewfish boat noise pollution irks residents

A popular sandbar for boaters who frequently play loud music has residents sounding off against noise pollution.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Fred Kagi enjoys his time in the Longbeach Village during the winter months. He spends mid-May through mid-October in Steamboat Springs, Colo.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 1, 2015
Q+A with Fred Kagi

He has only lived on Longboat for three years, but Hawaiian-shirt-wearing, bike-riding Fred Kagi is ready to embrace his new role as Longbeach Village Association’s president.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 1, 2015
ULI Update: Making progress

ULI Update: Making progress

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Code Enforcement Officer Chris Elbon designed an easy-to-understand brochure about the town’s rental restriction ordinance.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 1, 2015
Town staff tackles confusing code

Armed with a confusing code it can’t change and wants to keep in place, the town created a document that’s easier to understand than the code itself.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
For more than 40 years, the pipe has been located in an agricultural area that could be developed in 2016. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 1, 2015
Commission pumps Bullock for pipleline information

What’s the state of the wastewater pipeline? Commissioners want to know before they flush $16 million into replacing it.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 1, 2015
Garden Club, Kiwanis Club star in ‘Dinner and a Movie’

On April 24, Longboat Key Garden Club and the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key will host the inaugural “Dinner and a Movie” event at the Longboat Key Club.

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  • Neighbors
This home at 3641 Bayou Circle has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,227 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.7 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • April 1, 2015
Three-bedroom home in Bay Isles sells for $1.7 million

A home in Bay Isles tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Volunteer B.J. McCurry hands out bags and T-shirts to guests in attendance for the campaign kick-off.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • April 1, 2015
All Faiths kicks off Campaign Against Summer Hunger

All Faiths kicks off Campaign Against Summer Hunger

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 1, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 4.02.15

Cops Corner: Longboat Key 4.02.15

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
That’s a sexy Fisher Island Club peacock featured in the New York Post story, not a sexy Longbeach Village peacock .
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 1, 2015
Longboat Key: Bringing sexy back?

Longboat Key: Bringing sexy back?

  • Longboat Key
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