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The Longboat Pass Bridge connects Longboat Key to Bradenton Beach.
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  • March 2, 2015
Night-time work will bring Longboat Pass Bridge lane closures

FDOT will perform routine maintenance between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. through Thursday.

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Marsha Panuce with Kelly, a cockatoo
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  • February 27, 2015
Save Our Seabirds Sunset Soiree takes flight

Mote Marine Aquarium was filled with 225 bird lovers on Feb. 26 at the fourth annual Save Our Seabirds Sunset Soiree gala.

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Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming holds the plaque he received at his Feb. 13 graduation ceremony.
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  • February 26, 2015
Cumming books 400 hours in training program

Police Chief Pete Cumming is ready to put the lessons he learned in a four-month Southern Police Institute course to work on Longboat Key.

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Town Manager Dave Bullock won't divulge how long he wants to be the town's manager.
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  • February 26, 2015
Succession plan: Life after Bullock

Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock began his career with the town four years ago.

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Islandside Property Owners Coalition President Bob White has seen a concept Key Club project.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 26, 2015
Key Club checks in with IPOC on Islandside plan

IPOC President Bob White has reservations about hotel traffic but still hopes to sign an agreement in support of a future Key Club project.

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Hamlin "Ham" Jones, pictured in 2006, with wife, Lorraine, left, at their wedding ceremony.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • February 26, 2015
Ham Jones swapped security for dream

Ham Jones, who left a career at IBM to open Seafood Shack, died Feb. 14. He was 81.

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Sammy Landau, a 2-year-old mastiff, is a rare breed: His owners, Lenny and Susan Landau, licensed him at Town Hall, making him one of just 175 pets legally registered since 2011.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • February 26, 2015
Commission takes shot at pet licenses

A decades-old requirement makes outlaws out of most Longboat Key dogs and cats.

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Mote President/CEO Michael Crosby, founder Genie Clark and President Emeritus Kumar Mahadevan (Courtesy Mote Marine Laboratory)
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • February 25, 2015
Mote founder Genie Clark dies at 92

Eugenie Clark was affectionately known as the ‘Shark Lady’ for her research.

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  • February 25, 2015
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  • February 25, 2015
Obituary: James McConnell

James McConnell, 87, of Longboat Key, died Feb. 18.

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  • February 25, 2015
Obituary: Sylvia Cohodas

Sylvia Cohodas, 93, of Longboat Key, died Feb. 18.

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  • February 25, 2015
Good pick for Pick

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church Reverend Emeritus Edward Pick was born in 1935 and ordained to the priesthood in 1960.

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  • February 25, 2015
News Briefs

Officer, fire chief involved in crashes; Town website offers new traffic feature; SMH to demolish urgent care building; Town to hold public open house

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  • February 25, 2015
Voters have options for making voices heard

Longboat Key town commissioners decide whether your taxes go up or down.

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Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Past President Michael Garey said he heard of the Miracle League of Manasota when his daughter, Amelia, volunteered as a buddy to the athletes. Garey suggested the 501(c)(3) as the club's new charitable partner, which board members recently accepted.
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Palmetto community leaders showed up strong at Longboat Island Chapel's latest charity drive to support Mt. Carmel Resource Center on June 16. From left, Deputy Ken Jewett, Sgt. Joy Jewett, Chief of Police Scott Tyler, City of Palmetto Mayor Daniel West, Shirley Pearson, executive director of Strength in Action, Inc., Rev. Brock Patterson, Pearson's sister Laura Wallace, and Town of Longboat Key Town Manager Howard Tipton.
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From food to furniture, chapel's programs continue to make an impact
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St. Lucie County Administrator George Landry has been recommended by Howard Tipton to replace him as town manager as Tipton prepares to retire.
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