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News Briefs

North-end beach project wraps up; Groin project costs come in under $2.5M

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 16, 2014
Pension debt: the $23 million question

Board trustees Armando Linde and Michael Seamon disagree about how to retire the town's unfunded pension liability.

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  • July 16, 2014
Obituary: Margaret Susan Kasper

Margaret Susan Kasper, 81, of Longboat Key, died July 1.

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  • July 16, 2014
Market Watch

A currency crash and the effect on investments

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Jennifer Sargeant, Lindsey Conrad, Sara Heuer and Cyndi Seamon continue their patrol after staking off one nest just after sunrise.
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  • Kelsey Grau
  • July 16, 2014
Turtle Hour

Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteers practice a unique morning routine.

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  • July 16, 2014
Observer wins 61 awards at newspaper contest

Six newspapers in the Observer Media Group garnered 61 total awards, including 24 first-place finishes, at the 2013 Florida Press Association Better Weekly Newspaper contest held July 10 to July 11, at the Biltmore in Coral Gables.

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Photo courtesy of Lou Newman Alan and Beverly in 2012 with three of their cygnets, none of which survived.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 16, 2014
Alan the swan dies of unknown causes

The Bay Isles swan leaves behind his mate, Beverly, but no surviving cygnets.

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  • July 16, 2014
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Photo by Kelsey Grau This home at 165 Whittier Drive has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,743 square feet of living area. It sold for $3,496,000.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • July 16, 2014
John Ringling Estates home sells for $3,496,000

A home in John Ringling Estates tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

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Robert Bernhard submitted this sunset photo of light emanating from the Sarasota skyline. The photo was taken from Grand Bay on Longboat Key.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 16, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

Robert Bernhard submitted this sunset photo of light emanating from the Sarasota skyline. The photo was taken from Grand Bay on Longboat Key.

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Esther Howard holds a photo of her son, Tim Howard, whose performance earned him acclaim at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 15, 2014
World Cup sensation Tim Howard has roots on Key

Tim Howard's mother, Esther Cook, is a Sarasota resident who previously lived on Longboat Key, and his grandparents were longtime Key residents.

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Storm clouds roll in as the sun sets on Lido Beach.
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  • Kelsey Grau
  • July 15, 2014
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Stormy Sunset

Lido Beach is alive with activity just before sunset July 14, despite the loud cracks of thunder from an approaching storm.

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The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort closed in August 2010.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 14, 2014
Colony Lender places winning bid for resort assets

Colony Lender LLC submitted a winning bid for $15,200,100 but plans to sell its assets to Orlando-based Unicorp.

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Jack Flovig, 8, prepares his optimist boat as Alex Berndt watches.
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  • Kelsey Grau
  • July 13, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Yacht Club Summer Camp

Children of the Sarasota Yacht Club learned to sail during a morning summer camp session July 11. The two-week sessions also include activities like trips to the beach, swimming, kayaking and paddle boarding.

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Sand stopped pumping onto the north end of the island July 3 and the contractor spent the last week smoothing out the sand and grooming the newly shaped coastline.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 11, 2014
Beach project wraps up

Approximately 100,000 cubic yards of sand was placed on the north end of the Key from North Shore Road to Broadway.

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