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If the Colony association doesn’t address a rodent problem by April 4, the town will consider using a cash bond set aside to correct urgent Colony issues.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 27, 2014
Colony urged to correct rodent problem

A March 21 letter to Colony officials and attorneys reveals the town has received a complaint regarding rodent activity at 1620 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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The Longboat Key Police Department is located in the Public Safety Complex. (File photo)
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  • Robin Hartill
  • March 27, 2014
LBK police department offers medication disposal

The Longboat Key Police Department is now an Official Medical Collection site.

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  • March 26, 2014
Colony judge amends ruling

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May officially entered his ruling that converts the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort bankruptcy case to a Chapter 7 liquidation March 21, with one change from the oral ruling he made in February.

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Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections volunteers used three new electronic pollbooks to sign in registered voters at Town Hall on Tuesday.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 26, 2014
Longboat Key tests new electronic pollbooks

Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent's office used Longboat Key's March 25 municipal election as a testing ground for new electronic equipment that will be deployed in full force later this year for the county's primary.

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Johnson Clark, Erica Johnson and Andrew and Randi MacKintosh (Courtesy Mary Lou Johnson)
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  • March 26, 2014
It's Turtle Watch T-shirt time

To get in the nesting season spirit, Longboat Key Turtle Watch has 2014 T-shirts available.

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Sam Woolf (Courtesy of American Idol)
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2014
Pettingell is proud Woolfpack member

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate Longboat Key associate Roger Pettingell can say he was an early member of the Woolfpack before Sam Woolf shot to fame.

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Newly anointed District 3 Commissioner Terry Gans and his wife, Diane, celebrate after hearing the news.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • March 26, 2014
Gans takes seat for two more years

Terry Gans defeats Ray Rajewski in the District 3 commission race, winning 57.38% of votes.

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Irwin and Sylvia Pastor celebrate with champagne and supporters after receiving the news that Pastor won one of the town's two at-large commission seats.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 26, 2014
Pastor triumphs over Linde for at-large seat

Irwin Pastor overcame an anemic Election Day voter turnout to capture the at-large seat against challenger Armando Linde.

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Peter Coates
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  • March 26, 2014
Mystery takes over Longboat Key

The mystery of a missing girl has enveloped Longboat Key.

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Kurt Schultheis Kate Honea, Doug Staley and Beverly Sutton
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2014
Kiwanis Club awards first grants of the year

The Longboat Key Kiwanis Foundation awarded its first grants for the 2014 season at its March 20 breakfast meeting at the Longboat Key Club's Tavern & Whiskey Bar.

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  • March 26, 2014
Longboat student earns top honors

Nicole Christie, of Longboat Key, was recently named to the dean's list at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • March 26, 2014
Pastor tops candidates for fundraising through March 22

Irwin Pastor did not receive any campaign contributions between March 8 and March 22 - but the L'Ambiance resident has still raised more than any other Longboat Key Town Commission candidate this season, with $20,673 raised during the campaign.

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Courtesy An Urban Land Institute final report encourages a town center concept near Bay Isles Road that promotes walkability and open space.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 26, 2014
ULI committee debates town center, Bayfront Park

The town likely will wait until the fall to hold public forums on a future town center concept.

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Kurt Schultheis Town Manager Dave Bullock discusses beach erosion issues with more than 100 people who attended a North End Coalition of Property Owners meeting March 20, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 26, 2014
New coalition discusses north end erosion issues

More than 100 north end residents and business owners packed the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, March 20 for the first forum of the newly formed North End Coalition of Property Owners.

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File photoLido residents hope that upgrades will make Lido Pool a revenue generator.
    By
  • David Conway
  • March 26, 2014
City prepares search for Lido Pool upgrades

For the past three years, Carl Shoffstall has been pushing to make the Lido Pool and pavilion a destination for residents and tourists. Now, the city is close to taking a significant step toward realizing his goals.

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