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Mayor Jim Brown will speak before the Anna Maria City Commission next week to discuss the town’s ULI report.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 3, 2014
Anna Maria ponders ULI study

The town of Longboat Key's Urban Land Institute final report has intrigued Anna Maria city officials.

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David Gutridge, Joanne Forch and Warren Elliot
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  • Kelsey Grau
  • April 2, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Operation Kindness

The 7th annual Operation Kindness event was held at the Longboat Key Club & Resort on April 2 to raise money for combat trauma veterans. The afternoon began with a tennis round robin followed by a reception at the Harbourside Dining Room. Proceeds were donated to the Wounded in Action Family Foundation (WIAFF), which assists veterans with the transition from a military hospital back into society.

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Sally Jaret, Commodore Lee Peakes and Jack Jaret
    By
  • Kelsey Grau
  • April 2, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Bird Key Yacht Club Bowling Banquet

On April 2, Bird Key Yacht Club held a banquet in honor of its bowling league and the members that participate. The players take to the lanes in October and finish up with an awards ceremony each April.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 2, 2014
Final ULI report is a gem for town

APRIL FOOLS' - The town got what it paid for with the $125,000 Urban Land Institute report.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 2, 2014
Swanson puts swan family in the spotlight

APRIL FOOLS - Members of the Longboat Key swan family are finalists in a nationwide contest sponsored by Swanson to appear on the company's frozen dinner boxes.

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  • Neighbors
Justin Bieber prefers to keep a low profile wherever he goes, but police believe that his leopard-print Audi R8 and washboard abs will make him easy to spot on Longboat Key. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Kelsey Grau
  • April 2, 2014
Justin Bieber's new baby: Ohana estate

APRIL FOOLS' - There's gonna be one less empty house on Longboat Key, following a universally acclaimed musician's purchase of the blinged out $22 million Ohana estate.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 2, 2014
News Briefs

APRIL FOOLS' - You've got three minutes; Town hires therapist for board members; The EDC praises Colony as local job creator; Healthcare.gov architect to heal town website

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File photo A We Buy Gold Store was the first store to sign a letter of intent to sign a lease in the new town center.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 2, 2014
Publix to be demolished

APRIL FOOLS' - The Longboat Key Publix will close May 1 and reopen April 1, 2015, to create a new Main Street retail and grocery store pedestrian roundabout attraction.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 2, 2014
Mar Vista and Moore's to merge

APRIL FOOLS' - The longtime restaurateurs plan to merge Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub and Moore's Stonecrab Restaurant into a single 456-seat restaurant.

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  • News
Courtesy photo Traffic jams and bridge openings on and near Longboat Key the past few weeks were not just seasonal traffic issues.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 2, 2014
Officials conspired to jam traffic

APRIL FOOLS' - The season's traffic woes began when a town official sent an email reading: 'Time for some traffic problems on Longboat Key.'

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 2, 2014
Marijuana clinic seeks to light up Longboat Key

APRIL FOOLS' - The Grass is Greener LLC has more than a budding interest in opening a Longboat office if a medical marijuana ballot initiative passes in November.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 2, 2014
Photographer stuns with picture

Clayton Piantedosi, the photographer behind the (iPhone lens) could be one of our youngest sunset photo submitters ever at just 13 years old.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 2, 2014
Birthday boy gets a dog day

Bentley Weber, second from left, celebrated his eighth birthday at his winter home on Longboat Key with owner Deb Weber and friends Brody, Buster and Scrappy.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 2, 2014
Town Hall doesn't trump the happiest place on earth

Commissioner Lynn Larson's three grandchildren, Zander, 9, Zora, 7, and Zoe Ramsey, 5, along with their mother, Lora Ramsey, attended Monday night's statutory meeting to watch their grandmother be sworn in for another two-year term.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 2, 2014
Kiwanis Foundation to award four grants

The Longboat Key Kiwanis Foundation announced its second round of grants for the 2014 season.

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