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The Town Commission is scheduled to adopt a millage rate and 2013-14 fiscal year budget on first reading at its 7 p.m. regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 3, at Town Hall.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 31, 2013
Town manager now recommends 4.5% millage increase

State officials want town-hired actuaries to revise the assumption rates for two of the pension plans they believe are too high and are unattainable. The move changes the town manager's tax rate recommendation.

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  • News
Mayor Jim Brown declined an invitation to meet with a police officer and union representative this week.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 30, 2013
Aug. 30: Daily Headlines

Today's Stories: Vehicle burglaries hit one Lakewood Ranch street; TAC unit nabs burglars; City scraps State Street garage proposals; Town and police union at odds over new contract

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The Longboat Key Police Department and the town are at odds over a new contract.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 30, 2013
Town and police union at odds over new contract

Mayor Jim Brown declined an invitation to meet with a police officer and union representative this week.

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The Optimist Fleet lines up for its first race of the day during the 66th annual Sarasota Sailing Squadron Labor Day Regatta in 2012. File photo.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 30, 2013
Weekend Best Bet: 67th annual Labor Day Regatta

The Sarasota Sailing Squadron is hosting the 67th annual Labor Day Regatta this weekend.

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  • News
Bay Isles Parkway from Gulf of Mexico Drive to the Harbourside entrance on Harbourside Drive is being repaved this week.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 29, 2013
Bay Isles Parkway under construction

There will be daily lane closures and some delays for Bay Isles residents. At least one entrance from Bay Isles Parkway into the Longboat Key Publix/CVS Pharmacy will be open at all times.

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David Novak’s ultimate goal for the next five to eight years is a same-sex pair of swans for each Key territory — most likely two female pairs and four male pairs.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 28, 2013
Swan keeper seeks community donations

The Regal Swan Foundation has agreed to a multi-year effort to help swan keeper David Novak with the Key's swan population.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Virginia Sanders nest yields 115

A nest named for a top turtle recently hatched at 6429 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
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Eva Waldroup. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Town Hall's cake connoisseur retires

Eva Waldroup, Town Hall's popular receptionist and cake-maker, officially retired this year after 10 years of service.

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  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Commissioner is a proud new grandpa

Commissioner Jack Duncan has taken on an additional responsibility. He and his wife, Debbie, are the proud new grandparents to Liam James Webster.

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  • Neighbors
Longboat Key resident Charles “Chuck” Nechtem, president and CEO of Charles Nechtem Associates Inc., uprooted his life to make both a professional and a personal move to Longboat Key five years ago.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 28, 2013
BUSINESS & PLEASURE: Charles Nechtem Associates Inc.

A Longboat Key-based company continues to thrive five years after its relocation from New Jersey. The company is also attracting its clients to the Key for annual meetings.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 28, 2013
All eight employees enter DROP

Every general employee eligible to enter the DROP for five years while also working is taking the town up on its retirement offer.

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Learn how to make homemade ravioli with Andrea Bozzolo of Andrea's
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Andrea's

This week we went in the kitchen with Andrea Bozzolo, owner of Andrea's, for a homemade ravioli dish. Get the full recipe and watch an instructional video in this week's In the Kitchen.

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  • News
A 2.5-foot-tall bubbling fountain waterfall statue made of basaltic rock has been a part of the Longboat Island Chapel for many years. Church officials call the statue "irreplaceable."
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 28, 2013
Chapel statue reported stolen

A 2.5-foot-tall statue was stolen this month in the Longboat Island Chapel's garden. Parishioners want the statue returned, no questions asked, as soon as possible.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 28, 2013
County stops billing town for trolley

The town of Longboat Key refuses to pay Manatee County for its trolley service. The county stopped sending bills, but it now must find a way to fund the route.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 28, 2013
Town plans to get charter back on track

A referendum voters approved in November is null and void unless the Legislature reverses its course in early 2014.

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The Citizen Tax Oversight Committee meets once a year to review expenditures of revenue brought in from the infrastructure surtax. The 2026 meeting lasted about 15 minutes on Thursday, April 2.
  • April 6, 2026
Longboat infrastructure tax spending plan comes up $6 million short
2
Emi Frydman checks out the basket of Easter eggs her family members found at the April 4 egg hunt at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church. The Easter activities, open to the public, made their return for the first time since the early 2020s through the efforts of church members.
  • April 6, 2026
Back from pre-COVID hiatus, St. Armands hosts Easter bash
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Lydia Lardner, 3, makes an impressive start filling up her Easter basket with Kelly Lardner and family at the April 3 Sand Cay Condominiums Beach Resort's Easter egg hunt, a beloved tradition at the resort for more than a decade.
  • April 6, 2026
Families return for Easter egg hunt tradition at Sand Cay
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Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key President Danielle Gladding welcomes guest speaker Longboat Police Chief Russ Mager to update members about his approach to leadership since he assumed the role last autumn at the April 2 meeting.
  • April 4, 2026
Longboat police chief talks digital security with Kiwanians
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St. Regis at Longboat Key is a gulf-facing resort and condo development on the barrier island of Longboat Key. The Unicorp-developed property opened in 2024 at the former site of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.
  • April 4, 2026
St. Regis on track to receive permanent certificate of occupancy, eyes tennis courts

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