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  • July 3, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Sand Cay Cookout

Sand Cay Resort on Longboat Key hosted a social barbecue Wednesday, July 3. Guests sampled barbecue, food and drinks while socializing with friends and family.

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  • July 3, 2013
July 3: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Sarasota Police investigate Newtown shooting; After debate, Iwo Jima project nixed; Driven to succeed: Lucy Nicandri

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Capture a memory with your smartphone and use hashtag #observer4th on social media sites to join the community in sharing memorable moments.
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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • July 3, 2013
Fourth of July photo frenzy

Capture a memory with your smartphone and use hashtag #observer4th on social media sites to join the community in sharing memorable moments. You may just see your photo in the July 11 issue of the Observer.

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Volunteers mark turtle nests with stakes and tape for protection and documentation purposes.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 3, 2013
Season's first turtle nest hatches

Volunteers will excavate the nest Saturday, July 6, at Longboat Harbour Towers.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 3, 2013
Town to replace water meters

The town will begin replacing water meters next month at no cost to customers.

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The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office conducts 23 vessel inspections from June 28, through June 30.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2013
July 2: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Sheriff's Office targets boaters; Longboat Key puts stop to trolley service funding; The Ringling Museum of Art adds playspace to its grounds; State approves Manatee's financial recovery plan; IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Harry's Continental Kitchens

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Chef Harry Christensen, owner of Harry’s Continental Kitchens, has been in the food-service business on Longboat Key since 1979.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2013
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Harry's Continental Kitchens

This week we went in the kitchen with owner and chef Harry Christensen of Harry's Continental Kitchens. Learn to make his recipe for steak Harwood!

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Marine deputies issued seven warnings and three boating citations during the national boarting under the influence awareness campaign.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • July 2, 2013
Sheriff's Office targets boaters

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office conducts 23 vessel inspections from June 28, through June 30.

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Yvonne and Richard Crawford
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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 2, 2013
Two Longboat Key couples celebrate milestones

Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key President Richard Crawford and his wife, Yvonne, celebrated their 45-year anniversary June 15. Crawford's fellow Kiwanian, Longboat Key resident Weldon Frost and his wife, Brenda, celebrated their 45th anniversary June 28.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 2, 2013
Photo: SERVICE SALUTE

The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key was able to give one of its longtime members the recognition he deserves at the club's June 27 meeting.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 2, 2013
Longboat Key puts stop to trolley service funding

Although the town does not have the poorest bus-ridership route in Manatee County, it's the only municipality being asked to pay for a portion of the trolley's operating cost.

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Dr. Lou Newman photographed this river otter in 2011 on Longboat Key. Photo courtesy of Dr. Lou Newman.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 2, 2013
Bay Isles cygnets fall prey to river critter

Swan keeper David Novak believes that a river otter snatched three cygnets earlier this spring. The presence of the critter concerns some Longboat Key residents.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2013
Briefs 7.2.13

Town announces new flag program for water conditions; Manatee 100 Club honors Longboat Key police officer; Town Hall closes for holiday

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    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • July 2, 2013
The Ringling Museum of Art adds playspace to its grounds

Longboat resident David F. Bolger donates $400,000 for The Ringling to install an innovative playspace.

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There was a 6-foot, long-toothed swimmer gliding through the Gulf, according to the July 8, 1982, issue of the Longboat Observer.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 2, 2013
Longboat Lore: Flies bugged residents on Fourth of July

A buzzing, rapidly multiplying fleet of flies pestered Longboat Key throughout the Fourth of July weekend in 2005. The flies swarmed Freedom Fest and also bugged guests at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort's Fourth of July celebration.

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