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The Longboat Key Town Commission will set the town’s maximum millage rate tonight at Town Hall.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 1, 2013
Longboat Key property values are on the rise

Sarasota and Manatee County property appraiser offices reveal their taxable values today. Those values are increasing slightly for the Key.

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At least 50 people attended a rally Saturday organized by former Save Our Seabirds volunteer Greg Para, who said its purpose was to show support for founder Lee Fox. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 1, 2013
City seeks bird's-eye view of Save Our Seabirds

Sarasota staffers didn't see rats or mold during an inspection of Save Our Seabirds, but former volunteers and a past employee told them when and where to look.

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Combined with a debt service millage rate of 0.0560 mills, the total town maximum millage rate could be 2.1932 mills when the new budget begins Oct. 1.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 1, 2013
Longboat sets maximum millage rate at 2.1372

Longboat Key properties, which the Manatee and Sarasota County property appraisers certified July 1, rose in value.

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The bar at Tommy Bahama was packed with people for the extended happy hour from 3 to 7 p.m.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • June 28, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : Tommy Bahama 20th Anniversary

Customers celebrated Tommy Bahama's 20th Anniversary Friday, June 28, at the restaurant and the retail store on St. Armands Circle. The restaurant had an extended happy hour from 3 to 7 p.m. and the retail store gave out 20 certificates worth $20 in celebration of the anniversary

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Sarasota Police do not suspect foul play in the death of a woman at the Sarasota County Area Transit transfer station in downtown Sarasota.
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  • June 28, 2013
June 28: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Police investigate death at SCAT station; Weekend Best Bet: Culverhouse Nature Park Celebration; None injured in bus crash; Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

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Signs have been posted at the entrances of both fire stations defining the flag colors that notify the Key's surf conditions.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 28, 2013
Town announces water conditions flag program

The town's two fire stations now fly flags that show the water conditions for Key swimmers.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 27, 2013
June 27: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Police operation nabs 39 offenders; Five area college leaders revive push for collaboration; BMX facility upgrades could boost tourism; PHOTO GALLERY: Bible Baptist VBS

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Investigators allege Vennie Del Singleton touched a young girl inappropriately various times from 2000 to 2002 at a withheld location in the city of Sarasota.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 27, 2013
Police arrest man suspected of molestation

The Sarasota Police Department arrested June 25, for allegedly molesting a girl between the ages of 7 and 8.

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The Sarasota Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred on Cocoanut Avenue at 9:35 p.m. Tuesday, June 25.
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  • June 27, 2013
June 26: Daily Headlines Video

Top Stories: Man robbed at gunpoint; Fort Hamer Bridge plan moves closer to approval; Whitney Beach likely to raise the bar; IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Mar Vista

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Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming with Police Officer John Thomas
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 27, 2013
Manatee 100 Club honors LBK Officer John Thomas

Longboat Key Police Officer John Thomas is the Manatee 100 Club's 2012 Police Officer of the Year.

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Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming with Police Officer John Thomas
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 27, 2013
Manatee 100 Club honors LBK Officer John Thomas

Longboat Key Police Officer John Thomas is the Manatee 100 Club's 2012 Police Officer of the Year.

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Get the recipe for Bud and Bay Shrimp and watch the in the kitchen instructional video!
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 26, 2013
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Mar Vista

This week we went in the kitchen with owner Ed Chiles and chef George Quattromani for Bud and Bay Shrimp at Mar Vista. Get the recipe and watch an instructional video on how to prepare the dish.

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B.J. Webb
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  • Robin Hartill
  • June 26, 2013
Webb to lead USTA Florida Foundation

The United States Tennis Association Florida Section Foundation appointed B.J. Webb as volunteer president of the organization.

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Rabbi Jonathan Katz and new friends
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 26, 2013
Rabbi Katz's help goes shofar in Hawaii

When Rabbi Jonathan Katz blew the shofar recently at a wedding he officiated in Hawaii, he joked he was blowing on a Jewish conch shell.

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Town Manager Dave Bullock is giving the 11 members of the Longboat Key Police Department Union until June 28 to decide upon one of three retirement options.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 26, 2013
Police ponder pension alternative

A defined-contribution option for union-represented police officers allows officers to put up to 35.4% of their paychecks, including Social Security, toward their retirement.

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