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Last year's Fish Fry at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub drew approximately 150 people. File photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 12, 2013
Fish Fry hooks new location

Village residents Craig and Cathy Meldahl and Craig and Georgia Walters have agreed to lend their yards for the event.

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Town Manager Dave Bullock facilitated a town working group meeting that got together to create a list of questions it expects a consultant to answer later this year.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 12, 2013
Group seeks to ask the right questions

A committee of Key residents worked to create a platform for nine questions that a consultant will use to find out what the town wants and where it's headed.

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Thomas Mann received 144.47 acres in the present-day Longbeach Village through the Homestead Act of 1862.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 12, 2013
Lore: Mann became first Longboat Key homesteader in 1891

Thomas Mann received 144.47 acres in the present-day Longbeach Village through the Homestead Act of 1862.

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Dayana Bermudez and Jason Iannello Courtesy Photos
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 12, 2013
Wedding bells to ring for two couples

Jason Iannello, son of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Iannello, of Longboat Key, proposed to Dayana Bermudez, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Alexey Bermudez, of Santa Marta, Colombia, on the beaches of Longboat Key.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 12, 2013
Obituary: David Kovalsky

David Kovalsky, 64, of Sarasota, died May 31.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 12, 2013
Obituary: E. Everett Edwards

E. Everett Edwards, 76, formerly of Longboat Key, died June 6.

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Longboat Key Medical Director Steven Newman says “working together with guys he’s helped train to resuscitate a life” is the best part of his job.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 12, 2013
License to mend

Longboat Key Medical Director Steven Newman's healing touch has a far reach: His license reaches up to 60,000 patients annually through more than 600 first responders.

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Both Longbeach Village and Sleepy Lagoon streets were flooded after a band of strong winds and rain from Tropical Storm Andrea came ashore June 6. Norton Street looked more like a canal than a street after the storm.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 12, 2013
Andrea is first brush with storm season

Key residents and town staffers got a reminder last week that hurricane season is here.

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Robin Hartill
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  • Robin Hartill
  • June 12, 2013
YOUR NEIGHBOR: Tom Freiwald

Tom Freiwald recently gave the commencement address for the University of Phoenix West Florida to a crowd of approximately 2,000 students and their families.

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Susan Smith
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 12, 2013
New finance director excited to take on role in Florida

Finance Director Susan Smith is prepared to tackle the town's fiscal year budget after moving from Connecticut.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 12, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Unit 2E2 at Vizcaya, 2377 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,169 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,987,500.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 12, 2013
Vizcaya condominium sells for $1,987,500

A condominium in Vizcaya at Longboat Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Deborah Cook and Victor Cook Jr., trustees, of Columbus, Ohio, sold the Unit 2E2 condominium at 2377 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Frank and Katherine Martucci, of Ancramdale, N.Y., for $1,987,500. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,169 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2,320,000 in 2005.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 12, 2013
Weather Photo: SUNSET SILHOUETTES

McKenzie Chadwell submitted this photo, taken of a storm brewing over Lido Key.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 12, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Crosby, Chiles, Cripe attend NOAA fish fry; Arpke 'Tasting Tuscany' in September; Maison Blanche to close for summer

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The Sarasota Orchestra today named Anu Tali as its new music director
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • June 11, 2013
June 11: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: The Sarasota Orchestra today named Anu Tali as its new music director; Detectives investigate early morning shooting; Main Street rally for Rodney Mitchell; Longbeach Village residents oppose new Mar Vista plan; Manatee School board chooses legal representation

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