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An early Easter typically causes concern among local business owners who worry tourists and snowbirds will hop out of town alongside the Easter Bunny.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 24, 2013
Season extends past Easter on St. Armands

Snowbirds and tourists didn't flock North after Easter in March, which is good news for businesses on St. Armands Circle.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • April 24, 2013
LBK homes sell for $5.7 million, $3.5 million

Both Gulfside properties are located in the Manatee County portion of the Key.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 24, 2013
Beach project receives no bids

A beach project bid meeting at Town Hall last week produced no beach bids and will delay the town's beach project by 30 days.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 24, 2013
Workshop to focus on Colony issues

A 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, workshop allows commissioners to vet all of the issues facing the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

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Longboat Key Turtle Watch’s 2013 poster offers turtle-nesting season guidelines. Courtesy photo.
  • By Robin Hartill and Alex Mahadevan
  • April 24, 2013
Turtles swim the globe before returning home

A loggerhead that hatches on local beaches might swim thousands of miles before returning to nest at the place where it hatched.

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  • News
Century 21 Beggins Enterprises’ expanded operations will be headquartered out of Barrier Island Realty’s office at 7000 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 24, 2013
Larry Starr forms alliance with Century 21 Beggins

Century 21 Beggins Enterprises will offer residential real-estate services in R1A's four Longboat Key offices and its downtown Sarasota headquarters.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 24, 2013
Fleetwood: voice for Colony rehab model

In the past year, Blake Fleetwood has disagreed with the majority of the Colony's board by arguing against a teardown and rebuild of the shuttered resort.

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    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • April 24, 2013
Local artists purchase Terry's Framing and Art Supplies

Robbie Ball and his fiancee, Emily Shaw, plan to carry on the legacy of Longboat Key framer Terry Petesch, who died last year.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 24, 2013
Longboat Key Chamber focuses on home front

The chamber of commerce will offer more island events and a new resident membership.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 24, 2013
Lore: Longboaters got last taste of Shenkel's

On April 24, 1994, a Longboat Key institution served its final meal.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 24, 2013
Leaving town? Learn how to protect your property

If you're getting ready to head north for the summer, plan to take the necessary steps now to ensure your home stays safe.

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  • News
Arnie Malasky frequently wears beaver-embroidered shirts and has beavers on his business cards.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • April 24, 2013
Your Neighbor: Arnie Malasky

It started with a smiling, doe-eyed stuffed beaver Arnie Malasky spotted on a business trip to Denver, which he thought would make a perfect gift for his then-girlfriend, Ronnie.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Obituary: Theresa 'Teddie' Sinick

Theresa 'Teddie' Sinick, 98, of Longboat Key, died April 14.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Obituary: Milford 'Mel' Lewis

Milford T. "Mel" Lewis, 81, of Franklin, Mich., and Longboat Key, died April 9.

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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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