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A modified ordinance the Town Commission is set to approve tonight allows the of the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort renovation-and-expansion application to move forward.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 4, 2013
Commission set to modify tourism ordinance tonight

Longboat Key commissioners will review a tourism ordinance and consider wage increases for non-union represented employees.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • March 4, 2013
Longboat Library sale runs through Election Day

The book sale takes place on early voting days and resumes on Election Day.

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Todd Lewis and Melissa Gindling
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  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 3, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: SYC Charitable Foundation Rock & Roll Gala

The Sarasota Yacht Club Charitable Foundation raised held a Rock & Roll Gala Saturday, March 2. The event, which featured the band Stormbringer, raised funds for scholarships for local students pursuing studies in marine science, marine engineering, marine biology and seamanship.

  • Longboat Key
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Artist Curtis Kroesche makes fish and seabirds from 16-gauge steel.
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  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 3, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Wildlife Arts Festival

The Sarasota Wildlife Arts Festival featured a juried art competition and environmental speakers Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3 at Ken Thompson Park on City Island. The event benefitted Save Our Seabirds and the Sarasota Rotary Club.

  • Longboat Key
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Tory Newman, Christina Filkins and Pat Loy
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  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 3, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Home and Garden Club Kickoff Party

Longboat Key Garden Club members Susan and Lenny Landau hosted a potluck dinner Friday, March 1, for homeowners featured in the club's Home and Garden Tour and other volunteers.

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Elliott Weinstein, Lee Peakes, Mike McKee, Ned Pike
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  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 3, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Beachplace Golf Party

Forty Beachplace residents competed in their 7th annual golf tournament Friday, March 1. Afterward, 80 friends gathered in the clubhouse for a dinner party.

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Debbie Causey and Margey Hinderliter bought a palm tree, bird house and golf clubs among a “carload of items”
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 1, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: St. Mary Royal Rummage Sale

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church opened its annual Royal Rummage Sale at noon Friday, March 1. The sale, which donates proceeds to Sarasota Catholic schools and local charities, continues Saturday, March 2.

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Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe announces 2013/2014 Season
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • March 1, 2013
March 1: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Cyldesdales to trot through town; Commissioners give County Administrator Randall Reid a 'B'; Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe announces 2013/2014 Season; Weekend Best Bets; Popcorn Bob's Movie Magic

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  • Robin Hartill
  • March 1, 2013
Bill Johnson named Lightning Community Hero

Longboat Key resident Bill Johnson was honored Tuesday night as the 26th Community Hero of the year.

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Trudy Gremp and Karol Beck
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 1, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Bird Key Yacht Club Style Show

The ladies of Bird Key Yacht Club enjoyed a style show featuring fashions from The Met Thursday, Feb. 28.

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The Longboat Key Garden Club's Home & Garden Tour offers an inside look of a handful of the key's finest abodes
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 1, 2013
WEEKEND BEST BET: Longboat Key events

Longboat Key weekend best bets include a rummage sale, Longboat Key Garden Club's Home & Garden Tour and the Sarasota Wildlife Art Festival.

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Our 2013 Spring Season magazine is here!
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • February 28, 2013
Feb. 28: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Sarasota County commissioners protest new Lido Key restrooms; Top 10 2013 attractions; 2013 Spring Season; SISTER ACT: Good Graeff

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Meetings were held this week between the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort and its longtime owner to try and spur productive dialogue and reach a settlement that gets the shuttered property back on track.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • February 28, 2013
Colony parties talking without lawyers

Parties of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort have agreed to try to settle their differences without attorneys to speed up a settlement and get the property back on track.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • February 28, 2013
Seaplace building evacuated for fire

The fire on Tuesday afternoon was contained to a building's air-conditioning unit.

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Judy Williams, Chuck Fuller and Ruth Strauss
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  • Katie Hendrick
  • February 28, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Christ Church Dinner

Christ Church of Longboat Key held its semimonthly dinner Wednesday, Feb. 27. Parishioners enjoyed a lasagna dinner followed by a presentation titled, "My life in the theater: From ingenue to character woman," starring Carolyn Michel, an actress with the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

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