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Marty Samowitz, 98, holds a photo of himself at age 27, shortly after he joined the Air Force.
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  • February 13, 2013
Iwo Jima: A survivor's story

At 98, Marty Samowitz is the oldest-known Iwo Jima survivor. Feb. 19 will mark 68 years since the start of the pivotal World War II battle.

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While six candidates vie for three Longboat Key Town Commission seats, debate and frustration about past commission decisions loom.

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Mayor Jim Brown
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  • February 13, 2013
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Listed below is a sampling of what the six candidates running for the Longboat Key Town Commission had to say at a debate co-sponsored by the Longboat Observer and the Longboat Key Public Interest Committee Monday, Feb. 11, at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center.

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Molly Lefevre and Lance Plowman give Bacon bread bits as a treat a week after he narrowly escaped a fire.
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  • February 13, 2013
Bringing Home Bacon

Bacon, a miniature potbelly pig, broke through a window last week to escape a house fire. He survived with a few scratches.

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  • February 13, 2013
IPOC, Ocean Properties reach agreement

Ocean Properties Ltd. has a plan for the Longboat Key Club and Resort that calls for 350 tourism and residential units on the club's southern parcel.

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  • February 13, 2013
Subcommittee ready to present to P&Z Board

The Property Maintenance Code Subcommittee discussed parking and trailer restrictions at its final meeting Tuesday.

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  • February 13, 2013
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Key hosts medical health day Friday; Town seeks police pension board applicants

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Terry Gans is confident Longboat Key can continue to be attractive to future buyers if it changes its code to allow for redevelopment.
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  • February 13, 2013
Election: Gans campaigns to continue as commissioner

Longboat Key Commissioner Terry Gans believes the code-change process can continue without 'consulting ourselves to death.'

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Irwin Pastor defends the Islandside Property Owners Coalition's views and says he can help the Key grow in a manageable way. Photo by Kurt Schultheis.
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  • February 13, 2013
Elections: Pastor calls for 'sensible' Longboat Key redevelopment

L'Ambiance resident Irwin Pastor calls IPOC's opposition of a former Longboat Key Club application a way to preserve Longboat Key.

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Jim Frost proposed to his wife, Katie, while she was sitting in the same chair in which his mother sat when his father proposed. Courtesy photo.
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  • February 13, 2013
Pull up a chair to hear a story

Longboater Weldon Frost shares his family's love story.

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Kit Fernald, Penny Rosenthal, Anna Miller and Virginia Sanders. File photo.
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  • February 13, 2013
Lore: Fugitive Longboat resident made most-wanted list

Even escaped convicts want their slice of paradise.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • February 13, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Comedian David Brenner and Vice Mayor David Brenner hang out after the comedian’s Feb. 7 performance, at McCurdy's Comedy Club. Courtesy photo.
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  • February 13, 2013
David Brenner meets David Brenner...again

The longtime Philadelphia acquaintances met up once again last week at McCurdy's Comedy Club, in Sarasota.

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Mayor Jim Brown, Commissioner Phill Younger, Larry Grossman, Commissioner Terry Gans, Longbeach Village Association President Michael Drake, Gene Jaleski and Irwin Pastor.
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  • February 13, 2013
Villagers question commission candidates at forum

Longbeach Village residents brought their queries and comments to a candidate forum Wednesday night.

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For the last five years, Dave Volk has found a new calling as a writer of children’s books.
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  • February 13, 2013
Neighbors: Dave Volk

In 1969, recent college graduate Dave Volk planned on teaching high school history and government. Instead, he got drafted to serve in the Vietnam War.

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