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  • Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2013
Wanted: friendly receptionist

Are you receptive to helping customers and meeting interesting people on Longboat Key?

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 20, 2013
Town sends signal with wireless draft

A draft of the town's telecommunications ordinance doesn't ban cell towers, but forces applicants to prove why alternative technologies won't improve cellular reception.

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  • News
Heavy traffic is a sign of season, as pictured on Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Gulf of Mexico Drive and Bay Isles Road.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Business owners: 'Business is back'

Snowbirds and tourists have flocked back to Longboat Key, making it the strongest season in recent memory for many business owners.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 20, 2013
Colony Association polls unit owners

The majority of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association's board members want to raze the resort's existing structures, minus the beachfront units, and rebuild.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 20, 2013
Key boat, trailer parking could become unhitched

Town code currently allows Key residents to park as many boats and boat trailers as they can fit on their lots. The P&Z Board could make changes to ban such actions.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Nine votes decided Key's closest race since 1985

Incumbent Commissioner Terry Gans defeated challenger Irwin Pastor March 12 by a narrow 27-vote margin to keep his seat on the Longboat Key Town Commission.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Police seek suspect in St. Armands burglaries

A series of residential burglaries began last November, according to Sarasota police.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2013
News Briefs

Longboat campaign-sign debate continues; Intracoastal dredging occurring behind Key

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Realtors Reid Murphy, Cheryl Loeffler, Lynne Koy and Ian Addy spoke to more than 40 people at Saturday’s Condo Fed meeting at Beach Harbor Club.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Realtors talk about condominium marketability

An in-demand condo unit requires more than a room with a view, according to Realtors on a Federation of LBK Condominiums panel.

  • Longboat Key
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Katie Hendrick
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 20, 2013
BID discusses Circle traffic and safety

Reduced signage, lighted crosswalks for St. Armands are among the committee's suggested solutions.

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Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, explains the rising debt at a listening session held at Longboat Key Town Hall.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Buchanan spends Saturday at Town Hall

The Longboat Key congressman talked jobs, his No. 1 focus, the economy and spending with Key constituents during a listening session. His No. 1 focus is jobs.

  • Longboat Key
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William Ball poses in his studio on Lido Key. His work will be displayed from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, March 22, at the Wood Street Studio, 1490 20th St., in Sarasota.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 20, 2013
Your Neighbor: William Ball IV

William Ball lost his mother, Jill, to cancer five years ago. As she battled her illness, she displayed stoicism, a characteristic that remained in his memory.

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  • Neighbors
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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They got the T-shirts to show for it
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Lore: Klauber won seven-year legal battle

Dr. Murray 'Murf' Klauber received a settlement in March 1997, when the town of Longboat Key agreed to pay him $6.5 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
SCORE Association CEO W. Kenneth Yancey recently spoke at an event in Sarasota that honored local small business owners and SCORE volunteers. Lori Sax.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • March 20, 2013
Rise ABOVE: W. Kenneth Yancey

The head of one of the largest pro-business counseling groups in the country delivers a message of hope to the Gulf Coast. 'The great thing about entrepreneurs is they are so resilient,' says W. Kenneth Yancey.

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