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McKenzie Chadwell submitted this sunset photo, taken at on Lido Key.

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Kessler, a Plymouth Harbor resident, has been donating to Season of Sharing since shortly after the campaign's inception.

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  • December 26, 2012
Obituary: Walter Kellis

Walter Kellis, of Sarasota, formerly of New York City, died Dec. 15. He was 97.

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Longboat Key Police Chief Albert F. “Al” Hogle, of Sarasota, died Monday, May 14, in a motorcycle accident in North Carolina. He was 63.
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  • December 26, 2012
Year in review: May 2012, 'Loss of a Leader'

Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle died this week in a motorcycle accident in North Carolina. In his wake, he leaves a department transformed by his commitment to service.

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Dean DuCray donned a Col. Sanders costume May 5 at the Sarasota Yacht Club’s Kentucky Derby party.
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  • December 26, 2012
May Year in Pictures: Longboat Key

Enjoy some of our picks for best pictures of May 2012.

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  • December 26, 2012
Café L'Europe celebrates 40

Lordy, lordy, look who's 40.

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Frankie Bersch was all smiles April 7 during the Easter egg hunt at Sarasota Yacht Club.
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  • December 25, 2012
April Year in Pictures: Longboat Key

Enjoy some of our picks for best pictures of April 2012.

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  • December 25, 2012
Year in review: April 2012, 'Arts Center withdraws site plan'

Ringling College of Art and Design will table plans to amend and extend the Longboat Key Center for the Arts' existing site plan.

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Vice Mayor David Brenner celebrated his District 3 commission seat win Tuesday night with campaign supporters at the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort.
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  • December 24, 2012
Year in review: March 2012, 'Brenner: 'We won''

Less than 100 votes separated incumbent Vice Mayor David Brenner and challenger Ray Rajewski.

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Vice Mayor David Brenner celebrated his re-election to the District 3 Longboat Key Town Commission seat March 20, at the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort.
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  • December 24, 2012
March Year in Pictures: Longboat Key

Enjoy some of our picks for best pictures of March 2012.

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aureen Curtin and Alan Stone played their cards right Feb. 8, at the “Go for the Cure” casino night fundraiser held at the Longboat Key Club and Resort.
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  • December 23, 2012
February Year in Pictures: Longboat Key

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Publix was given the green light for renovations.
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  • December 23, 2012
Year in review: February 2012, 'Publix plan gets go-ahead '

The Longboat Key Town Commission approved plans for a new Avenue of the Flowers store. The store is slated to open in December.

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A Longboat Key police report identified the pedestrian as Jo F. Schatterman, 73, of Elk Grove Village, Ill., and the driver as Petar Sibinkic, 36, of Sarasota. Sibinkic is the owner of Your Fitness Instructor, on Longboat Key.
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  • December 22, 2012
Year in review: January 2012, 'Pedestrian, 73, dies in GMD crash'

A woman visiting from Illinois died Friday night after being struck by a car while attempting to cross Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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Artist Cro-Ken painted while video streaming his work in sync with oboist Matt Sullivan’s music Jan. 6 at the opening of the “Affinities” exhibit at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design.
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  • December 22, 2012
January Year in Pictures: Longboat Key

Enjoy some of our picks for best pictures of January 2012.

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  • December 21, 2012
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Today's Stories: Area schools on high alert after threats; $1 million project to filter polluted runoff; MTO reveals new mural; Error delays impact fee update

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