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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 12, 2012
Beach debate dogs commission

A debate about allowing dogs beach access has tongues wagging once again at Longboat Key Town Hall.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 12, 2012
Parking changes make merchants' 'nice' list

St. Armands merchants can cross one item off their holiday wish lists, following a commission decision to return parking policy to pre-March enforcement.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 12, 2012
Burying GMD power lines proves costly

It's unlikely the Longboat Key Town Commission will ask residents to foot a bill to bury Gulf of Mexico Drive power lines.

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  • December 12, 2012
News Briefs

Town interviews planning consultants; Town accepting Toys for Tots donations

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H. Terrell "Terry" Griffin holds a copy of his newest novel, "Fatal Decree," published by the Longboat Key-based Oceanview Publishing.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 12, 2012
Q&A with Longboat Key novelist H. Terrell Griffin

Longboat Key novelist H. Terrell 'Terry' Griffin discuss his seventh novel, 'Fatal Decree,' which comes out in January.

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The Rev. Dr. Vincent Carroll. Courtesy photo.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 12, 2012
Longboat Island Chapel makes likely pastor selection

Longboat Island Chapel's congregation will vote in January on whether to accept the Rev. Dr. Vincent Carroll, of Sarasota, as the church's senior minister.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2012
Obituary: David Lund

David Lund, 80, of Longboat Key, died Nov. 29.

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  • December 12, 2012
Obituary: Nancy Berkely

Nancy Berkely, 90, of Sarasota and Dodge City, Kan., died Dec. 5.

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Barbara Blumfield
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  • Nick Friedman
  • December 12, 2012
Season of Sharing: Barbara Blumfield

Barbara Blumfield, a Sarasota Bay Club resident, has donated to Season of Sharing for the past 10 years.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 12, 2012
1998: Town addressed naked truth

The Longboat Key Town Commission addressed its nudity ordinance in 1998, after discovering a few kinks.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • December 12, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Unit 704 at The Beaches of Longboat Key has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,602 square feet of living area. It sold for $770,000. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • December 12, 2012
Two-bedroom Beaches condo sells for $770,000

A condominium in The Beaches of Longboat Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Martin Epstein, trustee, and Sondra Epstein, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 704 condominium at 775 Longboat Club Road to Francoise Janssen, of Longboat Key, for $770,000.

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Barbi Nutting submitted this sunset photo, taken at one of the public beach accesses on Longboat Key.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Barbi Nutting submitted this sunset photo, taken at one of the public beach accesses on Longboat Key.

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Join Emily Walsh for the Daily Headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • December 11, 2012
Dec. 11: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Sarasota names downtown economic steward; Proposed entertainment district discussed; Whitney Beach Plaza renovations begin and more!

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Lester and Lorraine Ageloff
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  • Katie Hendrick
  • December 11, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Democratic Club Luncheon

The Longboat Key Democratic Club held its monthly luncheon Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the Longboat Key Club & Resort's Harbourside Dining Room. Speakers included former club president Marvin Morse and Dr. Susan MacManus, a political science professor at the University of South Florida and the state's most quoted political analyst.

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