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  • October 24, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

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Town Manager David Bullock addresses Condo Fed members Saturday at Bayport Beach & Tennis Club.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • October 24, 2012
Town Manager David Bullock reports to Condo Fed

Longboat Key Town Manager David Bullock provided an overview of the island's eventful summer and upcoming actions.

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Randy Moore, director of the Sarasota Bay Water Festival
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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • October 24, 2012
Sarasota Bay Water Festival celebrates the bay

The Sarasota Bay Water Festival will be held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Ken Thompson Park. The festival will celebrate the importance of Sarasota Bay to our environment, economy and quality of life.

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Marie Caswell
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  • October 24, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Caswell expands interior design business locally; Sandbar Restaurant remains open during construction; Arpke, Miller team up for cooking class; Café L'Europe holds logo contest

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Lewis White took this sunset photo on Longboat Key as a rain shower moved on shore.
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Lewis White took this sunset photo on Longboat Key as a rain shower moved on shore.

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Step one: Draw your design.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 24, 2012
Area artist helps people become two-faced

Joannie Atkins has been doing special-effects makeup since 2003; she graduated from the Tom Savini School of Special Effects Makeup. She works with area photographers and production companies to produce some authentically scary-looking makeup.

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  • Observer Staff
  • October 23, 2012
Obituary: Robin Powell Silverstein

Robin Powell Silverstein, 76, of Decatur, Ga., and formerly of Longboat Key, died Oct. 22.

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  • Observer Staff
  • October 23, 2012
Obituary: Ellen Shields

Ellen Shields, 72, of Longboat Key, died Oct. 19.

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Join Emily Walsh and Alex Mahadevan as they report the daily headlines.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • October 23, 2012
Oct. 23: Daily Headlines Video

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 23, 2012
Police alert residents about vehicle security

Police will begin placing windshield alerts to remind motorists to secure their vehicles.

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An old, tilted palm tree has been removed from the front of the Colony Beach & Tennis resort property and will be replaced with flowers.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 23, 2012
Colony entrance improvements begin

At the request of the Longboat Key Town Commission, the entrance to the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is being spruced up with new landscaping.

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People lined up for cornbread, cheese grits, two types of fried fish and plenty of other goodies at the annual Old Time Fish Fry Friday, Oct. 19, at Mar Vista.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • October 23, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY & VIDEO: Old Time Fish Fry

The North End of Longboat Key was rocking Friday, Oct. 19, during the seventh annual Old Time Fish Fry at Mar Vista.

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Greg Para with his birds Rocky and Chico
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • October 22, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Save Our Seabirds Fish Fry

Save Our Seabirds and The Old Salty Dog restaurant collaborated for a fundraising fish fry Saturday, Oct. 20. Funds from the event will benefit the Wild Bird Learning Center and the ongoing maintenance needs of the center. Guests enjoyed viewing all of the center's temporary and permanent bird residents, snacked on fish and enjoyed live music.

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Andrew Theophilopoulos works on a painting.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • October 22, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Autorama and Taste of St. Armands

Gearheads and foodies alike brought their appetites to St. Armands Circle Saturday, Oct. 20, for a double-header event: Autorama and A Taste of St. Armands. Auto dealers and food vendors convened to show off what St. Armands has to offer in both the car and cuisine industries.

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Join Emily Walsh and Alex Mahadevan as they report the daily headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • October 22, 2012
Oct. 22: Daily Headlines Video

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