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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 9, 2013
Referendum for extension could bring BID full Circle

St. Armands landowners could soon vote on a 10-year extension for the Business Improvement District.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 9, 2013
Rats took over Town Hall talk

Do you smell a rat? The logical solution is, of course, a cat.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • January 9, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Judy Seeger and Chantal Diem check out photos of Petesch. Photos by Robin Hartill.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 9, 2013
Tribute frames life of Petesch

The Key community gathered to celebrate the life of framing artist Terry Petesch, 62, who died Nov. 27.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 9, 2013
Nora White's mission brought joy and laughter to many children

Nora White, 62, traveled the world as a volunteer for the Medical Missions Foundation of Kansas City, where she became known as 'Doctor Clown.'

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  • Neighbors
The new historical marker tells the history of the New Edzell Castle, which was Bird Key’s first mansion. The home was torn down in 1959.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 9, 2013
Bird Key receives historical designation

Bird Key receives historical designation 99 years after the erection of the key's first mansion, which was demolished in 1959.

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Forty-year employees Judy Longmate and Marshall Gillen pose with General Manager Anatoliy Furmanov, Owner Betsie Coolidge and Catering Director Terri Smith. Photo courtesy of Syd Krawczyk/Concept Digital Media.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 9, 2013
Cafe L'Europe celebrates 40 years

When Betsie Coolidge opened Cafe L'Europe in 1973 with her late husband, Titus Letschert, she never envisioned it would become an icon, beloved 40 years later by residents and tourists alike.

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Matt Drews, sitting, and Chuck Vollmer run the Sarasota-based franchise for Esio Beverage System. The company offers what it calls the first hot-and-cold, ready-to-drink beverage dispenser on the market. Photo by Lori Sax.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 9, 2013
Former wealth manager tries his hand at new business

A Ponzi scheme wiped out a once-prominent wealth manager's career. The comeback is going slow. 'This is still us digging our way out,' says Chuck Vollmer.

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The Wicker Inn overlooks the Gulf of Mexico. Courtesy photo.
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2013
Real Estate Reports

Lido Key home sells for $6.35 million; Wagner Realty to manage Wicker Inn

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Pluto
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Tommy Bahama hires Peg McKay Pluto

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Unit 1002 at The Beach Residences, 1300 Benjamin Franklin Drive, has three bedrooms, three baths and 3,964 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.9 million. File Photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 9, 2013
Four-bedroom Lido Key home sells for $4 million

A home on Lido Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Billy and Vivian Baird, of Sturgis, Ky., sold their home at 1355 Westway Drive to Donn Winokur and Eileen O'Donnell-Winokur, of Sarasota, for $4 million.

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The Longboat Key Club's new Mind & Motion studio for fitness classes. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • January 9, 2013
Aerobic Grandma: Menu of fitness classes for the upcoming year

Whether you are in great physical condition and raring to go or one of those snowbirds who returns each winter saying, "I haven't done a thing since I left here last spring," you have quite a smorgasbord of classes to choose from on the Key this season.

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David Rosenthal submitted this sunset photo, taken on the north end of Longboat Key.
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 9, 2013
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

David Rosenthal submitted this sunset photo, taken on the north end of Longboat Key.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2013
Obituary: Robert J. Weeks

Robert J. Weeks, 78, of Longboat Key and Sea Girt, N.J., died Dec. 23.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 8, 2013
Obituary: Fred Taich

Fred Taich, 86, of Longboat Key, died Jan. 3.

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