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The home at 491 Meadow Lark Drive features marble floors and overlooks Sarasota Bay. Courtesy photos.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 5, 2012
Former Con Edison chief exec home, neighboring home, listed for $6.7 million

With more than one acre combined and more than 516 feet of waterfront access, the homes at 491 and 492 Meadow Lark Drive make up the largest lot on Bird Key.

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  • December 5, 2012
Dec. 7, 1989: Town-owned Key Club facilities nixed

The commission voted 4-2 on first reading to purchase the Longboat Key Club's golf and tennis facilities. Two weeks later, commissioners reversed the decision.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • December 5, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Steve Rubin and Ed Town. Nick Friedman.
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  • Nick Friedman
  • December 5, 2012
Season of Sharing: Ed Town and Steve Rubin

Steve Rubin and Ed Town have donated to the Season of Sharing campaign for the past five years.

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A seating area between Publix and CVS offers a shaded spot to enjoy the new shopping center.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 5, 2012
Dec. 13, Publix: Be there with bells on

The new 49,000-square-foot store will open at 8 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 13.

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  • December 5, 2012
Style show gives look and taste of Longboat Key

They've made names for themselves in everything from town politics to tennis.

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Unit C-603 at L'Ambiance has two bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,634 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,675,000. File photo.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • December 5, 2012
Two-bedroom L'Ambiance condo sells for $1,675,000

A condominium in L'Ambiance at Longboat Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Heluan Properties LLC sold the Unit C-603 condominium at 415 L'Ambiance Drive to Linda Schneider, trustee, of Pepper Pike, Ohio, for $1,675,000.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 5, 2012
Real Estate Reports

Janet Bassett travels to Rome to discuss market conditions; October home sales in Sarasota up 24% from last year

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George Rauch, Longboat Key, is chief executive officer of Bradenton-based General Propeller and a former Wall Street investment banker.
  • By George Rauch
  • December 5, 2012
Market Watch: Curb your appetite for high returns

Returns from the stock-and-bond markets aren't what they used to be. Today, we are mired in an economy going nowhere, which provides limited investment opportunities because of the twin government sins of excess spending and overhanging future tax increases.

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Betty Lupacchino-Goree submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 5, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Betty Lupacchino-Goree submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 4, 2012
Obituary: Norma Vlahides

Norma Vlahides, 75, of Longboat Key, died Nov. 23.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 4, 2012
Obituary: Sue Mallick

Sue Mallick, 90, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key, died Nov. 18.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 4, 2012
Obituary: Elizabeth Anne 'Betty' Beckmeyer

Elizabeth Anne "Betty" Beckmeyer, 78, of Longboat Key and Fort Thomas, Ky., died Dec. 2. She was a homemaker.

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Join Emily Walsh for the daily headlines
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • December 4, 2012
Dec. 4: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Lido Regency residents evacuated due to fire; Town attorney submits resignation letter; DUI pursuit ends in crash; Commissioners ease downtown parking restrictions

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According to Sarasota Fire Department spokesperson Susan Pearson, eight Sarasota firefighters have been sent to Sarasota Memorial Hospital for possible chemical exposure and respiratory problems.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 4, 2012
Lido Key condo evacuated for fire

Chemicals and oxygen tanks found in a 12th floor Lido Key condominium forced the evacuation of approximately 40 residents.

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