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Hal Lenobel, seated in center, surrounded by his family, from left to right, Jeff Lenobel, Allison Elder, Judith Elder, Donna Lenobel, Keith Robinson and Sandy Robinson
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  • October 21, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Hal and Hazel Lenobel Appreciation Day Golf Tournament and Family Picnic

More than 80 people attended the Hal and Hazel Lenobel Appreciation Day Golf Tournament and Family Picnic Sunday, Oct. 21, at the Longboat Key Club Harbourside.

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Tim and Juliette Johnson, Leana Skye Montalvo, 3, Terjiana Montalvo and Isabella Montalvo, 6, came all the way from Tampa with their handmade “boat” Friday, Oct. 19, to attend MOTE’s Night of Fish, Fun and Fright.
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  • October 21, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: MOTE's Night of Fish, Fun and Fright

Hundreds of parents and their children attended MOTE's annual Night of Fish, Fun and Fright Friday, Oct. 19.

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  • October 19, 2012
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Town Hall has copies of a flyer for a free insurance meeting to help reduce insurance policies.
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  • October 19, 2012
Insurance class offered to help reduce homeowner policies

The town of Longboat Key is urging Key residents to attend a free class to help them possibly reduce their homeowner insurance policies.

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  • October 19, 2012
WEEKEND BEST BET: AutoRama/Taste of St. Armands

Two events are scheduled for this Saturday in St. Armands Circle Park.

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The Longboat Key Historical Society Old Time Fish Fry begins at 5 p.m. tonight at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub, 760 Broadway. File photo.
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  • October 19, 2012
Fish Fry takes place tonight

Tickets are still available for tonight's Historical Society Old Time Fish Fry at Mar Vista.

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  • October 18, 2012
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Robert Hicks holds a stone crab claw in his hands Thursday, Oct. 18, in the kitchen of Moore's Stone Crab. Stone crab season officially started Monday, Oct. 15.
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  • October 18, 2012
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Stone Crab Season

Robert Hicks holds a stone crab claw in his hands Thursday, Oct. 18, in the kitchen of Moore's Stone Crab. Stone crab season officially started Monday, Oct. 15.

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  • October 17, 2012
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  • October 17, 2012
Partnership, Klauber awarded $20 million

The Colony Association is expected to appeal a pending order that could keep the Colony case in litigation for up to two more years.

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  • October 17, 2012
Red tide bloom stays away from Longboat

Red tide was detected at levels described as "very low" on Longboat Key last week, according to the Sarasota County Health Department Healthy Beaches Program.

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  • October 17, 2012
Chair 'disgusted' with behavior

Planning and Zoning Board members Allen Hixon and John Wild both vied for the vice-chair seat, which led to a tense discussion.

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  • October 17, 2012
St. Armands BID seeks 10-year extension

The special taxing district will expire Sept. 30, 2013, without a successful referendum vote by landowners.

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The vacant property at 521 Broadway is owned by First America Bank.
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  • October 17, 2012
Voters have their say on rezoning questions

Two questions on the Nov. 6 Longboat Key ballot will seek to increase the Key's density by adding a total of six single-family homes on two parcels.

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  • October 17, 2012
Summer homework yields full fall schedule at Ed Center

The Longboat Key Education Center's fall semester begins Oct. 22, and offers many new programs, along with perennial favorites.

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