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  • Robin Hartill
  • November 14, 2012
Historical Society closes museum

The museum will soon be a thing of the past, but its contents are moving into the digital age.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 14, 2012
Commission plans building height changes

The Longboat Key Town Commission agreed with height limits for structures such as church steeples.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 14, 2012
St. Armands BID discusses its reservations about fees

A new city policy requires a $500 reservation fee for events on city property.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 14, 2012
Gourmet lawn party, raffle are good bet for Saturday

Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key members hope to sell 400 raffle tickets for this weekend's Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party.

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Guy Paschal led the push for incorporation in 1955.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • November 14, 2012
Town of Longboat Key turns 57, but who's counting?

Most of the Key's residents celebrated incorporation this week more than 50 years ago.

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  • Observer Staff
  • November 14, 2012
News Briefs

Iannello drops out of commission race; Spencer resigns from pension board

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • November 14, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Lucy Miller is a Longbeach Village resident and seventh-generation Cortez native. Photo courtesy of Salvatore Branciforte.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 14, 2012
Scent of a woman: Lucy Miller

Lucy Miller is the brains and nose behind Lucy Miller Pure, a line of natural and organic perfumes that debuted quietly in August - but could make a bigger splash early next year.

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Unit B1003 at Orchid Beach Club Residences has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,936 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,825,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 14, 2012
Orchid Beach Club Residences condo sells for $1,825,000

A condominium in Orchid Beach Club Residences tops all transactions in this week's real estate. James Dilworth of Kronberg, Germany, sold his Unit B1003 condominium at 2050 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Kenneth and Hagar Levine, of Carlisle, Pa., for $1,825,000.

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Aesthetician Monee Arpin of L. Spa
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • November 14, 2012
The basics of skin fitness - from the experts

Ask a Sarasota beauty about her skin, and she's likely to mention her aesthetician. One local favorite is Monee Arpin, who recently relocated from Main Street to L. Spa on South Pineapple Avenue.

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John Caviglia submitted this sunrise photo, taken overlooking the Longboat Key Club Moorings.
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 14, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

John Caviglia submitted this sunrise photo, taken overlooking the Longboat Key Club Moorings.

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Join Emily Walsh and Alex Mahadevan as he reports the daily headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • November 13, 2012
Nov. 13: Daily Headlines Video

Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

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Chef Harry Christensen as been in the food-service business on Longboat Key since 1979.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • November 13, 2012
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Chef Harry Christensen

This week the Observer went in the kitchen with chef Harry Christensen of Harry's Continental Kitchens, a Sarasota-Manatee Fresh Originals restaurant. Read more about our trip in our "In the Kitchen" special.

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President Murray Blueglass, guest speaker Professor Herbert Waltzer, Alan Bandler and Howard Silver
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • November 13, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Democratic Club

The Longboat Key Democratic Club held their monthly meeting Tuesday, Nov. 13 at the dining room at the Longboat Key Club and Resort Harbourside. The guest speaker was Professor Herbert Waltzer who talked about the 2012 election results.

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Properties like Whitney Beach Plaza will be held to a higher appearance standard if commissioners agree to strengthen the town’s property maintenance code.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 13, 2012
Property maintenance code changing

The Longboat Key Town Commission also evaluated Town Manager Dave Bullock's annual performance Monday.

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