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  • September 12, 2012
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The Northern Trust office, located at 540 Bay Isles Road, will close Dec. 7. Photo by Kurt Schultheis.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • September 12, 2012
Northern Trust to close branch

Longboat Key bank customers will be diverted to the downtown Sarasota branch location starting Dec. 7. The two branches will be consolidated.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 12, 2012
Advisory committee debates business tax-receipt program

The Florida Legislature will also discuss abolishing such business taxes at its next session this spring in Tallahassee.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 12, 2012
Town begins trash talk

A volunteer beach trash pickup program, similar to the Adopt-A-Road program, could be in the works.

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Kurt Schultheis
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 12, 2012
Fall festival centers on Centre Shops

A planned fall festival could be the start of regular events for the Longboat Key shopping plaza.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 12, 2012
New businesses flavor St. Armands

The Circle may be losing two stores, but the latest batch of new businesses is sure to spice it up.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2012
Obituary: Robert James Warfel

Robert James Warfel, 93, of Longboat Key, died Aug. 16.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2012
Obituary: Brooke Greenwald Cohen

Brooke Greenwald Cohen, 45, of Louisville, Ky., and formerly of Longboat Key, died Sept. 7.

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Kincaid
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 12, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Restaurants close for summer vacation; New wedding specialist is good at tying the knots; Columbia Restaurant to benefit area non-profits

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  • By Brian Gunnell
  • September 12, 2012
Bridge Bites: The Striptease Coup

We round out our series on bridge coups with a personal favorite.

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Helen Herkes took this sunset photo looking north from Holmes Beach.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Helen Herkes took this sunset photo looking north from Holmes Beach.

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Unit 261 at 3040 Grand Bay Blvd. sold for $975,000. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 12, 2012
Grand Bay condominium sells for $975,000

A condominium in Grand Bay tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Ann Arms, trustee, of Knoxville, Tenn., sold the Unit 261 condominium at 3040 Grand Bay Blvd. to Laurence Hall and Jacqueline Dallis, of Longboat Key, for $975,000.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 11, 2012
Longboat Key Northern Trust branch to close

The bank recently sent a letter to customers explaining that the bank would close for consolidation purposes.

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Longboat Key Public Works staff continued its annual tradition on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by lining Gulf of Mexico with flags Monday afternoon.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 11, 2012
PHOTOS OF THE DAY: Remembering 9/11

Today marks the eleventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Sarasota and Manatee residents, businesses and government officials remember those who died in the attacks.

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