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Our View: The anti-American president

He just leaves you breathless, dumbfounded ... enraged.

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  • July 18, 2012
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Join us as we observe and report today's stories from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

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Birthday boy Larry Schoenberg and his wife, Barbara Brizdle. Photo by Molly Schechter.
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  • July 18, 2012
A bookish birthday on July 4

Rare-manuscript collector and expert and Longboat Key resident Larry Schoenberg just turned 80.

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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • July 18, 2012
Stars, stripes and sand castles

For the past 40 years, John and Bernie Kindt have been visiting Longboat Key from Ohio.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 18, 2012
IPOC to amend its circuit court complaint

The filing comes as the town, Key Club and IPOC prepare to head to confidential mediation with Judge George Greer.

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The area with beams to the right will be the new Publix entrance, while the area to the left will become retail shops.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 18, 2012
Publix plans for eventful new store

The new Longboat Key Publix store will be a place to sip on a cup of coffee, browse the Internet and plan for events.

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Terry Gans took the at-large seat vacated by Hal Lenobel during Tuesday’s special commission meeting. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 18, 2012
Gans gets at-large seat

Terry Gans is known for taking a stand on Key issues, and now he has a new seat at Longboat Key Town Hall: on the dais of the Longboat Key Town Commission.

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Aubrey Lee Price's PFG LLC owns the building at 6960 Gulf of Mexico Drive. File photo.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 18, 2012
Wanted Georgia investor owns former LBK Chamber building

Aubrey Lee Price, accused of a $40 million investment scheme, owns the north-end building formerly occupied by the chamber.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 18, 2012
Parties make cases for damages

The ticking clock of a Dec. 31 deadline, by which the Colony must re-open as a tourism property or potentially lose its grandfathered status with the town, loomed over Friday's three hearings.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 18, 2012
Obituary: Jeanne Robbins Twaskas

Jeanne Robbins Twaskas, of Longboat Key and formerly of Rahway, N.J., died July 4. She was 95.

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  • July 18, 2012
Obituary: Marguerite Louise O'Riorden

Marguerite Louise O'Riorden, of Longboat Key, died July 8. She was 69.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 18, 2012
Obituary: Samuel S. Keyes

Samuel S. Keys, of Longboat Key and Cape Coral, died July 4. He was 88.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 18, 2012
Obituary: Dr. Milton Comer

Dr. Milton Comer, of Longboat Key and formerly of Louisville, died July 7. He was 83. He was born April 6, 1929, in Louisville to Morris and Pauline Schuckman Comer.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • July 18, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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After Tropical Storm Debby, 77 of Longboat Key’s 341 nests were verified. Photo courtesy of Mary Lou Johnson.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • July 18, 2012
Tropical Storm Debby takes a toll on sea-turtle numbers

Before Tropical Storm Debby, 1,367 turtle nests were marked in the area; after the storm, only 244 nests could be verified. On Longboat, 77 nests were verified.

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