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CVS was moving products into the store earlier this week.
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Longboat CVS to open Sunday

The new CVS will open this Sunday, a month ahead of the September opening originally planned.

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General Harris Street experienced flooding this morning. Courtesy Rusty Chinnis.
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  • August 1, 2012
North Key experiences floods

Some streets on the North end are flooded today because of high tides and the upcoming full moon.

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  • August 1, 2012
Violin vacation on the Key

Stephanie Bork, 23, from Ann Arbor, Mich., performed Saturday, July 28, on St. Armands Circle, while on vacation in Sarasota.

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Hitting a high note

Charles Chocallo is a 2007 graduate of Pineview and his parents, Chris and Bill Chocallo are Longboat Key residents.

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  • August 1, 2012
Association seeks extension

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association is petitioning the Town Commission to seek an 18-month extension of a Dec. 31 deadline for re-opening the resort.

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Clumps of seaweed lined the beach access near North Shore Road Monday evening.
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  • August 1, 2012
Seaweed surfaces on beaches

The town doesn't rake the beaches when seaweed like the current clumps on the beach wash ashore.

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Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteer Melissa Herron took this photo that shows hatchling tracks headed toward the water. Photo courtesy of Melissa Herron.
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  • August 1, 2012
First nests of the season hatch

The public will have to wait longer than usual to get their first glimpses of popular turtle-nest excavations.

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The island is getting closer to a new CVS, with work on the drug store’s interior currently under way.
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  • August 1, 2012
CVS moves forward with new store

CVS appears to be getting a move on.

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Barbara Michel is survived by her daughter, Treanne; sons, Bill and Geoffrey; sister, Jean Garrison; and five grandchildren.
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  • August 1, 2012
To Michel, everyone was guest of honor

The Longboat Key Club and Resort's longtime chef concierge, Barbara Michel, died last week after a battle with cancer. To her, guests were like family.

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Federal agencies issue FONSI for Port Dolphin; Sidewalk repairs under way on the Key; Mom and baby manatee saved

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  • August 1, 2012
Primary Election: Charter Review Board District 2

Editor's note: In this race, Marie Nisco did not return requests for information.

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  • August 1, 2012
Primary Election: Charter Review Board District 4

Editor's note: In this race, Tom Trevor did not return requests for information.

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