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Longboat Key

Susan Zalkim, Karen MacIntosh, Phyllis Osbaldeston and Norma Gregson
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 20, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: St. Mary's Women's Guild Fashion Show

The St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church's Women Guild held a fashion show Wednesday, March 20 at the Longboat Key Club & Resort's Harbourside Dining Room. The event benefitted Catholic charities.

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Bobbi Goldwater, Graci McGillicuddy, Jane Weinman and Joanne Forch
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 20, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Operation Kindness

Roughly 70 men and women participated in the sixth Operation Kindness fundraiser Tuesday, March 19, at the Longboat Key Club & Resort. The event, which benefitted the Wounded in Action Family Foundation, included a tennis round robin followed by refreshments, raffles and live and silent auctions.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2013
Wanted: friendly receptionist

Are you receptive to helping customers and meeting interesting people on Longboat Key?

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 20, 2013
Town sends signal with wireless draft

A draft of the town's telecommunications ordinance doesn't ban cell towers, but forces applicants to prove why alternative technologies won't improve cellular reception.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Heavy traffic is a sign of season, as pictured on Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Gulf of Mexico Drive and Bay Isles Road.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Business owners: 'Business is back'

Snowbirds and tourists have flocked back to Longboat Key, making it the strongest season in recent memory for many business owners.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 20, 2013
Colony Association polls unit owners

The majority of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association's board members want to raze the resort's existing structures, minus the beachfront units, and rebuild.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 20, 2013
Key boat, trailer parking could become unhitched

Town code currently allows Key residents to park as many boats and boat trailers as they can fit on their lots. The P&Z Board could make changes to ban such actions.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Nine votes decided Key's closest race since 1985

Incumbent Commissioner Terry Gans defeated challenger Irwin Pastor March 12 by a narrow 27-vote margin to keep his seat on the Longboat Key Town Commission.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Police seek suspect in St. Armands burglaries

A series of residential burglaries began last November, according to Sarasota police.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2013
News Briefs

Longboat campaign-sign debate continues; Intracoastal dredging occurring behind Key

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Realtors Reid Murphy, Cheryl Loeffler, Lynne Koy and Ian Addy spoke to more than 40 people at Saturday’s Condo Fed meeting at Beach Harbor Club.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 20, 2013
Realtors talk about condominium marketability

An in-demand condo unit requires more than a room with a view, according to Realtors on a Federation of LBK Condominiums panel.

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Katie Hendrick
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 20, 2013
BID discusses Circle traffic and safety

Reduced signage, lighted crosswalks for St. Armands are among the committee's suggested solutions.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2013
Our View: Go forward; stay focused

Elections often can and do engender ill will and bitterness that some candidates never forget.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • March 20, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 20, 2013
Letters to the Editor

We lost 'em all; Joggers should stay out of the bike lane

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The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce and town of Longboat Key joined forces to organize the first Let’s Talk Longboat business roundtable Wednesday, June 17 at Christ Church of Longboat Key.
  • June 23, 2026
Business owners, town and chamber discuss 'surviving the summer'
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A feather banner is anchored next to the sidewalk on Gulf of Mexico Drive. Longboat Key staff are preparing an amendment that could prohibit that type of sign by refining the definition of flag in town code.
  • June 23, 2026
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Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Past President Michael Garey said he heard of the Miracle League of Manasota when his daughter, Amelia, volunteered as a buddy to the athletes. Garey suggested the 501(c)(3) as the club's new charitable partner, which board members recently accepted.
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Accessible baseball league benefits from Kiwanis pancake breakfast funds
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A May 2024 rendering of the Sarasota County library on Longboat Key.
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Palmetto community leaders showed up strong at Longboat Island Chapel's latest charity drive to support Mt. Carmel Resource Center on June 16. From left, Deputy Ken Jewett, Sgt. Joy Jewett, Chief of Police Scott Tyler, City of Palmetto Mayor Daniel West, Shirley Pearson, executive director of Strength in Action, Inc., Rev. Brock Patterson, Pearson's sister Laura Wallace, and Town of Longboat Key Town Manager Howard Tipton.
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From food to furniture, chapel's programs continue to make an impact

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