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A foodie does Gulf Gate
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • January 30, 2013
Jan. 30: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Email urges commission shake-up; SCAT creates 16 full-time positions; SMR, Tampa Lightning announce partnership; A foodie does Gulf Gate

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Observer Editor/CEO Matt Walsh toasts Senior Editor Dora Walters.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 30, 2013
VIDEO: Dora Walters' retirement celebration

More than 100 people packed the Longboat Key Center for the Arts to celebrate Senior Editor Dora Walters' retirement.

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  • News
Town Hall now provides a direct deposit checking account option for its customers.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 30, 2013
Direct deposit available at Town Hall

Water users sick of sending in checks to pay for their bills have a new option.

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Jinny Johnson and Virginia Sanders
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 30, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Dora Walters Retirement Party (Part 2)

Dora Walters, former Longboat Observer senior editor, officially retired Tuesday, Jan. 29. More than 150 friends and former sources turned out to the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a division of the Ringling College of Art and Design, for a party to congratulate Walters on her 26-year tenure with the Observer.

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Bill Sceva and Dora Walters
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 30, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Dora Walters Retirement Party (Part 1)

Dora Walters, former Longboat Observer senior editor, officially retired Tuesday, Jan. 29. More than 150 friends and former sources turned out to the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a division of the Ringling College of Art and Design, for a party to congratulate Walters on her 26-year tenure with the Observer.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 30, 2013
Email urges commission shake-up

IPOC President Bob White's email to Longboat residents asks for help to 'throw the rascals' on the commission out of office.

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Longboat Key Club and Resort General Manager Jeff Mayers believes the town must market the Key to a younger generation.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 30, 2013
Town debates revitalization effort

Longboat Key residents have expressed frustration that it will take a town-hired consultant more than a year to update town codes.

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Chuck and Margie Barancik. File photo.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 30, 2013
Key couple's donation inspires others

When Chuck and Margie Barancik learned about Season of Sharing in early January, they immediately wanted to donate - anonymously.

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The Longboat Key coastline near the Broadway Beach Access was dotted with umbrellas and towels Tuesday. Photos by Kurt Schultheis.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 30, 2013
Mild weather heats up business

Restaurants and hotels are filling up, and it isn't even spring break yet.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 30, 2013
Association must sign off on Colony renovation

Two weeks ago, Colony Association President Jay Yablon saidopening up units is not an Association-sanctioned activity.

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Cyndi Seamon and David Novak gently rescued Vickie in April to take her to Save Our Seabirds. Photos courtesy of Cynthia Schneider.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 30, 2013
Vickie the swan unlikely to head home due to ongoing illness

The Bay Isles swan's ongoing illness means that her new residence will likely be the Save Our Seabirds facility.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 30, 2013
Red-tide concentrations remain low

The town hasn't received reports of fish kills since a cleanup effort a week-and-a-half ago on Key beaches.

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  • News
The Rev. Dr. Vincent Carroll started Jan. 13 as senior minister of the Longboat Island Chapel. "Every day of work has been better than the last," he said.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 30, 2013
The Rev. Dr. Vincent Carroll to lead Longboat Island Chapel

New role marks his 45th year in the ministry.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2013
Our View: The key to Longboat's future

At the conclusion Jan. 24 of the Longboat Key Public Interest Committee and Longboat Key Revitalization Task Force public forum on the future of the Key, longtime PIC board member Beverly Shapiro said to us: "Now, you tell me how anyone can say PIC isn't relevant."

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  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • January 30, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

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