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Longboat Key

Join Emily Walsh and Alex Mahadevan as they report the daily headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • October 18, 2012
Oct. 18: Daily Headlines Video

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Robert Hicks holds a stone crab claw in his hands Thursday, Oct. 18, in the kitchen of Moore's Stone Crab. Stone crab season officially started Monday, Oct. 15.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • October 18, 2012
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Stone Crab Season

Robert Hicks holds a stone crab claw in his hands Thursday, Oct. 18, in the kitchen of Moore's Stone Crab. Stone crab season officially started Monday, Oct. 15.

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  • October 18, 2012
Our View: The county offices ...

The political buzz today, of course, is all about the presidential debate. Rightfully so. The course of America, if not the world, is at stake.

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Join Emily Walsh and Alex Mahadevan as they report the daily headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • October 17, 2012
Oct. 17: Daily Headlines Video

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 17, 2012
Partnership, Klauber awarded $20 million

The Colony Association is expected to appeal a pending order that could keep the Colony case in litigation for up to two more years.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 17, 2012
Red tide bloom stays away from Longboat

Red tide was detected at levels described as "very low" on Longboat Key last week, according to the Sarasota County Health Department Healthy Beaches Program.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 17, 2012
Chair 'disgusted' with behavior

Planning and Zoning Board members Allen Hixon and John Wild both vied for the vice-chair seat, which led to a tense discussion.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • October 17, 2012
St. Armands BID seeks 10-year extension

The special taxing district will expire Sept. 30, 2013, without a successful referendum vote by landowners.

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • October 17, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

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  • October 17, 2012
Our View: The county races ...

The political buzz today, of course, is all about the presidential debate. Rightfully so. The course of America, if not the world, is at stake.

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The vacant property at 521 Broadway is owned by First America Bank.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 17, 2012
Voters have their say on rezoning questions

Two questions on the Nov. 6 Longboat Key ballot will seek to increase the Key's density by adding a total of six single-family homes on two parcels.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • October 17, 2012
Summer homework yields full fall schedule at Ed Center

The Longboat Key Education Center's fall semester begins Oct. 22, and offers many new programs, along with perennial favorites.

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Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce President Tom Aposporos. File photo.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • October 17, 2012
Aposporos will step down as chamber president

Longboat Key Chamber President Tom Aposporos said following his resignation later this year, he will devote more time to his real-estate business.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • October 17, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

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Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy honored Bart Russell at a recent reception organized by the Connecticut Council of Small Towns in honor of Russell's retirement. Courtesy.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 17, 2012
Russell shows love for everything small town

Key resident Bart Russell recently retired from small-town advocacy but hopes to promote communities through a new web portal.

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