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Longboat Key

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 12, 2012
New application revives project

Longboat Key Club and Resort Manager Michael Welly said a decision to re-submit the Islandside application solidifies the commitment club investors have for the resort.

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Michael Maren wrote in an email to the Longboat Observer that he wanted to shoot the film on Longboat Key and Sarasota but the cost differential between the locations was "huge."
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 12, 2012
Longboat misses its starring role

What does North Carolina have that we don't? Tax incentives and a film industry, for starters.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 12, 2012
Colony Association preps for next meeting

Development officials, including Colony owner and developer Andy Adams, are expected to be in attendance at a Sept. 24 meeting to answer questions about the the Colony's rehabilitation plans.

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Photo by Kurt Schultheis
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2012
News Briefs

Weekly Publix progress report

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The Northern Trust office, located at 540 Bay Isles Road, will close Dec. 7. Photo by Kurt Schultheis.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 12, 2012
Northern Trust to close branch

Longboat Key bank customers will be diverted to the downtown Sarasota branch location starting Dec. 7. The two branches will be consolidated.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 12, 2012
Advisory committee debates business tax-receipt program

The Florida Legislature will also discuss abolishing such business taxes at its next session this spring in Tallahassee.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 12, 2012
Town begins trash talk

A volunteer beach trash pickup program, similar to the Adopt-A-Road program, could be in the works.

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Kurt Schultheis
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 12, 2012
Fall festival centers on Centre Shops

A planned fall festival could be the start of regular events for the Longboat Key shopping plaza.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2012
Our View: 'The Debt Bomb'

No one knows exactly when, but every day Congress and the president refuse to CUT spending meaningfully - actually reducing spending below the previous year - the the explosion grows nearer.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Give credit to those who fought the farce; Unworthy of public trust; Time to apply again;

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Bob White
  • September 12, 2012
My View: Lessons learned? Or not? We shall see

Perhaps Ocean Properties' involvement in the Longboat Key Club can end the impasse with a project acceptable to IPOC and benefits the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 12, 2012
New businesses flavor St. Armands

The Circle may be losing two stores, but the latest batch of new businesses is sure to spice it up.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's castaway cartoon.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2012
Obituary: Robert James Warfel

Robert James Warfel, 93, of Longboat Key, died Aug. 16.

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