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  • October 31, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Reginald Birks submitted this sunset photo, taken on Lido Key.

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This home at 250 Bird Key Drive has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,113 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.05 million. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • October 31, 2012
Five-bedroom Bird Key home sells for $2.05 million

A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Louis and Diane Schultz sold their home at 250 Bird Key Drive to Ann Koppang, of Sarasota, for $2.05 million.

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  • October 31, 2012
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  • October 30, 2012
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The new longboatkey.org will debut Thursday, Nov. 1.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • October 30, 2012
New town website launches this week

On Nov. 1, longboatkey.org will have an updated look and new features.

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  • October 29, 2012
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Tom Reese dressed as a bum from Alaska.
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  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • October 29, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Spanish Main Yacht Club Halloween Party

The Spanish Main Yacht Club hosted their annual Halloween party on Saturday Oct.27 at their clubhouse. Members made chili, brought refreshments, and wore fun Halloween costumes.

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Michael Welly became general manager of the Longboat Key Club and Resort in March 2004.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • October 29, 2012
Welly is out as Key Club manager

Michael Welly's final day as the Key Club's general manager came a week earlier than previously anticipated.

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Mike Baltzer submitted the winning photo for the October Cool Today Weather Photo Contest. He took this sunset photo near Big Pass.
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  • October 29, 2012
October Cool Today Monthly Winner

Mike Baltzer submitted the winning photo for the October Cool Today Weather Photo Contest. He took this sunset photo near Big Pass.

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Julie Bales buys some green beans and tomatoes from Randy True from the True Family Farm trailer Sunday, Oct. 28, during the Fall Festival at the Centre Shops.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • October 28, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Fall Festival at the Centre Shops

Many people made their way out to the Centre Shops Sunday, Oct. 28, for their Fall Festival.

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A group of Sarasota Yacht Club members dressed up in 1920s garb to celebrate the decade that the club was founded.
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  • October 28, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: SYC Halloween

Members of the Sarasota Yacht Club enjoyed a night full of Halloween fun Saturday, Oct. 27, at the clubhouse.

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  • October 26, 2012
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The quickest way to revitalize a resort that has sat abandoned since 2009, Colony officials say, is to reach a settlement.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 26, 2012
Colony judge enters orders

A U.S. Bankruptcy judge entered final orders Wednesday in a Colony Beach & Tennis Resort case that's expected to be appealed.

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The Centre Shops is located at 5350 to 5390 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
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  • October 26, 2012
WEEKEND BEST BET: Centre Shops Fall Festival

This weekend's Fall Festival will be the first of many events at the Longboat Key shopping center.

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  • October 25, 2012
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