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Longboat Key

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  • September 25, 2012
Obituary: Phyllis 'Phyl' Goldstein

Phyllis "Phyl" Goldstein, 82, of Longboat Key, died Sept. 16.

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  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2012
Obituary: Irene Coulter

Irene Coulter, 78, of Longboat Key and New Brighton, Minn., died Sept. 16.

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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • September 25, 2012
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 25, 2012
Chamber seeks triathlon volunteers

Volunteers are needed for This year's Longboat Key Triathlon, scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 28.

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Anita and Hal Andrade
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 25, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: A Mighty Light Flight

It's the manmade meets the natural at 'A Mighty Light Flight' exhibit at Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design. The exhibit opened July 10, but the opening party was on Friday, Sept. 21. Both of the artists work featured in the Durante Gallery are Ringling College of Art + Design alumni. Dustin Juengel's work featured snakes, gators and other Florida native animals, unfamiliar to Germany from where the artist stems. Mark Humphrey's sculptures are steel forms. These two men curated the work from Ringling College and New Colelge Students featured in the Cultural Media Room.

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  • September 24, 2012
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Commissioners know that any renovation of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is most likely years away.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 24, 2012
Colony extension delayed again

Colony Beach & Tennis Resort officials will receive an extension to rebuild the resort, although it comes with contingencies and hinges on who controls the resort moving forward.

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This photo of boaters illegally feeding Beggar was taken under NMFS Scientific Research Permit No. 15543. Photo courtesy of Sarasota Dolphin Research Program.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 24, 2012
Beggar the dolphin found dead

The dolphin's life shows the hazards of human interactions with wild dolphins.

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Town Hall will host three separate Longboat Key Town Commission meetings today.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 24, 2012
Commission reviews Colony this morning

Longboat Key commissioners have three meetings today to discuss the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, a future sand project and the budget.

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Richard Stepp, Rebecca Taylor with Jamo and Kathleen Powell
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 23, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: BKYC Luau Party

Members of the Bird Key Yacht Club enjoyed a night of luau fun Saturday, Sept. 22.

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Herb Berman and Jym Agem
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 23, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: SYC Dock Party

The 106 Slipholders at the Sarasota Yacht Club were treated to a party on the dock Saturday, Sept. 22. The slipholders were thanked by the club with a party for preparing their boats for Tropical Storm Isaac.

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Jacqueline Daly, Mayor Suzanne Atwell and Krista Karnis pose in front of a Fisker Karma Saturday, Sept. 22 during the Electrify the Circle Pre Party at The Met on St. Armands.
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • September 23, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Electrify the Circle Pre Party

A group 60 guests enjoyed an evening at The Met on St. Armands learning about and driving high-end electric cars Saturday, Sept. 22.

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Town Manager Dave Bullock, Vice Mayor David Brenner and town attorney David Persson hold a discussion after a court hearing at the Judge Lynn N. Silvertooth Judicial Center Thursday in Sarasota.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 21, 2012
Town, IPOC spar over code changes

Sarasota County Clerk of the 12th Circuit Court Judge Lee Haworth will wait to make a ruling on a code change declaratory relief case that was debated Thursday in his courtroom.

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  • September 20, 2012
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Circle Books owner Eric Lamboley, pictured in 2006.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 20, 2012
Circle Books closes after 13 years

The independent St. Armands book store was popular with both local and national authors.

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