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Longboat Key

  • By Jorge Blanco
  • August 29, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon by Jorge Blanco.

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  • August 29, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Consider the effects of extension denial; Another Colony extension means further inaction; Our compliments to Waste Management

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This home at 637 Norton St. has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,654 square feet of living area. It sold for $995,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 29, 2012
En Provence unit sells for $2 million

A condominium in En Provence tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Mark Cassis, trustee, sold the Unit 3 condominium at 2151 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Dawn Beswick and Katherine English, trustees, of Ontario, Canada, for $2 million.

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Charles Neubauer took this photo of storm clouds rolling in over Buttonwood Harbor.
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  • August 29, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Charles Neubauer took this photo of storm clouds rolling in over Buttonwood Harbor.

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  • By Brian Gunnell
  • August 29, 2012
Bridge Bites: The Merrimac Coup

Historians of the Spanish-American War will have no difficulty figuring out how this week's coup got its exotic name. For the rest of us, there is Google.

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George Rauch, Longboat Key, is chief executive officer of Bradenton-based General Propeller and a former Wall Street investment banker.
  • By George Rauch
  • August 29, 2012
Market Watch: Government destroyed the economy - here's how to revive itÂ

In the early 1970s, the Nixon administration refused to transfer gold from our Federal Reserve System to France, in settlement for a pool of dollars that existed in French banks that President Charles DeGalle wanted redeemed for gold.

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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • August 28, 2012
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The intersection of Longboat Drive and Broadway was flooded around 10 a.m. Tuesday.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 28, 2012
Village floods during high tide

Low-lying areas are experiencing minor flooding following this morning's high tide.

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  • August 27, 2012
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The island could still experience flooding in low-lying areas due to higher-than-normal tides and rainfall. Photo courtesy of NOAA.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • August 27, 2012
Isaac's path shifts away from Longboat

Longboat Key is unlikely to experience tropical storm or hurricane conditions but could still experience flooding, rip tides and erosion.

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  • August 24, 2012
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Depending on storm track and intensity Longboat Key could see flooding in low-lying areas, increased rainfall, and tropical storm force winds next week. Courtesy image.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 24, 2012
Longboat Key issues Isaac status update

Town Manager Dave Bullock issued a noon status update on Tropical Storm Isaac that expects the storm to be 150 miles off the coast of Longboat Key when it passes next week.

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  • August 23, 2012
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  • August 22, 2012
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  • August 22, 2012
Key resident joins Mote board

Dean Eisner, of Longboat Key, is joining Mote's Board of Trustees. Eisner brings 30 years of experience from a background in business administration and management with a focus on finance, sales, marketing and public relations.

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