Longboat Key

Kurt Schultheis
August 22, 2012

Key Club partners with Hilton owner

General Manager Michael Welly said the club always intended to find a hotel development company to assist in its redevelopment plan.

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News

Kurt Schultheis
August 22, 2012

Crash claims Key employee

A woman pinned against a building by a pickup truck with brake failure Aug. 7 died a week later in Bradenton from injuries sustained in the accident.

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News

Kurt Schultheis
August 22, 2012

Seaweed keeps washing ashore on Longboat

Key officials say an effort to remove seaweed on the Key would be too expensive and destroy sea-turtle nests that have yet to hatch.

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News

Robin Hartill
August 22, 2012

Sand Cay unit owner gets $397,000 judgment

A federal jury awarded John Hawkins $397,000 in damages surrounding botched repairs to his unit during renovations.

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Observer Staff
August 22, 2012

You can pretty much guess that all of the parties involved in the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort's legal spaghetti ball took a look at their calendars last week and realized: Time really is running out.

Longboat Key
Opinion

Kurt Schultheis
August 22, 2012

Manatee County not offering marine patrol dollars

Manatee County officials viewed Longboat Key data showing the Key's marine patrol officer spends 75% of his time in county waters. The county is declining to help pay for patrol of those waters.

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Observer Staff
August 22, 2012

Letters to the Editor

Deficits, debt are the issues!; Keep it flowing; You should apologize

Longboat Key
Opinion

By Jorge Blanco
August 22, 2012

The Castaway

Enjoy this week's "The Castaway," by Jorge Blanco.

Longboat Key
Opinion

Observer Staff
August 22, 2012

BUSINESS OBSERVER

Something fishy going on at Mote; Foxy Lady to open second location on St. Armands

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News

Adam Hughes
August 22, 2012

Two-bedroom L'Ambiance condo sells for $1,735,000

A condominium in L'Ambiance at Longboat Key Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Charles and Betty Ewing, of McLean, Va., sold their Unit J-404 at 435 L'Ambiance Drive to Donald Zimmerman and Claudia Zimmerman, trustees, of Atlanta, for $1,735,000.