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Longboat Key

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  • Observer Staff
  • September 26, 2012
Our View: Behind the amendments

Florida's general election ballots overflow with proposed constitutional amendments. This year is no different. There will be 11 proposed state constitutional amendments on the November ballot.

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • September 26, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's edition of Castaway

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  • September 26, 2012
News Briefs

Performance review time for town manager; Financial abuse workshop offered; Publix update

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This Lido Key home, which has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,563 square feet of living area, sold for $1,475,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 26, 2012
Three-bedroom Lido Key home sells for $1,475,000

A home on Lido Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. W. Howard Rooks, of Sarasota, sold the home at 175 Morningside Drive to Dave and Merrill Marshall, of Dallas, for $1,475,000.

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  • Observer Staff
  • September 26, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Sentry Management opens Longboat Key office; The Salon at St. Armands offers a variety of services; Bradenton Area CVB announces rebranding effort

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Dolores Walcker took this photo of a storm coming toward her as she crossed the New Pass Bridge.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 26, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Dolores Walcker took this photo of a storm coming toward her as she crossed the New Pass Bridge.

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Instead of assessing Key taxpayers for a $16 million sand and structure beach project starting this year, the town intends to assess taxpayers next summer.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 25, 2012
Commission approves budget

The town of Longboat Key's new budget, which begins Oct. 1, will not assess residents for a $16 million beach project this year.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2012
Obituary: Phyllis 'Phyl' Goldstein

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

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    By
  • 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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Join Alex Mahadevan and Mallory Gnaegy as they report today's headlines.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • September 25, 2012
Sept. 25: Daily Headlines Video

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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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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • September 24, 2012
Sept. 24: Daily Headlines Video

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Commissioners know that any renovation of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is most likely years away.
    By
  • 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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