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Longboat Key

    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 13, 2012
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Jim Holbrook

Jim Holbrook is a Longboat resident whose made his own app. Read more about him in our candid "five things."

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
File photo
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 13, 2012
Outreach meeting to take Town Hall by storm

Town officials will discuss hurricane-related procedures during an informational meeting Friday, June 15.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 13, 2012
Sharapova makes career Grand Slam

On Saturday, June 9, Maria Sharapova won the 2012 French Open in her defeat of Sara Errani; her win was a career Grand Slam.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Commissioner Phill Younger said that the town doesn’t know how its START funds are used and worried that including organizations year after year on the budget creates a sense of entitlement.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 13, 2012
Organizational funding discussed

The Longboat Key Town Commission discussed which organizations should receive contributions in the 2012-13 fiscal year budget.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A debate concerning island-wide cellular service will continue to ring through Longboat Key Town Hall, but it's probably on hold for a while.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 13, 2012
Cellular talk comes down to the wire

The Longboat Key Town Commission is unlikely to answer the call for more telecommunications discussion until the fall.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Andy Adams' AdamsMark L.P. suggests a rehabilitation of the existing Colony Beach & Tennis Resort. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 13, 2012
Planning mode: Rehab vs. rebuild

Colony unit owners received details about two plans this week that depict two different visions for the property.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 13, 2012
Our View: Illegal voters: Yes, purge them

On principle, you really can't argue with Florida Gov. Rick Scott.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Mitchell Levin
  • June 13, 2012
My View: Pension plan: Rainbows and butterflies or logic?

"Fiscally sound" is not how the pension board behaves.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 13, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Circa 1913, when the club was known as Sarasota Yacht and Automobile Club. Courtesy photos.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 13, 2012
105 years of history

Most of Sarasota Yacht Club's history, which dates back to 1907, is contained in a cardboard box.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Brothers Alec and Max Hall
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • June 13, 2012
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, here I am at camp: SUPER SCIENCE CAMP (VIDEO)

It's Tuesday, June 12: Day two of Out-Of-Door Academy's Super Science Summer Camp with marine science teacher Lisa Cheney.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Jim Holbrook uses his app BeachWalk1.0. during a walk on a Longboat Key beach.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • June 13, 2012
Neighbors: Jim Holbrook

Jim Holbrook developed a smart-phone app that records when, where and what he sees on daily walks near his home on the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • June 13, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 13, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Colonel Bustle is an honorable man; No new taxes just smoke and mirrors

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 13, 2012
Beaches, utilities top upcoming capital projects

The top capital projects included in the town's preliminary 2012-13 fiscal year budget include beach projects, equipment replacement and beginning the replacement of a wastewater force main.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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