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This home at 1125 Bogey Lane has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,367 square feet of living area. It sold for $635,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • September 19, 2012
Home in Country Club Shores sells for $635,000

A home in Country Club Shores tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Beth Callans sold her home at 1125 Bogey Lane to William and Debora Calpin, of Alpharetta, Ga., for $635,000.

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Chandra Riccio took this sunset photo near Whitney Beach on Longboat Key.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 19, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Chandra Riccio took this sunset photo near Whitney Beach on Longboat Key.

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  • September 18, 2012
Obituary: George Albert Stevens

George Albert Stevens, 84, of Lexington, Mass., and Longboat Key, died Sept. 3.

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  • September 18, 2012
Obituary: Marianne Hart

Marianne Hart, 90, of Bloomington, Ill., and Longboat Key, died Sept. 16.

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  • September 18, 2012
Obituary: John Alexander Connor

John Alexander Connor, 89, of Sarasota, and formerly of Longboat Key, died Sept. 6.

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Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • September 18, 2012
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  • Robin Hartill
  • September 18, 2012
Cannons Marina offers treasure fer talkin' like a pirate

The first 20 customers who use pirate lingo will get a free hat in honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

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The town's Planning and Zoning Board debated structure heights Tuesday at Town Hall.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 18, 2012
P&Z establishes church steeple heights

The town's Planning and Zoning Board needed to set a height limit for structures like church steeples because none currently exists in the town's code.

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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • September 17, 2012
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Dale Sprintz will be teaching courses at Adult & Community Enrichment center in Sarasota this fall.
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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • September 17, 2012
In the Kitchen: Dale Sprintz

Dale Sprintz is a resident of Longboat Key. Sprintz owned her own catering business in Chicago for 25 years called Temptations Unlimited, as well as a company that is still operational under different owners called "Lunch at Hand."

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The new studio is located at 5360 Gulf of Mexico Drive in the Centre Shops.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • September 17, 2012
LBK Cabinetry opens in Centre Shops

The company is open for business and its showroom is scheduled for completion next month.

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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • September 14, 2012
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Water and mold damage to the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort's mid-rise hotel building is rampant because the building's structure has been compromised.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 14, 2012
Colony mid-rise building deemed unsafe

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort's mid-rise hotel tower has been labeled as "potentially hazardous and unsafe."

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Join Danae DeShazer and Mallory Gnaegy as they report today's headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • September 13, 2012
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  • September 13, 2012
Bradenton Area CVB announces rebranding effort

The CVB will now market the area as "Bradenton/Anna Maria Island/Longboat Key - Florida's West Coast."

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