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Longboat Key

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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • August 27, 2012
Aug. 27: Daily Headlines Video

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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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Join Emily Walsh and Alex Mahadevan as they report the daily headlines.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • August 22, 2012
Our View: Get it done

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.

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  • 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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  • August 22, 2012
Letters to the Editor

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

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Enjoy this week's "The Castaway," by Jorge Blanco.
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • August 22, 2012
The Castaway

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

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