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Longboat Key

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  • 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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This home at 604 Lyons Lane in Sleepy Lagoon Park has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,671 square feet of living area. It sold for $800,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • 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.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Brian Gunnell
  • August 22, 2012
Bridge Bites: The Anti-Bath Coup

West leads the King, and Declarer craftily ducks. Now, if West continues, he gives Declarer a second trick in the suit.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Sergio Albuquerque took this sunset photo from Cedar's West on the north end of the Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Sergio Albuquerque took this sunset photo from Cedar's West on the north end of the Key.

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Join Emily Walsh as she reports the daily headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • August 21, 2012
Aug. 21: Daily Headlines Video

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Join Emily Walsh as she reports the daily headlines.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • August 20, 2012
Aug. 20: Daily Headlines Video

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Fanny Younger puts her own secret spin on a double fudge chocolate chip brownie recipe.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 20, 2012
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Fanny Younger

Longboat Key resident Fanny Younger is a recipe follower, but that doesn't make her any less of a cook.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • August 20, 2012
Longboat Key Town meeting on 2010 BP Oil Spill tonight

Longboat Key residents and businesses affected by the 2010 BP Oil Spill speak their mind at a town meeting 6 p.m. tonight at the Longboat Key Club and Resort John Ringling East Room, 220 Sands Point Road, Longboat Key.

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The investigation is still ongoing and is being handled by the Sarasota Police Department Homicide Unit, even though the incident is being labeled as a traffic fatality and not a homicide.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 20, 2012
Investigation into crash that kills woman lingers

A woman who worked at the Longboat Key Quik-N-EZ Mart, 4030 Gulf of Mexico Drive, died last week from injuries sustained Aug. 7.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Alfredo Loza pours in one of the ingredients into Tami Richards’ saucepan, Friday, Aug. 17.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • August 20, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Taste of the World Interactive Dinner

More than 60 people took part in the Taste of the World Interactive Dinner, Friday, Aug. 17, at Pattigeorge's.

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    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • August 17, 2012
Aug. 17: Daily Headlines Video

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Join Alex Mahadevan and Emily Walsh as they report the daily headlines.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • August 16, 2012
Aug. 16: Daily Headlines Video

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Demolition of the old Longboat Key CVS began, Thursday, Aug. 16.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • August 16, 2012
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Demolition of old CVS

Now that the new Longboat Key CVS has opened a month ahead of time, the demolition of the old CVS began today, Thursday, Aug. 16.

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Christina Elizabeth Mascitto and Weldon Frost pose together, Thursday, August 16, at the Kiwanis Scholarship breakfast at the Longboat Boat Key Club. This is Mascitto’s third time winning a scholarship from the Longboat Key Kiwanis Club.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • August 16, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: 2012 Kiwanis Scholarship breakfast

The Longboat Key Kiwanis Club handed out 19 scholarships to students attending four and two year colleges throughout Florida.

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