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Longboat Key

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  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • July 25, 2012
Neighbors: Don Wallace

Plymouth Harbor resident remains the writer on the 12th floor.

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Read this week's Castaway.
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • July 25, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 25, 2012
Mosquito boom bugs Villagers

Mosquito-related calls are up following Tropical Storm Debby, but Debby isn't the only one to blame for the boom in bloodsuckers.

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The Longboat Key Club’s Harbourside golf course, pictured Monday, June 25, the third day of Debby's deluge. File photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 25, 2012
Key golf courses benefit from low-salt, organic diet

Longboat Key Club Director of Agronomy John Reilly attributes Tropical Storm Debby's minimal impact on the club's golf courses to a new approach to fertilization.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 25, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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Harry Cunningham III took this photo from the balcony at Gulf Tides, 3008 GMD.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 25, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Harry Cunningham III took this photo from the balcony at Gulf Tides, 3008 GMD.

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This home at 113 Morningside Drive has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,944 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.7 million. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 25, 2012
Three-bedroom Lido Key home sells for $1.7 million

A home on Lido Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

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  • Real Estate
Universal Window Solutions owners Bob Smith, right, and Rocky Smith expect a new headquarters with a larger showroom to pay for itself through more revenue. Photo by Mark Wemple.
  • By Sean Roth
  • July 25, 2012
Universal Window plans for a growth spurt

The owners of a Longboat Key window showroom hope a new headquarters and larger showroom will yield oversized results. The shift is the culmination of smaller growth moves.

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  • By Brian Gunnell
  • July 25, 2012
Bridge bites: A dummy reversal

N-S stumble into 4♠, and West leads A♦. Declarer can count five Spade tricks and four Clubs.

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Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • July 24, 2012
July 24: Daily Headlines Video

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Thibaulg Miller, 15, reaches out to hit a one handed backhand during tennis camp, Tuesday, July 24, at the Longboat Key Club Tennis Gardens.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 24, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: LBKC Tennis Camp

Longboat Key Club's annual tennis camp is full of kids serving, volleying, running and most importantly have lots of fun.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 24, 2012
FWC, Mote teams use SYC ramp for manatee rescue

An injured mother manatee and her calf were taken to Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa.

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Join Emily Walsh as she reports today's headlines.
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  • Eddie Kirsch
  • July 23, 2012
July 23: Daily Headlines Video

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Sarasota Police Officer Donzia Franklin made the arrest of Lido Shores resident Jeffrey Todaro
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 23, 2012
Sarasota Officer Franklin arrests Lido Shores resident for burglary

Officer Donzia Franklin arrested Lido Shores resident Jeffrey Todaro on a charge of burglary of an occupied dwelling.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 23, 2012
Water advisory lifted for three beaches

It's now safe to hit the water at Lido, Turtle and North Jetty beaches.

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