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Longboat Key

Most recently Robin Meyer served as St. Lucie County assistant director of growth/management/building and code regulation manager.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 23, 2012
Q&A: New PZ&B Director Robin Meyer

Robin Meyer's first day as director of the Planning Zoning & Building Department was May 14. Department.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 23, 2012
Tourist-development taxes up in 2012

Tourist-development tax collections are up on Longboat Key and throughout Sarasota and Manatee counties in the first months of 2012.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 23, 2012
Economic improvements don't add up in the budget

The town of Longboat Key will likely face one more year of declining revenues before it reaps the benefits of an improving economy.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 23, 2012
Changes won't appeal to code challengers

Supporters of proposed changes to the town's zoning code say they will make the application process more objective, but opponents say they will make commission's decisions harder.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Stuart and Lois Scheyer’s grandson, Jon Scheyer, plays professional basketball in Israel for Maccabi Tel Aviv, one of the best professional teams in Europe. Courtesy photo.
  • By Stuart and Lois Scheyer
  • May 23, 2012
Israel revisited: A view from the courts and streets

This is a most unusual report from the Energetic Travelers, because we had a unique personal reason to re-visit Israel: Our grandson, Jon Scheyer, was playing professional basketball in Israel for Maccabi Tel Aviv, one of the best professional teams in Europe.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 23, 2012
Our View: Surely the Villagers see reality

If Whitney Beach Plaza on north Longboat Key is ever to become a property befitting of Longboat Key, the following is the unavoidable reality and truth, which few Longboaters apparently wish to face.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 23, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 23, 2012
News Briefs

Manatee County rejects funding requests; Crosswalk, beach discussions rescheduled; Town Hall to close for Memorial Day; Town receives four applications for committee

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mark Hullinger took this photograph on the second day when workers were laying perforated drainage casings. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 23, 2012
Publix rises block by block

Contractors began installing concrete masonry blocks this week in preparation for the new Publix.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 23, 2012
BUSINESS OBSERVER

St. Armands Circle parking time-limit change; St. Armands Circle Association welcomes new board; U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla No. 82 appoints national branch chief

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This home at 658 Mourning Dove Drive on Bird Key has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,472 square feet of living area. It sold for $980,000. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 23, 2012
L'Ambiance condominium sells for $1.9 million

A condominium in L'Ambiance at Longboat Key Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • May 23, 2012
Athlete of the Week: Manfred Welfonder

Manfred Welfonder, an 11-year resident of Longboat Key, began playing tennis as a young man in Germany.

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Visit www.acbl.org for more about the game of bridge or email marketing@acbl.org. Contact Brian Howard, owner/director of the Bridge Center of Bradenton, at 795-8981.
  • By Brian Gunnell
  • May 23, 2012
Bridge Bites: An afternoon nap

East's 3â™  bid was preemptive, showing a long suit (usually seven cards) and a weak hand, its purpose being to make life difficult for the opponents.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Catch Billy Alstrom and Henry Wasczuk's "Fishing in the Flats" at 9 p.m. Sundays on Sun Sports Network. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 23, 2012
Key native is no fish out of water

Capt. Billy Alstrom sure knows how to make an appearance. The 21-year-old co-host of Florida fishing show, "Fishing the Flats with Henry Wasczuk," is late to his interview on the Longboat Key public dock.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2012
Obituary: Ethel H. Young

Ethel H. Young, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key and Chicago, died May 11. She was 100.

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