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Longboat Key

    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 28, 2012
Planning & Zoning Board puts Comp Plan policy on hold

The Planning & Zoning Board moved forward with changes to its Comprehensive Plan with the exception of one policy that some say could impact a future cellular tower.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Dr. Murf Klauber endorses the future of his new resort and encourages unit owners to partake in the naturist trial period.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • March 28, 2012
Company shows naked ambition

APRIL FOOLS - The operators of three Florida nudist resorts has made a serious offer to settle the Colony dispute.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A giant “cha-ching” sound echoed through Longboat Key Town Commission Chambers earlier this week when commissioners heard the town received a letter of application from the Calusa Indian Tribe to anchor a casino boat to the Islander Club groin
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 28, 2012
Casino boats eyeing Longboat's coast

APRIL FOOLS - Some say the plan for a pair of Longboat casino boats is a win, but others believe the town will lose its shirt at the poker table.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
North-enders Lillian Sands and Marcia Gutridge with south-enders Wendy Feinstein and Carol Brualdi are preparing for four months of filming "The Real Housewives of Longboat Key." The show will air April 1, 2013.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • March 28, 2012
Will the real housewives please stand up?

APRIL FOOLS - Television producers prepare for filming on the island.

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  • News
Interim Town Manager Dave Bullock has been preparing extensively for "America's Next Town Manager." Photo by Dora Walters.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 28, 2012
Commission launches town manager challenge

APRIL FOOLS - The commission will seek an interim interim town manager as interim Town Manager David Bullock competes against other candidates for the permanent town manager position.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A city of Sarasota worker installs the first parking meter on the Circle Monday morning.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 28, 2012
Parking meters installed on Circle

APRIL FOOLS - St. Armands Circle is now home to Sarasota's failed parking meters.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 28, 2012
News Briefs

APRIL FOOLS - Town takes action after raccoon rampage; Two blocks of GMD to close for construction; Wireless study endorses 200-foot tower

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 28, 2012
News Briefs

Vision Plan now available on town's website; Town looks into changing stoplight timing; Longboat firefighters to hold open house

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Executive Director of Sarasota Bay Watch Andy Mele stands near the bay he hopes to protect in the coming years.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • March 28, 2012
Sarasota Bay Watch welcomes its new executive director

In December, Andy Mele became the executive director of Sarasota Bay Watch.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • March 28, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 28, 2012
Our View: Election results send message

Interpret the Longboat Key Town Commission election results however you wish.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 28, 2012
Letter to the Editor

Rajewski represented homeowners' values

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 28, 2012
St. Armands focuses on parking garage

Now that a median project has been completed, St. Armands Circle officials are now focused on burying power lines and building a parking garage on the Circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 28, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Mary Mitchell recently published a book that archives 30 years of her work as a fashion illustrator.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • March 28, 2012
Neighbors: Mary Mitchell

This fashion illustrator went from rags to designer garments.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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