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Longboat Key

The Colony Beach & Tennis Association believes it can move forward with plans for redeveloping the historic resort — even without the approval of longtime owner Dr. Murray "Murf" Klauber.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
Association disputes Klauber's claims

In a Jan. 16 letter to Town Manager David Bullock, Colony Association attorney Donald E. Hemke argued that the association doesn't need the approval of the resort's longtime owner to proceed.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
Church members will decide Gill's future

The Longboat Island Chapel's board notified the Rev. Kenneth Gill of its decision last week to place him on administrative leave, but chapel members will have the final say over his future. with the church.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
Interviews to begin soon for north-end project

The community-based planning effort for the island's north end will incorporate input from stakeholders, students and design professionals. information-gathering phase of a community-based planning effort for the island's north end.

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Firefighter/paramedic Jim Reynolds has been a firefighter for 16 years, four-and-a-half of which he has spent on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
Firefighter is engine behind equipment

Firefighter/paramedic Jim Reynolds researches equipment when he isn't handling emergencies - a contribution that helped earn him the 2011 Firefighter of the Year Award.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
Commission gives its two cents

Town staff will ask the commission for direction about how to proceed with a forecasted 15-year shortfall of $4,763,431 in infrastructure surtax revenue.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
Town hopes to cash in on video advertisements

The commission will discuss an advertising model that could help to offset the town's cost of offering live-streaming meetings.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
Bridge crash causes $55,000 in damages

A driver struck a concrete guardrail Wednesday, Jan. 11, on New Pass Bridge, causing approximately $55,000 in damage, according to a Longboat Key police report.

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Judy Kepecz-Hays stands in front of The Water Club, where her newest listing — a two-story, 5,300-square-foot residence priced at $4.75 million — is located. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
Kepecz-Hays takes No. 1 slot in 2011

Coldwell Banker's Judy Kepecz-Hays finished the year with sales volume of approximately $45 million, making her the top Sarasota-Manatee Realtor.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
Key Realtors share their 2012 real-estate predictions

The top 10 Longboat Key-based Realtors for 2011 share their predictions of how the real-estate market will fare this year.

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File photo The Longboat Library opened in 1957 in its original location at the Twin Tarpon Shopping Center, 6350 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 18, 2012
Longboat Library campaign seeks to balance books

The Longboat Library will soon begin an awareness campaign about its expenses in hopes of raising support for town funding.

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Newly commissioned USMC 2nd lieutenants take the oath of office at the National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico, Va. Courtesy.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
Our View: Stand up for the honorable

Their act was deplorable. And stupid.

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Unit 282 condominium at Grand Bay, 3040 Grand Bay Blvd., has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,143 square feet of living area. It sold for $880,000. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 18, 2012
Grand Bay condo sells for $880,000

Timothy Radigan, of Dunwoody, Ga., sold his Unit 282 condominium at Grand Bay, 3040 Grand Bay Blvd., to Diane Richter, of Louisville, Ky., for $880,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • January 18, 2012
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
Letters to the Editor

Dog owners should demonstrate their rights; What you didn't see in the online video

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Read this week's edition of Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2012
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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