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Longboat Key

Photo courtesy of Whitney Prewitt.
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  • Observer Staff
  • August 10, 2011
Mote volunteer rescues baby turtle

Mote Marine Aquarium sea turtle patrol volunteer Whitney Prewitt found a lost hatchling the morning of Aug. 8 on Longboat's beach.

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Photo by Dora Walters.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 10, 2011
Rabbi Katz goes camping

Rabbi Jonathan Katz, of Temple Beth Israel, went to camp this summer at Camp Coleman, located in Cleveland, Ga.

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The Colony Beach and Tennis Association board members will recommend a final development proposal to unit owners in September.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 10, 2011
Four finalists chosen to redevelop Colony Beach & Tennis Resort

The Colony Association announced that the pool of developer finalists has been narrowed down to four companies' proposals.

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Beth Callans started Beth Callans Management in 1998.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 10, 2011
Callans closes, landlord seeks damages

A Sarasota judge signed an injunction banning Beth Callans and the company's agents from removing property from its office suites.

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The role of Publix registers with the town, according to a review of the plans submitted by the Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets Inc. to redevelop its Longboat Key store and the Avenue of the Flowers shopping center.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 10, 2011
P&Z checks out Publix plans

The Planning Zoning & Building Department's review of Publix's preliminary plans states that staff is 'encouraged and excited' about plans, but more details are needed.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 10, 2011
Loeb-owned hotel loan sees restructuring

Loeb Realty officials say that an agreement with the lender is near - and that it won't affect the Longboat Key Club's Islandside project.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 10, 2011
Pharmacy won't be part of plaza's prescription

After a national retailer decided against anchoring the site, the owners of Whitney Beach Plaza are now in talks with a convenience store chain.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Overlook Park, near New Pass Bridge, was the scene of a brawl Sunday night that resulted in four arrests and two simple assault charges.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 10, 2011
Crowd brawls at Overlook Park

Although those involved in the brawl gave police differing accounts of what happened, parties agreed on what started the incident - talking trash.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 10, 2011
News Briefs 08.10.11

Seats available on town retirement system boards; Commission to discuss Comp. Plan amendments

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The Capella Ixtapa Resort, northwest of Acapulco, Mexico. Courtesy Photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 10, 2011
Our View: Excellent, not good enough

When the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association board and its consultant, Joel Rosen, unveiled recently the names of the six finalists - now down to four - to rejuvenate and redevelop the Colony, three executives' names popped out as the type of top-flight resort/hotel operators whose skills would mesh with the Colony's uniqueness.

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  • By Ed Adams
  • August 10, 2011
My View: It's a doggoned shame

My dog reads the newspaper. No joke, but Red has to do it on the floor. The doggoned pages are too big for a dachshund to hold in his piddling paws.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 10, 2011
Letters to the Editor: 08.10.11

The problem is dog owners, not the dogs; Attacked by dog on the beach

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 10, 2011
Judge approves town's line on the sand

A Sarasota judge's ruling validated the town's $16 million beach-bond referendum.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 10, 2011
Town emails crack the code of meeting cancellations

The number of code enforcement meetings was questioned.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 10, 2011
Cops Corner: Longboat

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner

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