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Longboat Key

THEN. The Longboat Key Publix opened Wednesday, June 4, 1980, in what was then called the Bay Isles Shopping Center. One week later, Eckerd Drug Co. opened.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 27, 2011
What's in store for residents?

Faced with the possibility of not having an island grocery store for six to eight months, residents say shopping off-island is a small price to pay for a redeveloped Publix.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 27, 2011
Rule change brings in new family members

Earlier this spring, Windward Bay's board of directors voted to allow owners two small pets.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 27, 2011
Resident offers vision roadmap

Lee Riley sent his suggestions for a vision statement this week to Vision Planning Subcommittee Chairman Jack Duncan.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 27, 2011
Town attorney talks pending litigation

Longboat Key Town Attorney David Persson recently provided commissioners with an update on the town's pending litigation. The following chart features updates about ongoing cases - and what they're costing the town for the current fiscal year.

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Originally built in 1912, Mar Vista is one of 12 oldest structures on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 27, 2011
Mar Vista could begin new story

The historic restaurant will add a second-floor, open-air dining area and an elevator as part of the renovations.

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From left: Louis Sanandres, Judy Toombs, Barbara Sanandres, Cindy Wolfendale, Salvatore and Tini Farragamo and Linda and Mike Burke
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Longboaters are shoe-in for good time

Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian winemaker and grandson of the famed Italian shoe designer of the same name, welcomed Longboat Key residents to his family's private villa in the village of Il Borro, Italy.

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Beverly Bartner, Steve Seidensticker and Judi Gallagher
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Make him an offer he can't refuse

Innocently enough, Libby's Cafe + Bar owner Steve Seidensticker came to greet a table of ladies who were lunching in his restaurant on a recent summer day.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Christmas in July takes on a whole new meaning when the Ladies Guild at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church gets involved.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
St. Mary, Star of the Sea welcomes two new members

William Enrique Fickes, son of Jason and Kathy Fickes, of North Carolina, was baptized by Msgr. Gerry Finegan July 17, at St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic church.

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Hartill
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Longboat Observer announces staff changes

Starting this week, you might be seeing a new - but familiar - face around Town Hall.

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Bird Key Yacht Club's entrance will be rerouted to East Flamingo Drive.
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
News Briefs

LLSA Chamber plans for two triathlons Bird Key Yacht Club to begin facade project Longboat Arts Center to close for August

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • July 27, 2011
The Castaway

This week's Castaway cartoon.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Our View: How to simplify budget talks

The Longboat Key budget process reminds us of nature's annual course with the Key's beloved swans.

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  • July 27, 2011
Cops Corner

Identity issue 4:17 p.m. - 5400 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive. The former city editor of the Longboat Observer reported that a man who identified himself as the city editor called a Longboat Key supermarket to ask about the status of a development project. The supermarket manager who talked to the man said the man on the other end of the phone was rude and that he had to hang up on the man. N.B. It will be much harder for the rude male caller to impersonate our new female city editor, Robin Hartill.

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The public is being invited to join efforts to increase the scallop population in Sarasota Bay.
  • By Jeff Birnbach and John Ryan
  • July 27, 2011
Scallop Restoration will help repay bay

Since its formation in 1926, the Sarasota Yacht Club has been a strong advocate for recreational boating activities and marine stewardship. Club members have long recognized that they have an obligation to support and foster a healthy boating environment throughout the region.

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