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Longboat Key

Margit Gravino, Valerie Duval, Jean Mazzola, Rosemarie Herke, Capt. Nancy Sartori, Susan Singer and Donna Schlorf. Not pictured: Gloria Lipscomb, Co-Captain Dolores Levy, Sue Johnson, Fran Pollina, Maruta Miluns, Florence Collins and Molly McCartney.
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  • April 13, 2011
Public Tennis Center's team qualifies for championships

The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center's 3.5 Super Senior 60s women's team qualified for the 2011 USTA Florida Super Senior Section Championships.

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A severe storm hit the island March 31.
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  • April 13, 2011
Letters to the Editor

Pension editorial off on one point; Sarasota Bay Watch thanks Garden Club; Tax bad stuff ... like meat and dairy; Mobile-home parks have weathered many storms

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  • April 13, 2011
Cops Corner

Classic Cops- March 31, 1983, 2:21 p.m. Woman reports strange vehicle in her driveway. The "vehicle" was found to be her brother.

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The newly renovated boardwalk features benches so that visitors can sit in the shade and enjoy the birds.
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  • Maria Amodio
  • April 13, 2011
Class project

The 2010-11 class of the Leadership Sarasota Adult Program have spent more than 1,000 volunteer hours rebuilding, refurbishing and bringing awareness to the mission of Save Our Seabirds.

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Unit PH04 at the Water Club I has three bedrooms, four bathrooms and 3,045 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,879,000.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • April 13, 2011
Real-estate sales total 24 in the final week of March

Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird key real-estate activity shot up from March 28 through April 1, with 24 sales recorded at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses.

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Horn
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  • Robin Hartill
  • April 13, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Horn earns Quality Service Certified Platinum Award; LBK Coldwell's March second best in history; Bruce and Jenine Meyer join Michael Saunders & Co.

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  • April 13, 2011
Business Observer

Kitchens by Kerrie opens at Centre Shops; Secur-All Insurance moving to former Re/Max building; Davis promoted at Edward Jones' St. Armands branch

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Karen Warrack
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  • Rachel S. OHara
  • April 13, 2011
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Karen Warrack

Karen Warrack took up tennis while living in Toronto, when she was 25 years old.

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Mimi Ribot submitted this sunset photo, taken on Holmes Beach.
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  • April 13, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: A Walk in the Clouds

Mimi Ribot submitted this sunset photo, taken on Holmes Beach.

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The courts are located across the street from Cedars West.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • April 12, 2011
Appellate court denies Cedars case rehearing

The ruling involves two disputed hard-surface tennis courts.

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A large hole near Gulf of Mexico Drive has been filled in and the road was restored today.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 12, 2011
Longboat pipe construction complete

A paving contractor completed pavement repairs to Gulf of Mexico Drive just north of Bay Isles Road Monday, and the concrete barrier construction zone was dismantled today.

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  • April 11, 2011
OBITUARY: Claude 'Cec' Boles

Claude 'Cec' Boles, 82, was a Longboat Key resident and a member of Bird Key Yacht Club.

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Sand is being pumped onto the north end of the island this week.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 11, 2011
Crews resume work on beach project

The project, which will bring 133,000 cubic yards of sand to the north end, was delayed for two weeks because of a generator motor.

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Beverly Shapiro and Estelle Epstein
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  • Dora Walters
  • April 10, 2011
GALLERY: PIC 25th Anniversary

Tim Dutton, of SCOPE, was the guest speaker at the 25th anniversary celebration of the Public Interest Committee, held April 10, at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center.

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Maureen Horn toasts with Teena and David Kantor
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  • Dora Walters
  • April 10, 2011
GALLERY: Tea to Tequila 10th Anniversary

Tea to Tequila, a women's networking group, celebrated its 10th anniversary April 10, at a gathering held at the home of Teena and David Kantor.

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