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Longboat Key

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  • July 6, 2011
Couple ties the knot at St. Armands church

Randi Celia Johnson, daughter of Bill and Mary Lou Johnson, of Longboat Key, and Andrew Young Mackintosh were married April 30, at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 6, 2011
Barr Dunn gets the party started

She looked to her left and she looked to her right, then she shook her hips with all of her might.

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Sarah Fisch and Johnny Anzalone
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 6, 2011
Granddaughter looks picture-perfect for prom

Longboat Key resident Trudy Mahoney submitted this photo of her granddaughter, Sarah Fisch, 16. Fisch and her date, Johnny Anzalone, attended the junior prom May 27, at Norwalk High School, in Norwalk, Conn.

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Public Works Department employees open the gate and put signs back in place Friday, officially re-opening the North Shore Road beach access.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 6, 2011
Briefs

Mote scientist will lead World Aquaculture Society; New town meetings scheduled for July; North Shore Road beach access re-opens

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 6, 2011
Observers named top-three weeklies in Florida

The Longboat, East County and Sarasota Observers were named the top-three weekly newspapers in the state in the Florida Press Association's 2010 Better Weekly Newspaper Contest.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 6, 2011
Our View: Trolley folly

Prioritizing is never easy, particularly so for politicians when, for every government service, there is some sort of constituency, or special interest, wanting that service. That's true whether it is tennis courts, community rooms or kayak access.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By George Rauch
  • July 6, 2011
My View: Debt causes direction of market to stay questionable

Right now, even though the market has sold off recently, we remain in what is technically called a bull market.

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  • Opinion
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • July 6, 2011
The Castway

This week's Castaway

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Kalahar
  • By Dean Kalahar
  • July 6, 2011
My View: Reality check for schools

To add insult to injury, schools spent their financial windfall in hard cash, while homeowners watched the equity of their property plummet as the housing bubble burst.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 6, 2011
Cops Corner

Goggle ogle 3:08 p.m. - 5200 block of GMD. Suspicious Person. A woman reported that a suspicious looking man approached a nearby condominium unit door and took a pair of goggles that was near the door. The woman confronted the man about his actions, and he returned the goggles and fled the area.

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A hatchling emerges from its shell in a nest recently laid on Longboat’s beach.
  • By Virginia Sanders
  • July 6, 2011
Turtle-nesting season sees sensational start

Ring the bells and fly the flag! This 2011 turtle season is off to a sensational start.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 6, 2011
Obituary: Lois Rosenthal

Lois Rosenthal, 81, of Longboat Key, died June 26.

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The 6,520-square-foot home at 667 Mourning Dove Drive, on Bird Key, was built by Murray Homes and designed by Cliff Scholz. It sold for $4.95 million.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 6, 2011
Bird Key home sells for $4.95 million

The Bird Key home at 667 Mourning Dove Drive sold for $4.95 million - the largest sale on the island since January 2008, when the home at 643 Mourning Dove Drive sold for $6.9 million.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 6, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Andrew Bers Team named recipient of Five Star Award

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  • By Donna Swan
  • July 6, 2011
Deal Us In: Contributor shows team spirit

In a recent pairs event, the contributor made his day when he played this hand.

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