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Longboat Key

Helen Sosso
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  • Robin Hartill
  • March 30, 2011
REAL ESTATE REPORTS

Prudential Real Estate to open new Main Street office; FL Realtors Association recognizes local agents

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Joseph Levine submitted this sunset photo, taken near Bay Isles Beach Club.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 30, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: Lit from within

Joseph Levine submitted this sunset photo, taken near Bay Isles Beach Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The event will be held at 6 p.m., April 5 at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center, 590 Bay Isles Road.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 29, 2011
LLSA Coldwell Cocktails Courtside event rescheduled

Because of a rainy forecast, the event will take place Tuesday, April 5.

  • Longboat Key
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The Longboat Key trolley route will be promoted in the form of a brochure sent out to resorts and businesses.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 29, 2011
Group creates trolley brochure

A working trolley group will print and distribute brochure advertising the under-performing Longboat Key trolley route.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Planning and Zoning Board member Bradford Saivetz does not wish to serve a second term.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 28, 2011
Saivetz won't seek reappointment

Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board member Bradford Saivetz does not want to serve a second appointment.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Dr. Kumar Mahadevan is CEO of Mote Marine Laboratory.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 28, 2011
Decade-long Mote study on red-tide impact ends

The $15.8 million study investigated the impact of red tide on human health.

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  • News
Ron Greenberg, Kumar Mahadevan, president and CEO of Mote Marine and Vincent Dipano
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 27, 2011
GALLERY: Beyond the Sea

The Sarasota Yacht Club Charitable Foundation held its annual gala to support Mote Marine Laboratory.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
No sand will be pumped on the north end of the island until next week.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 25, 2011
Broken motor snarls beach project

A north-end beach project that began this week has been shut down until a motor can be repaired.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Dawn Mims, Shantell Mankowski and Kerry Minar
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 24, 2011
GALLERY: LLSA Chamber Business After Hours

The Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce gathered for networking and social time at the Holiday Inn.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mayor Jim Brown, far left, chaired his first official meeting as mayor Thursday, March 24, at Town Hall.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 24, 2011
Town will seek beach bond validation

The Longboat Key Town Commission gave Town Manager Bruce St. Denis direction on how to fix a beach bond referendum requiring validation after a town clerk publication error.

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  • News
Commissioner Robert Siekmann resigned Thursday. He alluded to the fact he might resign earlier in the week.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 24, 2011
Commissioner Siekmann resigns

District 5 Commissioner Robert Siekmann submitted a letter of resignation Thursday before the Town Commission's regular workshop.

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The team includes Captain Joan Kelly, Kenda Smith, Betty Aden, Nancy Kane, Donna Tighe, Bonnie Geyman, Marilyn Chayka, Fanny Younger, Margery Blacklow, Bonnie Marcuson, Kathy Powers, Marsha Thomson, Jewell Emswiller, Marie Hunter and Sandie Joseph.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 24, 2011
LBK Tennis Center team scores spot in Florida USTA sectionals

The team advanced after a victory against The Meadows.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Town Commission also will discuss whether to form an economic revitalization committee.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 24, 2011
Commission discusses beach bond validation today

The Longboat Key Town Commission will give Town Manager Bruce St. Denis direction on how to fix a beach bond referendum.

  • Longboat Key
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Alexander and Sarah McCalden
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2011
VIP(enguins) will march toward Mote

Mote Marine Aquarium will host some black-tie guests beginning in November: four black-footed penguins as part of a limited-time exhibit that will be called 'Penguin Island.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Friedberg
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2011
Friedberg signs off on her first novel

Former Longboat Key resident Patricia Friedberg held a book signing and lecture Saturday, March 19, at Bookstore 1, in Sarasota, for her first novel, '21 Aldgate.'

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