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Longboat Key

Juliani Kenney Investment Capital LLC is under contract to buy the former bank building at 6960 Gulf of Mexico Drive and the vacant lot owned by Bill Saba next to the building.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 11, 2011
Whitney Beach owner welcomes modifications

The Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board reduced a proposed height modification for Whitney Beach Plaza from five stories to four stories.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • May 11, 2011
Demographic makeup

According to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 67.3% of Longboat residents were 65 or older as of April 2010.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2011
News Briefs

Commission schedules beach meeting; Village peacocks deemed sanitary; Retirement center concept gains traction; Meetings and Agendas.

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Beginning this month, the city will crack down on any code-enforcement violations on St. Armands Circle, such as café tables that encroach on the public right of way.
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • May 11, 2011
Circle to see stricter code enforcement

The city will send a code enforcement officer to St. Armands Circle once a month to catch violations of the city code, such as cafe tables on the sidewalk and excessive business signs.

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A Longboat Key resident is questioning whether the 20-foot-tall bamboo on the side of his house is a grass or a hedge.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 11, 2011
Resident hedges his bets against grass issue

A Longboat Key resident thinks the 20-foot-tall bamboo stalks beside his home are not a hedge and should be trimmed to adhere to the town's grass-height code.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2011
Our View: Right turns in the Legislature

Gov. Rick Scott, a Tallahassee outsider despised in the media and willing to take unpopular stands on principle, had a surprising amount of success during his first legislative session as governor.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Rod Thomson
  • May 11, 2011
Purchase audit a wise precaution

Considering all that is unfolding in Sarasota County government - its reputation firmly stained by scandal - Town Manager Bruce St. Denis is smart to be conducting a purchasing audit of his operation.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 11, 2011
Town creates wildlife nuisance brochure

The town of Longboat Key has created a brochure called "A Citizen's Guide to Nuisance Wildlife," in an attempt to inform residents how to keep critters away from their neighborhoods.

  • Longboat Key
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Volunteers Benny Parrish and Bus Fischer work together.
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • May 11, 2011
Volunteers make clean sweep on Sister Keys

The third annual Sarasota Bay Watch Sister Keys Cleanup was Saturday, May 7.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2011
Turtle Tracks

Turtle Tracks

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2011
St. Mary holds crowning event

The St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church Women's Guild celebrated Mother's Day with its annual crowning ceremony of the blessed Virgin Mary statue after Sunday Mass.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2011
Poinciana bloom is sign of spring

It seems as if the Key is always in bloom. Early spring brings the gold trees covered with bright yellow flowers.

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Thomas Quigley
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2011
Nattily-dressed man about town

Thomas Quigley wore his "lucky suit" Saturday, May 7, at the Kentucky Derby party at the Sarasota Yacht Club.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2011
Garden Club recognizes dedicated members

Virginia Sanders was recently recognized by the Longboat Key Garden Club for 20 years of dedication to the organization and to environmental issues.

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Michael Drake and new Longbeach Village Association President Frank O'Brien
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 11, 2011
Longbeach Village Association says goodbye for summer

Frank O'Brien was installed as president of the Longbeach Village Association May 5, at a meeting held at the home of past President Michael Drake.

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