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Longboat Key

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 9, 2011
Scoreboard

Check out the latest local bridge scores.

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  • By Donna Swan
  • March 9, 2011
Deal us in

How to play a sure thing

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Rick Skerrett submitted this sunrise photo, taken near Bradenton Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 9, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: Sunrise Serenity

Rick Skerrett submitted this sunrise photo, taken near Bradenton Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The 2011 Porsche Boxster is offered by Suncoast Porsche.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 8, 2011
Sarasota Open Foundation to raffle Porsche Boxster

The winner will choose between a two-year, prepaid car lease or $15,000.

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Town Manager Bruce St. Denis said the acquisition of the beach engineer will result in no changes to the town and its beach projects.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 8, 2011
Town's beach engineer sold

Coastal Planning & Engineering was sold for $26 million in cash Tuesday to The Shaw Group Inc.

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President Murray Blueglass and speaker Lauren Rudd
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • March 8, 2011
GALLERY: Longboat Key Democratic Club Meeting

'The Economic Maelstrom in Washington' was Lauren Rudd's topic, when she spoke March 8 at the Longboat Key Democratic Club luncheon meeting held at the Longboat Key Club and Resort Harborside Dining Room.

  • Longboat Key
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Mayor George Spoll chaired his second to last official commission meeting Monday night.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 7, 2011
Commission postpones Comp Plan changes

The town attorney asked the Town Commission to postpone a discussion on a resolution that would transmit changes to its Comprehensive Plan until Tuesday, March 15.

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People and pets dressed in their Mardi Gras best are invited to parade around St. Armands tomorrow.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 7, 2011
People, pets to parade around St. Armands

The parade is part of Mardi Gras festivities on the Circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Longboat Key Town Commission will consider a street name request at its meeting tonight at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 7, 2011
Commission holds regular meeting tonight

The Town Commission has been asked to postpone a discussion on a resolution that would transmit changes to its Comprehensive Plan until Tuesday, March 15.

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The town of Longboat Key will host early voting for Key residents this week at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 7, 2011
Early voting begins today

Key residents can vote early in the town's Tuesday, March 15, municipal election all this week at Town Hall.

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Susan Landau gives a tour of her house and talks about all the art in her house on Saturday, March 5 at her home, one of the homes on the Home and Garden Tour.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • March 7, 2011
GALLERY: Home and Garden Tour

The 35th annual Longboat Key Garden Club's Home and Garden Tour was this Saturday, March 5 and featured five homes.

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Mike and Tonya Gowan and Dawn Donoghue
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • March 5, 2011
GALLERY: SYC Casino Night

The Sarasota Yacht Club Charitable Foundation held its annual "Casino Night" fundraiser to benefit the Sarasota Youth Sailing Program.

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The town will hold another Academy of Government session at Town Hall and other departments later this month.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 4, 2011
Registration begins for Academy of Government

The town of Longboat Key is hosting another Citizens Academy of Governments in March and April.

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A Longboat Key firefighter paramedic worked to extinguish a brush fire Thursday caused by a blown transformer. Photo courtesy of Longboat Key Fire Rescue.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 4, 2011
Blown transformer sparks fire

A Florida Power & Light transformer began sparking Thursday, causing a small fire that caused a power outage and Gulf of Mexico Drive to shut down.

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Brian Kenney, principal of Juliani Kenney Investment Capital LLC, spoke at the March 2 Longbeach Village Association meeting.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 4, 2011
Whitney Beach developer speaks to Village residents

Brian Kenney, principal of Juliani Kenney Investment Capital LLC, spoke at the March 2 Village meeting.

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