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Longboat Key

    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 2, 2011
Investigator releases findings

An interim report by Firefighters Pension Board-hired investigator Edward Siedle reveals all three town pension plans could have lost millions of pension dollars.

  • Longboat Key
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Town pension attorney James Linn addressed the Longboat Key Town Commission at a special pension workshop last month.
  • By Jay Brady
  • March 2, 2011
Longboat pension ranks among worst in state

Government employee pension plans are the time bomb for cities and counties on the Gulf Coast. The recession has lit the fuse.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 2, 2011
Beach project in voters' hands

Town of Longboat Key registered voters will vote on a $16 million beach project and a charter amendment that clarifies commissioners' partial terms.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 2, 2011
News Briefs

Beach presentation now online at town website; Beach project scheduled to begin this week

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Bill Sceva puts together the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key newsletter each week.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 2, 2011
Kiwanian of the Year always makes headlines

Bill Sceva has been named the 2010 Kiwanian of the Year.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 2, 2011
Colony unit inspections begin

The town is inspecting approximately 80 to 90 units that the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort owners wish to re-open this year.

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  • By George Rauch
  • March 2, 2011
Market Watch

Is there a future for gold and silver?Â

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 2, 2011
Cops Corner

Classic Cops Feb. 19, 1980 8:03 p.m. Woman reports she was watching a TV program when two raccoons fell through her ceiling. One escaped, one was captured. Officer states program was not a Walt Disney production, but the later events could have been.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Eve Wickwire, Susan Singer, Patti Ostroski and Laurin Goldner were excited to sell their first raffle ticket to Larry Panza Feb. 24, at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 2, 2011
Key tennis event supports SMH Breast Health Center

The Breast Cancer Awareness Women's Round Robin will take place from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 20, at the Public Tennis Center, 590 Bay Isles Road.

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Former Longboat Key Mayor Bob Drohlich has authored his first fiction book, "The Finding."
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 2, 2011
Former Longboat mayor authors first fiction novel

Bob Drohlich recently published his first fiction novel, 'The Finding.'

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 2, 2011
Building permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Feb. 18 through Feb. 24.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Unit No. 703 at the Water Club, 1241 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has 3,045 square feet of living area, three bedrooms and four bathrooms. It sold for $1.35 million.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 2, 2011
Water Club unit sells for $1.35 million

The sale was the top transaction recorded at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses during the week of Feb. 14 through Feb. 18 on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys.

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Brie Daw
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 2, 2011
Hidden treasures

We asked concierges and insiders at local hotels and resorts to share their picks for places off the beaten path.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 2, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Huff named broker of Coldwell St. Armands office

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Karen Gourley, a master barber from JustGents, shaves Daiquiri Deck co-owner Russell Matthes' beard.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 2, 2011
Business Observer

Daiquiri Deck owners make the cut for opening; LBK Moorings receives ValvTect Marina award

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