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Longboat Key

  • By Donna Swan
  • April 27, 2011
Deal Us In

Bidding after a double sees expert move

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 27, 2011
GOVERNMENT GONE WILD

Blaise Ingoglia is traveling the country spreading the word on just how big and bad the United States' debt is.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Longboat Key Historical Society President Tom Mayers with speaker David Miller
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 27, 2011
Miller tells of rising tides at Cannons Marina

Last week, David Miller broke down Cannons' history on Longboat Key by decade and shared historic photos and the marina's milestones.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 27, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from our archives.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 27, 2011
Cops Corner

April 13, 2011, 4:41 p.m. -- 500 block of Bay Isles Road. Suspicious Circumstance. A woman told police she saw someone enter a vacant restaurant.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
A view of Sarasota Bay from the town dock shows off one of the north end's assets.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 27, 2011
Northern Exposure

The north end of Longboat Key is home to many of the island's attractive amenities - and much of the island's history.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unit 2607 at Inn on the Beach, 210 Sands Point Road, has 1,644 square feet. It sold for $1.01 million.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 27, 2011
Queens Harbour home sells for $2 million

Franklin and Lorraine St. John, of Wallingford, Conn., sold their home at 3628 Fair Oaks Place in Queens Harbour to Barry and Jane Weinman for $2 million.

  • Longboat Key
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Kerrie Ann Lehnert and Robert Dinan
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 27, 2011
Business Observer

Kitchens by Kerrie holds open house at new studio; Key Club receives 28th AAA Four-Diamond Award

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Neil Blume submitted this sunset photo, taken at Whitney Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 27, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: Robin's egg blue

Neil Blume submitted this sunset photo, taken at Whitney Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Pat Hagstrom, Mary Cole and Viola Anjelidis
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • April 26, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Spanish Main Yacht Club island luau

One of the most popular social events at Spanish Main Yacht Club is the annual island luau. This year was no exception, and the highlight of the April 26 feast was a roast pig

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Nursing coordinator Debby Hahn examines John Kaiser at the Boca Grande Health Clinic, a facility subsidized through a nonprofit foundation. The clinic's model has been suggested for Longboat Key.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 26, 2011
Longboat health care group to meet tomorrow

The meeting will focus on maintaining health care services on Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 26, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Where's the fire?

There was no emergency at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, this morning. But it looked like one, with three ambulances and a fire truck lining the north side of the road. Longboat Key firefighter/paramedics were using the Town Commission chambers to hold a training session and parked the emergency vehicles there in case they had to respond to a call.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 26, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from our archives.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Beachgoers worked around the sand project pipeline in order to bask in the sun Monday, April 25. The pipeline is part of the emergency sand project on the north end of Longboat Key.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • April 25, 2011
Photo of the Day: Piping hot

Beachgoers worked around the pipeline in order to enjoy basking in the sun Monday, April 25. The pipeline is part of the emergency sand project that is going on at the north end of Longboat Key.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 25, 2011
OBITUARY: Beatrice Rapowitz

Beatrice Rapowitz, 67, co-founded the Longboat Key Club's "Go for the Cure" fundraiser.

  • Longboat Key
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