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Longboat Key

  • By George Rauch
  • September 22, 2010
Market Watch

Wall Street is obsolete in today's market

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  • September 22, 2010
Cops Corner

Sept. 10 Cranking it up 6:10 p.m. -- 700 block of GMD. Noise Disturbance. A man called to report a noise disturbance on St. Judes Drive. A homeowner informed police that his son had turned up a new amplifier earlier to see how it performed.

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  • Cops Corner
The world’s largest picnic table blocks the Autobahn for a day.
  • By Stuart and Lois Scheyer
  • September 22, 2010
Three cities/One capital

The European Capital of Culture featured three city sites: Pecs, Hungary; Essen and the Ruhr Valley, Germany; and Istanbul, Turkey. Essen was elegant; Istanbul was a turkey.

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  • Neighbors
This home at 345 Madision Drive has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms, a pool and 2,596 square feet of living area. It sold for $840,000.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 22, 2010
St. Armands home sells for $840,000

The top real-estate transaction for the week of Sept. 7 through Sept. 10 was a home at 345 Madison Drive, located in the St. Armands Division of the John Ringling Estates.

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  • Real Estate
Unit 1002 at the Water Club sold in August for $2.35 million, making it the top Longboat Key transaction for the month.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 22, 2010
Key Real Estate: August sales summary

The following is a summary of key real-estate sales recorded for the month of August, at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses. Data from August 2009 is also listed for comparison.

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Crawford
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2010
Business Observer

Crawford opens Edward Jones branch on Circle; Sarasota Manatee Originals offers 30% discounts

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  • News
Tokyo Steak House will open this winter where Cork restaurant formerly was located.
  • By Jessica Luck and Robin Hartill
  • September 22, 2010
St. Armands gets taste of new restaurants

At least three new restaurants will open soon on the Circle, including The Daiquiri Deck, La Malinche and Tokyo Steak House.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Longboaters Suzan and Keith Bickel read The Longboat Observer at Othello's Castle in Famagusta, Cyprus. The trip was part of a longer one that took place this past summer and included Turkey, Greece, and the Greek islands.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2010
It's Read Everywhere

Longboaters Suzan and Keith Bickel read The Longboat Observer at Othello's Castle in Famagusta, Cyprus. The trip was part of a longer one that took place this past summer and included Turkey, Greece, and the Greek islands.

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  • Neighbors
Longboaters Dr. Sid Katz and Elaine Keating read their Longboat Observer while overlooking the Pacific Ocean on Channel Drive in Montecito, California.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2010
It's Read Everywhere

Longboaters Dr. Sid Katz and Elaine Keating read their Longboat Observer while overlooking the Pacific Ocean on Channel Drive in Montecito, California.

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  • By Donna Swan
  • September 22, 2010
Deal Us In

Find the Solution

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  • September 22, 2010
Weather: City Sunrise

Charles Preston Rawls submitted this sunrise photo, taken at Marina Jack in downtown Sarasota. Please send your sunset (or sunrise) photos to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228, or e-mail them to [email protected].

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Jack Peffley, owner of Taffy's Menswear, and Diana Corrigan, Executive Director of St. Armands Circle Association
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • September 21, 2010
Circle Association heads downtown

The St. Armands Circle Association met for their September General Membership Meeting on Tuesday, September 21, at the Hotel Indigo. Approximately 30 members of the association turned out to discuss new business and upcoming events in the circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 21, 2010
OBITUARY: Lawrence Harold Weiss

Lawrence Harold Weiss, 84, was a Longboat Key resident.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Danny Williams is a graduate of the University of Central Florida.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 21, 2010
Saunders names manager for St. Armands offices

Danny Williams is the new managing broker of the company's two offices on St. Armands Circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Interim Fire Chief Paul Dezzi was promoted to fire chief Monday.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 21, 2010
Town promotes Dezzi to fire chief

The town manager selected the current interim Longboat Key Fire Rescue chief as the town's top fire official Monday.

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