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Longboat Key

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2010
OUR VIEW: Rick Scott for governor

If you cut through all of the Bill McCollum and Alex Sink character-assassination attack ads; if you discard the standard operating procedure of the daily newspapers and their editorialists - which is to discredit anyone who has been a success in business; and if you judge Florida's gubernatorial candidates on their professional accomplishments, the choice for governor is overwhelmingly clear.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2010
Scott explains what happened

Florida's daily newspapers and Rick Scott's gubernatorial opponents have rushed to paint him as an unethical profiteer. And everything they present you is through their filter. We're reprinting Scott's own explanation of the Medicare fines that his former company paid in 2000 and 2003.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 13, 2010
Firefighter Kyle promoted to lieutenant

Longboat Key firefighter paramedic David Kyle was promoted to lieutenant after undergoing a professional assessment.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 13, 2010
Business leaders work to attract German airline

Tina Rudek and Ray Alexander, of Engel & Völkers, are organizing leaders to support direct flights from Hamburg to Sarasota.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 12, 2010
Commission unhappy with oil-spill plan

The Longboat Key Town Commission also established a maximum millage rate of 1.9036 mills Monday night.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 12, 2010
Klauber: Colony needs to see the light

Colony owner/chairman Murf Klauber told the Code Enforcement Board that the town's turtle-lighting ordinance puts guests at risk.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 12, 2010
First nest in LBK Turtle Watch territory hatches

Volunteers will excavate the nest on Thursday night.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 12, 2010
Commission to review signs, set maximum millage

The Longboat Key Town Commission will review a report for a generic sign scheme for its new wayfinding signs.

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    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • July 9, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: Olivia

With a passion for fashion, Olivia owner Annika Sandstrom was drawn to the open-air shopping concept of St. Armands Circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jessica Luck
  • July 9, 2010
Key Club receives Pinnacle Award

The Longboat Key Club and Resort received the 2010 Successful Meetings Pinnacle Award for the third consecutive year.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 9, 2010
Sea turtle nests vandalized on nearby beach

At least a half-dozen sea turtle nests have been disturbed on Siesta Key beaches this nesting season.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 9, 2010
Paving project begins Monday

The Florida Department of Transportation will begin paving State Road 789 from Longboat Pass Bridge to Cortez Road Monday, July 12.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • July 8, 2010
RECIPE AND A RESERVATION: Tango

Tango owner Sandra Miccio shares an exclusive recipe with YourObserver.com readers.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 7, 2010
Longboat Key triathlon set for October

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce will hold the island's first triathlon in October.

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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 7, 2010
OBITUARIES: Edward Theriot Jr. and Stanley Waldheim

Community honors Longboat Key's Edward Theriot Jr. and Stanley Waldheim.

  • Longboat Key
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