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Longboat Key

    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 7, 2010
OBITUARY: Dan Lee Baumann

Dan Lee Baumann, 58, of Sarasota, was assistant manager at the Longboat Key 7-Eleven.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 7, 2010
Simpson: Islandside project results in overdevelopment

The Longboat Key Club and Resort's $400 million Islandside renovation-and-expansion hearing resumed Monday with town staff recommending denial of the revised project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 7, 2010
Younger named to Town Commission

Phil Younger will fill the vacant Longboat Key Town Commission seat after a unanimous vote Monday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 4, 2010
Letter to the editor

The welcome signs recently installed on either end of Longboat are misleading - we should be welcoming to the Longboat Key Club's redevelopment project.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • June 4, 2010
Store Around the Corner: Sunglass Express Optical

Sunglass Express Optical combines fashion with function by carrying hundreds of different styles of prescription and non-prescription sunglasses.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 4, 2010
Club officials say Islandside model produces positive comments

Longboat Key Club and Resort officials believe a scale model of the club's Islandside project is helping to assuage concerns about the project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 4, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Mote World Ocean Day

This year's event will feature activities and a Dr. Seuss theme.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 4, 2010
IPOC challenges code amendments

The Islandside Property Owners Coalition is challenging seven code changes proposed by the Longboat Key Club and Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • June 4, 2010
Recipe and a Reservation: Dry Dock Waterfront Grill

Dry Dock owner Eric Hammersand shares an exclusive recipe for yourobserver.com readers.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 3, 2010
Five new wayfinding signs coming to LBK

The new signage is part of the town's $500,000 Gulf of Mexico Drive beautification grant.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 3, 2010
Traffic flows on GMD despite pipeline project

Construction on the project is currently taking place to the south of Outrigger Lane.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 3, 2010
Making the peacock cut

This peacock in Longbeach Village made the cut and was not taken from the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 2, 2010
OBITUARY: Goldie Swartz

Goldie Swartz, 79, was a retired teacher and avid cyclist.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 2, 2010
Where's Waldo? Mote has communication problem

The autonomous underwater vehicle will be replaced because it stopped communicating via satellite.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2010
Resident endows Harvard chair

Longboat Key resident Ruth Kreindler and her family recently endowed a professorial chair at Harvard Law School.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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