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Longboat Key

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 22, 2010
Siekmann declines Key Club meeting

Commissioner Robert Siekmann declined an invitation by Key Club officials to meet with him one-on-one about proposed code changes.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 21, 2010
In Brief

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  • April 21, 2010
After recovery, eagle takes flight

A bald eagle became stranded in the waters of Longboat Key recently and needed help before she could spread her wings again.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2010
Euphemia Haye walks for a cure

Team Euphemia Haye participated for its eighth year in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's (JDRF) "Walk to Cure Diabetes" event March 20, on Siesta Key, and raised more than $14,000.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2010
Historic real-estate office building still stands

One of the first real-estate offices on Longboat Key was started by Luther Garaux in the 1940s and was located in a two-story building at 5144 Gulf of Mexico Drive. The building still stands and is now, fittingly, an apartment complex.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2010
Beachplace enjoys a day at the races

Beachplace has gone to the dogs. Residents attended their annual "Night at the Dogs" event April 8, at the Sarasota Kennel Club.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2010
Publix employees help save our local seabirds

Approximately 35 Longboat Key Publix employees were hard at work on Saturday, April 10, but they weren't behind the store's counters. Instead, they were volunteering at Save Our Seabirds.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2010
Holy mackerel:Resident catches 32-pound fish

Longboat Key resident Paul Geck recently reeled in quite the catch: a 50-inch, 32-pound king mackerel that he caught 1.5 miles west of Longboat Pass.

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  • April 21, 2010
Longboat Key swans go into nesting mode

Spring is in the air, and that means the Harbour Links swans are in nesting mode.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 21, 2010
Pension, budget woes mount

A status of the town's three pension plans and the certainty of another shortfall in next year's budget were presented to the Town Commission Thursday, April 15.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 21, 2010
Code changes move forward

The majority of the Town Commission agreed with the Longboat Key Club and Resort's suggested code clarifications and changes Friday, April 16.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 21, 2010
Association makes conversion argument

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association began making its case Monday, April 19, for why the resort's bankruptcy case should be converted to Chapter 7 liquidation.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 21, 2010
Short-term sand fix approved

The Town Commission approved a $225,000 budget transfer to bring 7,500 cubic yards of sand from Manatee County to the north end of the island.

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  • April 21, 2010
Our View

White sand is economic

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  • April 21, 2010
Siekmann wants charter changes, commission pay

Commissioner Robert Siekmann wants a charter review committee to look into the length of a town commissioner's term, which is currently two years.

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