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Longboat Key

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  • 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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2010
Resident's cat remains missing since last week

Max, a 5-year-old gray tabby cat, was lost Tuesday, May 25, near Joan M. Durante Park and The Longboat Observer office.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2010
Green recognized for her United Way volunteer work

Longboat Key resident Lois Green donated her time to the United Way for many years without expecting anything in return, so she was surprised to learn she had received the organization's Alexis de Toqueville award for outstanding leadership and being an inspiration to others.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2010
Griffin to be featured contributor in new read

Longboat Key novelist H. Terrell "Terry" Griffin is a featured contributor in the upcoming release from Oceanview Publishing, "Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads."

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2010
Town manager St. Denis requests sand input

The town of Longboat Key is urging its residents to tell commissioners what kind of sand they want for the town's island-wide beach project, which will begin in November 2011.

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