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  • July 1, 2010
WEATHER: Azure Awe

Federico Bustos submitted this sunset photo, taken at Lido Beach. 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].

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Donna Swan
  • July 1, 2010
Deal Us In: A no-no play for West

Deal Us In: A no-no play for West

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 1, 2010
Grape Expectations

Pat and Bob Gussin visited New Zealand in 2002, and it turned out to be a fruitful trip for the Longboat Key couple.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 30, 2010
Key Club project approved

The Longboat Key Town Commission approved the Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside renovation-and-expansion project by a 6-1 vote Wednesday.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 30, 2010
Cushman honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

The Longboat Key resident received the Publicity Club of Chicago's highest honor.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 30, 2010
Islandside vote postponed until afternoon

The Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside hearing will reconvene at 12:30 p.m. to allow the commissioners time to read through a revised ordinance before voting on second reading.

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  • By Michael Eng and Heidi Kurpiela
  • June 30, 2010
Spirit of America

For our annual Fourth of July special section, A&E Editor Heidi Kurpiela and East County Observer Executive Editor Michael Eng turned their lenses on Sarasota and Manatee counties in a monthlong search for anyone and everything that depicted American life and lifestyle.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 30, 2010
OUR VIEW: The birth of Spirit of America

To know where you're going, it helps to know from where you came.

  • East County
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 29, 2010
Crash closes Cortez Bridge

A tractor-trailer went partially over the side of the Cortez Bridge Tuesday.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 29, 2010
The Islandside 'gift' factor

The Longboat Key Club and Resort and Mayor George Spoll disagree about how much money the club should have to pay to compensate for the loss of Islandside open space.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 28, 2010
Commission delays Islandside decision

The Longboat Key Town Commission will wait until 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 30 to make a decision on the Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside project.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 28, 2010
OBITUARY: Arnold Fein

Arnold Fein was an active member of Temple Beth Israel.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • June 28, 2010
STORE AROUND THE CORNER: The Met Day Spa & Salon

Growing up riding his bike to St. Armands Circle, starting in the apparel industry at the age of 15 and working on the Circle through college prepared Geoffrey Michel to end up exactly where he is now - alongside his wife, Brenda, operating The Met.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 28, 2010
OBITUARY: Maureen Browne

Maureen Browne was proud of her contributions to Title IX.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 25, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Save Our Seabirds Fundraiser

The event will take place from noon to 8 p.m., Sunday, at T'Katz Pub.

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