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Longboat Key

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 9, 2010
Spot of Color

Anne Mckinnon submitted this sunset photo taken near the North Shore Road beach access. 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
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 9, 2010
Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of May 28 through June 3, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 9, 2010
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $3.3 million

Jane Jenkins, of Lutz, sold her home at 6291 Gulf of Mexico Drive in the Sleepy Lagoon subdivision to Thomas and Deborah Degnan, of Thiensville, Wis., for $3.3 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • June 8, 2010
Locals gather for oil-spill vigil in Ken Thompson Park

About 200 people gathered for a vigil in response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 8, 2010
Commission reviews preliminary budget

The town manager discussed a preliminary budget with the Town Commission at a special budget workshop Tuesday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 8, 2010
Cail: a teacher of life's lessons

Anne-Marie 'Andy' Cail, of Longboat Key, died Monday, June 7. She was 73.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 7, 2010
Commission chooses both sand options

The Town Commission will use a slightly darker sand for the north end of the island's high-erosion spots from North Shore Road just south of Broadway.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    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.

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