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  • 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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
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    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.

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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.

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    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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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."

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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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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 2, 2010
Key Club makes case for renovation

Longboat Key Club and Resort General Manager Michael Welly said the Islandside project is consistent with other developments in the gulf-planned development.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 2, 2010
Key Club stands by plan in spite of planner's snub

Planning Director Monica Simpson says the project is too big, too dense. Now it's up to the Town Commission: 9 a.m. Monday.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 2, 2010
Trustee to oversee Colony operations

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May appointed a trustee to oversee resort operations and removed the resort's longstanding management.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • June 2, 2010
Contest offers chance to make Key history

The Longboat Key Historical Society is asking the public to submit new logo designs for a contest that will run throughout the summer.

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