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Longboat Key

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 16, 2009
Our View: Still time to kill health bills

Our View: Still time to kill health bills

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 16, 2009
Commission to review Key Club project

The Longboat Key Planning Board voted 4-3 to move the Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside renovation-and-expansion project forward to the commission.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 16, 2009
Christ Church project approved

Christ Church of Longboat Key's building project was forwarded to the Town Commission for review by the Planning & Zoning Board, but some residents still have project concerns.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 16, 2009
Briefs

Briefs

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 16, 2009
Town must inspect Colony units

A termite infestation report of The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort done by an engineering company was sent to the town for review. The town will also perform an independent inspection of the property.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 16, 2009
Anderson requests reinstatement

At a Dec. 8 appeal, the attorney for former Longboat Police Officer Jessica Anderson told the town manager that other Longboat officers were treated differently than Anderson.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 16, 2009
Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Public Interest Committee Board of Directors
  • December 16, 2009
Rothenberg should step down from commission

The board of directors of the Longboat Key Public Interest Committee (PIC) is saddened and distressed that the Town Commission, in a 5-2 vote, has allowed Mayor Lee Rothenberg to run for yet another term on the commission.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 16, 2009
Cops Corner

Dec. 6 Construction question 3:26 p.m. -- 6400 block of GMD. Suspicious Circumstance. A Christ Church member reported to police that someone placed a sign on the church's construction site that read: 'WHY?' The church member told police members of the nearby homeowners association were disputing the church's construction.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 16, 2009
Longboat Key holds worship services

Longboat Key holds worship services

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 16, 2009
Celebration of life gathering to be held for Claudia Fuller

A celebration of life gathering for 2008 Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Citizen of the Year Claudia Fuller will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30, at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 S. Palm Ave., Sarasota. The date coincides with what would have been Fuller's 80th birthday. Fuller, 79, died Oct. 21. The celebration will feature a band, hors d'oeuvres and cash bar. Guests are invited to bring a memory of Fuller to share.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jessica Luck
  • December 16, 2009
The bold and the beautiful

We announce the winners to this year's 'Light Up the Keys' contest.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kent Chetlain
  • December 16, 2009
Longboat Key - Key sales jump to 21 first week in December

After two weeks each of eight lackluster sales on the keys, the first week of December exploded with a resounding 21 realty transactions.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • December 16, 2009
Longboat fitness options now include new classes

There is quite a bit of news about fitness classes on Longboat Key this season, led by the return of the mind-body fitness methodology, Nia.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Donna Swan
  • December 16, 2009
Deal Us In

How to play for success

  • Longboat Key
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