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Longboat Key

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2010
Our view: The public interest

The commissioners' vote on the Longboat Key Club's renovation-and-expansion project will be a statement written into Longboat Key's history, the legacy of who we were - as a people bonded together on this island, as Floridians and as Americans.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 27, 2010
Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

  • Longboat Key
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  • January 27, 2010
Cops Corner

Jan. 7 No. 1 fan 8:54 p.m. -- 6400 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive (GMD). Public Drunkenness. Police found a man sleeping on a bench at the intersection of General Harris Street and Gulf of Mexico Drive. He told police he had fallen asleep while listening to a game on the radio and was given a ride to his parents' house on Lyons Lane.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 26, 2010
Larson, Rothenberg win District 1 preliminary

Newcomer Lynn Larson and Mayor Lee Rothenberg beat out Lee Pokoik in the District 1 preliminary election to move forward to the March general election.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 26, 2010
Obituary: Sue Vaught

Tiny's of Longboat Key owner Sue Vaught died at 61.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 25, 2010
Early voting numbers are in

More than 1,000 people took advantage of early voting at Town Hall for the town-wide District 1 preliminary election.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 22, 2010
10 cold stunned turtles released in Collier County

The turtles were treated at Mote's Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital during the last two-and-a-half weeks.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 22, 2010
Islandside hearings continued for one week

Longboat Key Club Attorney John Patterson asked for and received a week reprieve from the Islandside hearings Friday so the club can possibly bring back 'a better project.'

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 21, 2010
Residents express erosion concerns

The Town Commission gave town staff direction for a number of options for erosion issues at the north end of the island.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 21, 2010
Wagner Realty announces new LBK branch manager, agents

The company decided to partially merge the staffs of its Longboat Key and West Manatee offices.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 21, 2010
Gas leak causes temporary lane closures

Both lanes of traffic on Gulf of Mexico Drive are open again after workers hit a natural gas line just south of Publix.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 21, 2010
Commission will consider breakwater options

The Town Commission will consider a variety of options for its north end beach erosion problem at its regular workshop today.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 21, 2010
Science and art collide at meeting of the minds

Mote Marine scientist Dr. Randy Wells and Asolo Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards explored a conversation on science and creativity during Mote's first Science Cafe.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 20, 2010
Opposing Key Club project groups face off

Positive Change for LBK and The Islandside Property Owners Coalition clashed Wednesday, Jan. 20 over whether the Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside renovation-and-expansion project was right for the community and whether it can be approved as proposed.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 20, 2010
Candidates submit contribution reports

With five days to go until the town's Tuesday, Jan. 26 preliminary election, campaign contributions and expenditures are mounting. Listed are the names of contributors to District 1 preliminary election candidates through Dec. 31, as well as candidates' expenditures. Contributions and expenditures are also listed for the other contested races that will be determined March 16, in the town's municipal election.

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