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Longboat Key

    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 14, 2009
Obituary: Dorothy Mylan Rooney

Rooney, 102, was a former Longboat Key resident and retired teacher.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 14, 2009
Larson qualifies for District 1

Lynn Larson's qualification ensures the town will hold a preliminary election in January.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 11, 2009
Rothenberg qualifies for fourth term

The town of Longboat Key will have at least three contested commission seat races this March.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 10, 2009
St. Armands fire station celebrates opening

The grand opening came a one-and-one-half months after the station opened.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 10, 2009
P&Z moves Islandside project forward

The planning board voted 4-3 to move The Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside renovation and expansion project forward to the Town Commission next month.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 10, 2009
Local restaurants earn Golden Spoon awards

Eight local restaurants and one chain received honors.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 9, 2009
Sarasota's first green fire station opens tomorrow

The St. Armands fire station was completed in late October.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2009
Our view: Beware of the tipping point

Our view: Beware of the tipping point

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2009
Letters to the editor

These letters express readers' opinions about the Longboat Key Club and Resort's expansion and renovation project.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Sandy Gilbert
  • December 9, 2009
Gilbert gives his farewell recommendations for LBK

Longboat Key activist Sandy Gilbert is heading out east. He leaves us with suggestions for Longboat's future.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2009
Cops Corner

Nov. 25 Gator grab 9:32 a.m. -- 400 block of GMD. Vehicle Larceny. A woman reported that someone stole her crocodile purse valued at $2,000 from the passenger seat of her unlocked car while she was inside a gas station paying for her gas. The purse contained a payroll check, her Social Security card, credit cards, a checkbook and $10 in cash.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2009
Longboat Key - Building permits

Longboat Key - Building permits

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  • Real Estate
  • By Kent Chetlain
  • December 9, 2009
Longboat Key - Positano condo sells for $2 million

Despite the Thanksgiving holiday week shortened by two days, there were a respectable, eight, key real-estate sales recorded at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses between Nov. 23 and Nov. 25.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • December 9, 2009
Player of the week: Nicky Proctor

Cedars Tennis and Fitness Club

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2009
Sunset swirls

Tom King submitted this sunset photo, taken near the Broadway beach access on the north end of the Key. 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].

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