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Longboat Key

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  • December 2, 2009
Our View

Longboat Key Town Commission term limits; Pearl Harbor memories; Kate Honea

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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 2, 2009
Arts Center opens doors to new, old members

The Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design, will hold an open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Dec. 10.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 2, 2009
Tennis tournaments court top players

The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center will host two tournaments in the next two weeks - the Longboat Key Senior Clay Court Tournament and The Observer Challenge.

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  • By Harold Ronson
  • December 2, 2009
My view

Harold Ronson recalls a 2001 trip to New Orleans for the opening of the museum that commemorates the attack on Pearl Harbor - the National D-Day Museum.

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  • December 2, 2009
Letters to the editor

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  • December 2, 2009
Cops Corner

Nov. 22 Case of mistaken identity 12 a.m. -- 600 block of Penfield Street. Suspicious Vehicle. Police received two calls about two drunken men in a small boat in the canal behind their docks. A boat with people was detained for questioning, but it was the wrong boat.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 2, 2009
Twin Shores celebrates completion of marina villas

The four new homes have two bedrooms and two bathrooms.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 2, 2009
P&Z receives Islandside conditions

The Planning and Zoning Board will review a list of 40 conditions that must be met for the board to recommend The Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside renovation and expansion application.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 2, 2009
Chief's actions disputed

Longboat Key Police Officer Jessica Anderson's attorney, Michael Krohn, will appeal her Oct. 21 termination next week. Krohn says other officers have not been let go for fireable offenses.

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 2, 2009
Storms nearing Longboat Key

Longboat Key residents are being urged to exercise caution beginning this evening because heavy rainfall and flooding is expected for the rest of the week.

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    By
  • Dora Walters
  • December 2, 2009
Sanders combines her artistic and writing talents

Virginia Sanders has been drawing since the third grade, and she started writing limericks after meeting her late husband, Dr Jack Sanders. Her book, "Leaping Limericks," is now available.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 2, 2009
Couple shares public proposal at Publix

Lamarr Glenn surprised his girlfriend, Natasha Ford, with a surprise proposal last week at the Longboat Key Publix.

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    By
  • Dora Walters
  • December 2, 2009
Sculptors carve out new home at Rec Center

A.C. Sculptors LLC of Longboat Key has just set up a studio on the ground-floor level of the Bayfront Park Recreation Center.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 2, 2009
Longboat Key resident develops as an artist

Tommy James Mannausa, a part-time Longboat Key resident, is expanding his artistic repertoire to acting and songwriting.

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  • December 2, 2009
Longboat Key - Building Permits

Longboat Key - Building Permits

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