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Longboat Key

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2009
Planners to discuss Islandside project next

Town special counsel attorney Nancy Stroud told the Planning and Zoning Board Wednesday, Nov. 11, that the Islandside gulf-planned development can be amended to allow for more development.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2009
Briefs

This week in briefs.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2009
Coalition disputes project

Islandside Property Owners Coalition attorney Michael Furen said the Longboat Key Club and Resort's $400 million project is 'not about the economic needs of the community ... '

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2009
Firefighters and town can't agree on contract

The town's labor attorney, Reynolds Allen, said the town cannot offer a new contract that costs the town any money.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 11, 2009
Welcome Back: In Memoriam

Longboat Key residents who have died from May through October.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 11, 2009
Welcome Back: Cops Corner

The best Cops Corner items of the summer.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 11, 2009
Cops Corner

Cops Corner

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 11, 2009
Neighbors: Rita Barry

Longboat Key resident Rita Barry recently finished writing a travel cookbook featuring her culinary journey.

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  • Observer Staff
  • November 11, 2009
Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

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  • November 11, 2009
The Observer announces contest winners

This year's "It's Read Everywhere" contest traveled to the World Wide Web on YourObserver.com and asked readers to upload their submissions and vote for their favorites.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 11, 2009
Our view

Can the code, not the plan

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • November 11, 2009
Beth Israel Women prepare holiday bazaar

Beth Israel Women (BIW) are doing a major expansion of their Holiday Bazaar for 2009.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • November 11, 2009
'Letters to Lee'

'Letters to Lee,' a book by Lt. Gen. James V. Edmundson, includes letters and firsthand accounts written during World War II.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kent Chetlain
  • November 11, 2009
St. Armands Towers unit sells for $750,000

Unit 103 at St. Armands Tower North, on Lido Beach, sold for $750,000. The unit has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,389 square feet of living space.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • November 11, 2009
Black Tie & Tales

Read this week's social column, Black Tie & Tales, by Molly Schechter.

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