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Longboat Key

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  • Robin Hartill
  • July 22, 2009
Lido Shores home marks record sale this year

The more than $7.4 million sales price for the home at 1301 Westway Drive is a year-to-date record for Sarasota County.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2009
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    By
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  • July 22, 2009
Our View

Our arbitrary and capricious code

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 22, 2009
Residents ask for prayers ... and a sign

Jim and Susan Pressly, Longbeach Village residents, want others to pray for their injured granddaughter. But they were told the banner in their yard violates town codes.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2009
Police spat with trolley driver

In the nine years Pati Beardsley has been a police officer on Longboat Key, she doesn't remember a dispute like the one in which she was involved Wednesday, July 16.

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  • July 22, 2009
Meet Maggie, The Observer Group's summer intern

Maggie Pahos is a junior at Elon University, in Elon, N.C., where she is studying creative writing, art history and African/African-American studies.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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  • July 22, 2009
LB Harbour celebrates Fourth of July with style

About 70 Longboat Harbour residents gathered Saturday, July 4, for a holiday celebration.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2009
Sandord Milter makes it 90

About 75 of Sanford Milter's nearest and dearest gathered July 9, at Jewish Family & Children's Service to celebrate his 90th birthday and the 94th birthday of his sister-in-law, Florence Katz.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2009
Griffin turns page on new mystery

On Nov. 16, H. Terrell Griffin's fourth novel, 'Wyatt's Revenge,' will be available through Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Bookazine and other major wholesalers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 22, 2009
Company makes DAS pitch

SBA Advanced Wireless Networks LLC is offering a Distributed Antenna System for Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Maggie Pahos
  • July 22, 2009
Man on the street: Summer jobs

In honor of summer - and working during these hot summer months - we asked Longboaters to tell us what was their first summer job.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 22, 2009
Daigle deems Key Club application complete

The town's Planning and Zoning Board will review the Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside application this fall.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 21, 2009
Intermittent lane closures begin today

Lane closures on the north end of Gulf of Mexico Drive will occur between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m and are expected to last for the next two to three weeks.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 20, 2009
Rain, wind hit south Longboat Key

Town staff worked to remove debris from roads on the Sarasota County side of the Key earlier today.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 20, 2009
Arts Center completes media room renovations

The cultural media room formerly held two galleries and will now be used for concerts and lectures.

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