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Longboat Key

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  • Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2009
Temple unveils new place for prayers

ongboat Key may be a long way from Israel, but now Temple Beth Israel members can feel a little bit closer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2009
Circle Association heads downtown

The St. Armands Circle Association met for its monthly meeting Tuesday, Sept. 25.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 23, 2009
Colony suspends hotel operations

The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort is closing hotel operations until further notice, while it attempts to reach an agreement with its association.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 23, 2009
Islandside application moves forward

The town's Planning and Zoning Board will now review the Longboat Key Club and Resort's $400 million Islandside application next month. Public hearings will take place Oct. 21 and Oct. 22.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 23, 2009
Town to discuss cell phone ordinance again

Attempts to revise a telecommunications ordinance in order to improve cell-phone reception have been stymied so far.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • September 23, 2009
New event fees delayed

Sarasota's plan to charge for the use of parks for special events, which some said would kill some St. Armands Circle events, will be delayed until at least December.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 23, 2009
Town feels pressure of federal demands

In April, the town received $500,0000 worth of economic stimulus package money to be used for a Gulf of Mexico Drive beautification project that must begin immediately.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Thomas Sowell
  • September 23, 2009
Fable for our time

Don't fall for health-care bone

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2009
Our View

End the taxpayers' burden

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2009
Letters to the Editor

To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, 34228. The Longboat Observer gives priority to letters of local interest and about local issues. The Observer will print all letters to the editor if it feels they are of general interest, but only if the letter is signed and the author's street address and phone number are given. The editor reserves the right to condense letters.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2009
Cops Corner

A woman reported that a man she had been living with for two years acquired her online banking password and stole $44,600 from her bank account over the course of 18 months.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 23, 2009
Smart shopping

Real-estate bargains are available even on Longboat Key. And real-estate officials say that buyers are getting smart, asking about more than price and location.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kent Chetlain
  • September 23, 2009
Emerald Harbor home sells for $1,375,000

Vicki and Paul White, from York, Pa., purchased the canal-front home at 771 Old Compass Road in the 81-lot Emerald Harbor subdivision from Lloyd Turman and his wife, Susan Atherton, for $1,375,000.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 23, 2009
Key Club golf director starts out in full swing

Terry O'Hara was 4 years old when he played golf for the first time. Since then, golf has been a constant for him.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Donna Swan
  • September 23, 2009
Deal Un In: Play second hand high

The contributor writes: 'Don't print this if you feel that (the) second hand should always play low. Computer bridge condones second-hand high due to the time element.'

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  • Neighbors
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