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Longboat Key

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 14, 2009
In Brief

P&Z member sees too many signs - Road paving almost complete - Town Commission approves settlement - Corrections - Meetings & Agendas

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 14, 2009
Judge reviews organization plan

The bankruptcy court will also decide in the coming weeks whether the Colony Association is obligated to pay $14.1 million to repair damage from the 2004 hurricane season.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 14, 2009
Lift station work coming to an end

A lift station project under construction since January near Country Club Shores is being dismantled starting today.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 14, 2009
Bird Key Yacht Club horses around at party

The first thing greeting guests when they arrived Saturday, May 1, at Bird Key Yacht Club was Chef Joe Santangini's Kentucky Derby-inspired dinner creations.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 14, 2009
Sign-code violator must have been so desperate

The latest violation of the sign code was spotted Saturday night - or should we say 'violations.' Eight handwritten signs were attached to trolley signs down the Key, starting at Club Longboat and going south to the Longboat Key Club and Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 14, 2009
Shark visits LB Harbour Towers

Connecticut resident Melissa DiGalbo, who is currently staying on Longboat Key, snapped this photo of a shark Thursday, May 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 14, 2009
Sign code irks business owners

Longboat Key business owners urged the town's planning board for a review of the sign code they say could be bad for business.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 14, 2009
Recent events raise suspicion in Village

Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle says police are on the lookout for suspicious activity in the Village.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 14, 2009
Residents see signs of repavement project

A Lyons Lane couple says a road sign left a 4-foot hole and other damage in their yard.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 14, 2009
Town meets state requirement

The state has approved a change to the town's Comprehensive Plan, which must be changed before charter amendment concepts can be implemented.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 12, 2009
Burglars hit five Key businesses

About 1 a.m. Monday morning, burglars stole money and merchandise from five businesses in the Centre Shops of Longboat Key, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 11, 2009
Two key residences sell for '09 records

Transactions on Longboat Key and Bird Key suggest signs of life in the local real-estate market.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 11, 2009
Variance settlement reached

The Town Commission, in a 4-3 vote, begrudgingly granted Peter Swain a variance rather than spend money to defend its zoning board's decision.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Robin Hartill
  • May 11, 2009
Obituary: Virginia Marie Kirby

Virginia Marie Kirby, 91, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and formerly of Longboat Key, died May 7.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 8, 2009
Paving project ends early

AJAX Paving industries announced Friday that the paving for the Manatee County side of Gulf of Mexico Drive will be done by Wednesday, May 13.

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