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Longboat Key

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 8, 2009
Dry Dock owner asks for special meeting

This week Dry Dock Waterfront Grill owner Eric Hammersand asked the Town Commission to hold a special summer meeting that will allow him to build a roof for his outdoor dining area.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 8, 2009
Town boards approve pension fix

At special meetings Thursday, the town's three pension boards approved a proposal to pay back $21 million in unfunded liabilities over 20 years.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 7, 2009
Application hinges on road

Longboat Club Road is a point of contention in The Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside application.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 7, 2009
Obituary: Morton Goodman

Morton Goodman, 85, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key and Rockville Centre, N.Y., died May 3.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Donna Swan
  • May 7, 2009
Deal Us In: Under Playing

"Can you justify your bold bidding by making this slam?" asks Joyce Jones, of Traverse City, Mich. "When the dummy came down, I thought it would be easy to make the slam. But I managed to go down."

  • Longboat Key
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  • May 7, 2009
Business Observer

Business Observer

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  • Robin Hartill
  • May 7, 2009
Real Estate Reports

Real Estate Reports

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kent Chetlain
  • May 7, 2009
Key Real Estate: Two condos sell for $3.8 million

During the height of the recent real-estate boom, developers Jay Tallman and Tom Brown, together with their U.S. Assets Group, took on some major residential projects.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 7, 2009
Obituary: Claire Louise Henkle

Obituary: Claire Louise Henkle

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  • May 7, 2009
Worship Services

Worship Services

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  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 7, 2009
Ed Shapiro made the time to help those around him

Slowing down wasn't Ed Shapiro's style. Technically, he retired from his career with Isotoner, a women's glove company, in 1980. But Shapiro kept plugging.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 7, 2009
For 25 years, volunteer did things by the book

When the Longboat Library prepared for special events, its volunteers called on fellow helper Irene McCann.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 7, 2009
Exhibit offers snapshots of couple's adventures

Virginia Sanders was a painter and sketcher. But it wasn't until she and her late husband, Dr. Jack Sanders, became a couple that she became a photographer as well.

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  • May 7, 2009
Cops Corner

Cops Corner

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  • May 7, 2009
Our View

They can have those jobs

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