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Longboat Key

Foreign Service veteran Bob Deutsch and Longboat Key Democratic Club President Ken Marsh
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  • Katie Johns
  • January 9, 2018
Longboat Democrats host first 2018 meeting

Foreign Service veteran Bob Deutsch addressed the group on Jan. 9.

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  • Neighbors
The Supreme Court decided June 18, 2015, to eliminate content regulations for town sign codes, upending Longboat's regulations.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • January 9, 2018
Longboat sign code rewrite not to be heard again until after elections

Town staff have been working to rewrite the towns sign code for more than a year following a Supreme Court decision that invalidated its current code.

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The next free CPR course will be held at 10 a.m. on Jan. 19 at north fire station. File photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 9, 2018
Longboat Fire Rescue to continue CPR classes

The next free CPR course will be held at 10 a.m. on Jan. 19 at north fire station.

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Longboat Key Police Department's 2017 Ford Explorer could be salvaged, police say.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • January 9, 2018
Longboat police cruiser damaged in hit-and-run could be salvaged, police say

Police charged the woman who they suspect hit their police cruiser with leaving the scene of an accident involving injury, a third-degree felony.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 8, 2018
Longboat Kiwanis Club hosts financial expert to discuss Bitcoin

Public welcome for luncheon meeting at Portofino

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2018
Observer Challenge Tennis Tournament swings into play

The tournament kicked off the morning of Jan. 5 and continues until Jan. 7.

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Cristina Peterson performs various songs during the concert, including “O Holy Night” and “Dream a Dream.”
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 6, 2018
All Angels hosts Epiphany celebration

Church members gathered Jan. 5 for an Epiphany concert and dinner.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 5, 2018
Longboat Key weather page photo: Jan. 4

Alice Lehr photographed a great blue heron and a snowy egret fishing together at The Players Club on Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 4, 2018
Observer Challenge Tennis Tournament stirs up cocktails

The tournament kicked off Jan. 4 with a cocktail party. Tournament play begins on Friday, Jan. 5.

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Members of the Longboat Key Fire Association visited Oak Park School to pass out teddy bears. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 4, 2018
Fire Association tops nice list

The Longboat Key Fire Association adopted Oak Park School this year, and even paid a visit with fireman Santa Claus.

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The winter season at the Longboat Key Education Center starts Jan. 4.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 4, 2018
Longboat Key Education center announces winter course load

With workshops, classes, field trips and performing arts and lecture series, the winter season is going to be busy one.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 4, 2018
Cops Corner: A life jacket for the dog, not the human

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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The home at 560 Chipping Lane on Longboat Key recently sold for $1.65 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 3, 2018
Country Club Shores home sells for $1.65 million

Residential real estate transactions for Dec. 11-22.

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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • January 3, 2018
THE WORD: 20-GREAT-TEEN!

Despite the World of Trump, Washington and the national media, we can continue to turn the tide with our own decorum and the push for economic freedom and prosperity.

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Reynolds become a senior scientist at Mote in 2001, and led the Manatee Research Program.
    By
  • Cassidy Alexander
  • January 3, 2018
Influential Mote scientist Dr. John Reynolds III dies at 65

Reynolds was an advocate of marine mammal conservation and did work that impacted scientists and marine mammals around the world.

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Longboat Key Fire Rescue has two ladder trucks that can reach 75 feet, including this Sutphen engine built in 2020, which serves as the primary engine at Fire Station 92.
  • June 10, 2026
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The home at 5840 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold for $4.5 million. Built in 2022, it has four bedrooms, four-and-two-half baths, a pool and 4,145 square feet of living area.
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Metal sculptor John Grammer has honed his crafting skills through various stages of his careers in construction and prop work for film. Now, he said he appreciates getting to fine tune the work he presents at shows like last weekend's St. Armands Circle Craft Festival.
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Family and friends helped Out-of-Door Academy graduate Caleb Rodriguez celebrate his academic accomplishments at the May 22 ceremony. Rodriguez will be departing Longboat Key to attend the University of Central Florida to study mechanical engineering.
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