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Longboat Key

    By
  • Katie Johns
  • May 25, 2017
Bird Key Yacht Club steps into summer fashion

The club hosted its monthly style show on May 25.

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2017
Longboat Key weather page photo: May 25

Liz Yerkes captured this shot of the sun setting at Whitney Beach on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Waste Management will not be picking up trash on Memorial Day.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • May 25, 2017
Longboat trash pickup delayed due to Memorial Day

Waste Management will pick up residents’ garbage on Tuesday, May 30.

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  • News
The Shore restaurant on Longboat Key was once expected to open in June.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • May 25, 2017
Delays continue in construction of Shore on Longboat Key

Construction will resume with a new contractor, says restaurant co-owner Tom Leonard.

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  • News
Isaac Brownman will serve as Longboat Key Public Works Director. (Photo provided by Sarasota County.)
    By
  • John McGuire
  • May 24, 2017
Longboat Key names town's next public works director

Town Manager Dave Bullock has selected Sarasota County Public Works Director Isaac Brownman for the job.

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This home at 6101 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold for $3.1 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 24, 2017
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $3.1 million

Residential real estate transactions for May 8-12.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
“FDOT is paying attention and doing more than lip service. I think we made progress,” Longboat Key Mayor Terry Gans says.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 24, 2017
Progress on roads

Thanks to persistent efforts from a few engaged Longboat Key residents, the mayor and town manager, FDOT is ‘doing more than lip service.’ ‘We have to keep on them,’ Terry Gans says.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 24, 2017
What about the Christians?

It seems a bit like reverse discrimination, and Christian stereotypes should be part of the discussion.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Phill Younger
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 24, 2017
It's worth a try

A recent proposal may entice more people to run for the Town Commission

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Charter Review Committee members Pat Zunz, Phill Younger, Alan Pryor and Bill Cook.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • May 24, 2017
Longboat Charter Review meeting postponed

The meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, May 24.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • May 24, 2017
Longboater pens medical mystery book

Dr. Stuart Mushlin is on faculty at Harvard Medical School, but the patients he's met have taught him more than any other research could.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Whiston was one of two goaltenders for the U.S.A Hockey Team during the 1952 Winter Olympics in Norway. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • May 24, 2017
Gulfshore resident captures memories in autobiography

Don Whiston penned a book on his life, but now he wants to talk about other people.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • May 24, 2017
Longboat Key Obituaries: May 25, 2017

Arlene Gill and Beverly Douglass died.

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Courtesy photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • May 24, 2017
Winning Gold

Zuleika Zunz took home a gold medal from the Sunshine State Games.

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Carla and Pete Rowan founded Keep Longboat Special in 2016.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • May 24, 2017
A conversation with Keep Longboat Special

Carla and Pete Rowan founded the Longboat Key community group in 2016.

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