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Longboat Key

LBK North hopes to relocate a historic cottage from the Center for the Arts property.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • April 3, 2017
LBK North to host meeting about north end issues on Wednesday

Discussion topics will include Greer Island and the Center for the Arts.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Event committee members Diane Patrone, Kathy Ryan, Nicole Westrick, Toni Maloney, Melanie De Carlo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • April 2, 2017
Windings Oaks bids farewell to snowbirds

Residents gathered at Bay Isles Beach Club for a sunset celebration on April 2.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • March 31, 2017
Longboat Key Harbor hosts toe-tapping good time

Longboat Harbour residents Jan Ortmann and Bob Geraci put on a concert for their fellow residents March 31.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Randy Clair
    By
  • John McGuire
  • March 31, 2017
One resident has applied for vacant seat on Town Commission

The Town Commission will consider applicants at a meeting on Monday evening.

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  • News
Sorry, your swan boat commute across Sarasota Bay will have to wait. Ringling Bridge, in the background of this composite image, awaits.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 31, 2017
Observer stories too wacky to be true ... weren't

Turns out, Obama isn't moving to Longboat Key

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Public hearing on the Key' s building height limit has been postponed.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • March 31, 2017
Longboat puts off height discussion after notification miscue

The decision comes after an advertising error.

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 31, 2017
Longboat Key weather page photo: March 30

Claire Leininger captured this shot of a spectacular sunset on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
B.J. Bishop pictured with husband Dave Bishop.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • March 31, 2017
Bishop chosen as Planning and Zoning chair

A vacancy on the board is expected to be filled in May.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • March 30, 2017
Save our Seabirds flies at Sunset Soiree

The 6th annual fundraiser took place on March 30 at Michael's on the Bay at Selby Gardens.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • March 30, 2017
Bird Key models fashionable afternoon

The monthly style show took place on March 30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
6960 Gulf of Mexico Drive is for sale.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • March 30, 2017
Property involved in failed Key referendum is for sale

The property is listed at $1.1 million.

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  • News
A condo at L’Ambiance at Longboat Key Club tops this week' s residential real estate transactions.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 30, 2017
L’Ambiance at Longboat Key Club condo sells for $1.6 million

Residential real estate transactions for March 13-17.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
More than 100 Palm Coast residents opposed to HB 425 filled the Hammock Community Center on a Saturday night for a Town Hall meeting.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • March 30, 2017
THE STATE VS. HOME RULE

The question of who has authority to regulate short-term vacation rentals is intensifying all over Florida. Our own senator is championing property rights. But one size does not fit all.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 30, 2017
Letters to the editor

Some thanks, a missing element, and 'taking'

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Clarification of referendum results will take place at the Town Commission meeting on Monday.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • March 30, 2017
Error in declaration of Colony referendum results will require clarification

The correction will be made at the Town Commission meeting on Monday.

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Though homesteaded residents would gain property tax savings if Florida's overhaul proposal gains 60% of support in the November elections, even non-homesteaded property owners would see new protections from sharply rising property assessments.
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