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Longboat Key

    By
  • Katie Johns
  • December 7, 2016
Anonymous givers save the day

A Longboat Key couple paid to have the programs for the Kiwanis Club Gourmet Lawn Party reprinted.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Police Officer Dave Cooper, Sgt. Lee Smith, Police Chief Pete Cumming with Brian Burriss, Bill Gresham and James Dean of Waste Management
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • December 6, 2016
Longboat Key Police Department and Waste Management team up

Waste Management of Manatee County will launch its Waste Watch program on Longboat Key in the coming weeks.

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    By
  • Terry O’Connor
  • December 6, 2016
Tempers flare during Longboat Key Town Commission meeting

Tempers apparently flared during a break in the 3.5-hour Longboat Key Town Commission meeting Monday.

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Photo courtesy of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • December 6, 2016
Stephen King’s former Longboat Key rental hits the market

The $5.4 million estate, spanning 2.5 acres, rests on the largest tract of land available on Longboat.

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Longboat Key Foundation Chairman Bob Simmons with board members David Brenner, Warren Simonds, Jeff Mayers, Jim Brown and Tom Aposporos. File
    By
  • Terry O’Connor
  • December 6, 2016
Longboat Key Arts Center begins to take shape

The Longboat Key Foundation will reveal details at the Longboat Key Town Commission workshop at 2 p.m. Dec. 12.

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  • News
Commissioners Terry Gans, left, and Phill Younger, were sworn in Monday as mayor and vice mayor, respectively. Terry O'Connor
    By
  • Terry O’Connor
  • December 5, 2016
Longboat Key Town Commission selects new mayor in special vote

Vice Mayor Terry Gans was voted in unanimously to succeed Duncan.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Terry O’Connor
  • December 5, 2016
Longboat Key stages Ron Johnson art exhibit

Ron Johnson's lifelong passion was photography. He participated in every Town Hall art exhibit after his two terms as mayor.

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Mirey Kazanciyan, Linde Ward and Karen Coffin
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • December 5, 2016
Country Club Shores residents toast to the holidays

Residents enjoyed an evening at Bird Key Yacht Club on Dec. 4.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Paramedics inspect and treat a Mar Vista employee following the explosion of a fuel canister at the Kiwanis Club Gourmet Lawn Party on Dec. 3.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • December 5, 2016
Mar Vista employees suffer burns after lawn party explosion

General manager Anthony Cucci and cook Andres Herrera-Cardenas were treated and released from local hospitals.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • December 5, 2016
Super Cat II tournament brings tennis greats to Longboat

The annual men's tournament brought tennis players from 33 states to Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • December 4, 2016
Longboat Island Chapel celebrates the holidays

Attendees toasted to food, family and friendship.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • December 3, 2016
Bird Key blesses its fleet

184 members gathered for the blessing, cocktail hour and dinner.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • December 3, 2016
Lawn Party dishes out the best of Longboat

The 6th annual Kiwanis Club Gourmet Lawn Party benefited the club's scholarship fund and charitable efforts.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • December 2, 2016
St. Armands shines bright at Holiday Night

Santa Claus took a night off from the North Pole and visited with children at the 38th Annual Holiday Night on St. Armands

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Longboat Key Mayor Jack Duncan, recovering from a quadruple bypass, has resigned as District 2 commissioner. File
    By
  • Terry O’Connor
  • December 2, 2016
Longboat Key Mayor Jack Duncan resigns shortly after heart surgery

The 67-year-old Duncan addressed his resignation letter dated Dec. 1 to Vice Mayor Terry Gans and the Longboat Key Town Commission.

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