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Longboat Key

Mayor Jack Duncan hopes for a new Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, revitalized buildings and Gulf of Mexico Drive as a community road in the next 60 years.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Conversation with Jack Duncan

Jack Duncan is in the midst of his third and final commission term.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key-based MW Development Group principal Manfred Welfonder has been trying to redevelop the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort property since 2007.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
MW Group forms Colony alliance with Naples-based developer

Longboat Key-based MW Development Group and The Lutgert Companies has teamed up and has a vision to build a $195 million hotel project on the shuttered Colony site.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Armando Linde and others support the construction of crosswalks on Gulf of Mexico Drive this month.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
GMD crosswalk construction begins this week

Four crosswalks are being installed on Gulf of Mexico Drive to make pedestrian crossings safer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Florida Power & Light Co. crew members work to repair a power line in the 6700 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Monday in an area that Commissioner Pat Zunz says has frequent power outages that aren’t documented. (Kurt Schultheis)
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 11, 2015
Commission seeks island-wide neighborhood funding plan

A plan to bury Longboat Key power lines and utility poles in neighborhoods and side streets will be decided by the voters March 15. A decision on how to fund it still needs finalized.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 11, 2015
OBITUARY | Kent Lamar Reedy

Kent Lamar Reedy, 65, of Osprey and formerly of Longboat Key, died Nov. 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Norma Mieras
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 11, 2015
OBITUARY | Norma Mieras

Norma Sjaarda Mieras, 88, of Longboat Key and formerly of Saugatuck and Douglas, Mich., died Oct. 19.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The unit N-204 condominium at 603 Longboat Club Road has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,560 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 11, 2015
Longboat Key Towers condo sells for $900,000

The unit N-204 condominium at 603 Longboat Club Road has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,560 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
WINNER: Even monkeys enjoy reading the East County Observer! Wendy Pittman shares her newspaper with a furry friend at the Jemaa el-Fnaa Market in Marrakesh, Morocco.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 11, 2015
Meet this year's "It's Read Everywhere" contest winner

You took us around the globe in this year’s “It’s Read Everywhere” contest.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key Foundation Chairman Bob Simmons
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 11, 2015
Welcome Back: Donation creates healthy foundation for medical center

Longboat Key is on its way to having its own medical center again.

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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 10, 2015
Democrats welcome U.S. Rep. James Clyburn

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, D-South Carolina, assistant Democratic leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, spoke at Longboat Key Democratic Club’s Nov. 10 meeting.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 10, 2015
Garden Club season in full bloom

Longboat Key Garden Club members enjoyed a welcome back luncheon Nov. 10, at Café L’Europe.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Florida Power & Light Co. crew members work to repair a power line in the 6700 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive Monday in an area that Commissioner Pat Zunz says has frequent power outages that aren’t documented. (Kurt Schultheis)
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 10, 2015
Commission seeks island-wide neighborhood fair funding plan

A plan to bury Longboat Key power lines and utility poles in neighborhoods and side streets will be decided by the voters March 15. A decision on how to fund it still needs finalized.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Whitney Beach Plaza owner Ryan Snyder will work with town staff to craft a future density referendum that will eventually allow him to convert the plaza’s residential zoning to tourism use.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • November 9, 2015
Commission allows Whitney Plaza referendum work

Whitney Beach Plaza owner Ryan Snyder received consensus from the Longboat Key Town Commission Monday to craft language for a referendum that would allow him to change the property’s zoning.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 8, 2015
St. Armands Lutheran blesses its pets

Animals and their human friends enjoyed an afternoon at St. Armands Lutheran Church for the annual Blessing of the Animals Nov. 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • November 6, 2015
Rubio vs. Bush

Three debates are telling. But they also are only a snapshot of Florida’s homegrown candidates. Indeed, it’s a long journey. There’s more to them to get to know.

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