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Longboat Key

    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 20, 2015
Dezzi feels heat from contract comments

Fire Rescue Chief Paul Dezzi is still the town’s fire chief. But he is no longer part of the town manager’s contract negotiation team.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Residents and businesses expressed concern about traffic and parking leading up to the Paragon Art Festival, pictured, in April. File photo
    By
  • David Conway
  • May 20, 2015
St. Armands BID seeks more event scrutiny

With two new art festivals scheduled on Lido Key during the height of season in 2016, Circle leaders are concerned about the events’ impact on traffic in the area.

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The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center was built in 2003. File photo
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 20, 2015
Letters to the editor

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 20, 2015
OUR VIEW | Tennis Center Dilemma

If the public tennis center is to be subsidized on par with other parks, what is the right amount? You cannot deny this: Longboat Key is a tennis town, and the supporters of the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center are probably the most passionate, united

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Jorge Fernandez meets Pope Francis in 2013. Fernandez stayed as a guest at the Vatican for one week, where he and the pope discussed Cuba. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 20, 2015
Jorge Fernandez works to restore U.S.-Cuba relationship

The Longboat Key resident will make his 18th trip to his homeland since 1998 in September.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 20, 2015
P&Z still has familiar faces

The Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board was reduced from nine to seven members Monday. Stephen Madva is the only new member.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 20, 2015
Town commission wants permanent peacock fix

As the peacock population rises again in the Village, commissioners want town staff to investigate how to fix the problem for good.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 20, 2015
Police nab kayak theft suspects

A kayak theft led to multiple charges for two suspects who are now in the Manatee County Jail.

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  • News
Connie Hilwig, Carole McMahon and Ruth Strauss. Back: Jack McMahon, Amy Roth and Carolyn and Joel Mangel. Photo by Kristen Herhold
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 20, 2015
Bookworms

Library volunteers highlight their summer favorites.

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  • Neighbors
When combined, two neighboring Gulf-front properties at 5871 and 5861 Gulf of Mexico Drive make up one of three properties on the Key with approximately 200 feet of Gulf-front width. Photo by Kurt Schultheis
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 20, 2015
Business briefs

Two properties sell for $8.1 million; Keller Williams opens Key office; Businesses to celebrate military

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 20, 2015
News Briefs

Emergency helicopter landings to disappear; Town prepares for health fair; Summer workshops canceled

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This home at 6111 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold for $2.9 million. It has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,599 square feet of living area. Photo by Kristen Herhold
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 20, 2015
Three-bedroom Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $2.9 million

A home in Sleepy Lagoon tops all transactions in this week’s real estate.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 20, 2015
Tennis Center’s net benefits trump revenue

Commissioners are willing to overlook a mostly revenue-neutral tennis center operation because of its popularity with residents and visitors.

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  • News
Photo by Kurt Schultheis
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 20, 2015
Q+A with Sandi Henley

Sandi Henley has been the town’s budget analyst since 2008 and an employee in the Longboat Key’s Finance Department for 20 years next month.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 19, 2015
Spice & Tea Exchange falls in Amore

The Spice & Tea Exchange held its monthly chef series at Amore by Andrea on May 20.

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