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Longboat Key

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  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2014
Renick offers big-ticket challenge

Michael Renick, broker associate at Team Renick, has a challenge for local Realtors: Renick, a platinum sponsor of this year's Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party, is encouraging each agent to buy a $100 raffle ticket to raise money for scholarships.

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Lauren Byrd, 15, Zuleika Zunz, 3, and Beatrice Brunschwiler, 15
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2014
Trick-or-treating is extra sweet

Trick-or-treaters on Longboat Key: They're a rarer sight than bald eagles or the green flash. But we can confirm two sightings.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The map reflects the parking schedule that will take effect in the Longbeach Village later this month.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 5, 2014
Village parking changes pass

The new ordinance includes a ban on parking on the north side of Linley Street. Parking discussions will continue.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2014
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2014
Obituary: Eugene Stern

Eugene Stern, 91, of Longboat Key, died Oct. 28.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2014
Obituary: Jean Margaret Steiner

Jean Margaret Steiner, 99, of Longboat Key, died Oct. 24.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2014
Obituary: Elaine Koch

Elaine Koch, 87, of Longboat Key and Manhattan, N.Y., died Nov. 2.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Two-way parking is wrong for Village

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2014
Our View

Consensus on the bayfront

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 5, 2014
ULI: Impact Statement

One year later, we ask: Was the Urban Land Institute planning study worth it?

  • Longboat Key
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Rosendo Romero, Jorge Núñez, Oscar Rodriguez Lasseria and Pepe Nieto. Photos by Amanda Morales
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • November 5, 2014
Locals host Cuban artists for cultural exchange

The table was set for an early Thanksgiving dinner. As the guests arrived last Wednesday to the Longboat Key home of Amy and Michael Drake, the aroma of a feast greeted them.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 5, 2014
News Briefs

North Key beach access to close for groin construction; Longboat Key's final turtle nest of the season hatches; Town Hall to close for Veterans Day; Town manager authorizes temporary 24/7 construction

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Arbomar is located at 4485 Gulf of Mexico Drive and has 31 units. File photo
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • November 5, 2014
Court hears arguments against Arbomar board

Judge Gilbert Smith Jr. heard unit owner Pete DiNicola's case but did not have time to hear the board's defense.

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Black
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • November 5, 2014
Veterans' voices

More than 80 veterans will participate in the Rotary Club's Veterans Day Parade and Recognition Program. Here are six of their stories.

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  • By George Rauch
  • November 5, 2014
The 'wealth effect' holds up market

Is the market heading south? Probably not.

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