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Longboat Key

Since October 1992, Key property owners have paid for beach projects using the following model: District A voters foot 80% of a beach project bill and District B voters pay the remaining 20%.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 30, 2014
Beach price tag: $23.8 million

The Longboat Key Town Commission is poised to spend up to $23.8 million in the next two fiscal years to buffer the island's shoreline with sand for the next five years.

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Dick Pelton, co-chair, and Donna Dunio, executive director for Aging in Paradise Resource Center, accept a $4,000 donation from local supporter, Arnold Simonsen.
    By
  • Kelsey Grau
  • June 27, 2014
Recent donation helps community to age in paradise

Longboat Key's Aging in Paradise Resource Center, or AIPRC, recently received a $4,000 donation from Arnold Simonsen.

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Commissioner Pat Zunz said Friday she suspects another power pole debate might arise at the Town Commission's special meeting Monday.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 27, 2014
Power pole debate flickers again

Only Commissioners Pat Zunz and Lynn Larson favor more commission discussion and investigation about the possibility of burying the town's power lines along Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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Researchers have documented 1,095 turtle nests through June 21. (Courtesy Mote Marine Laboratory)
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 26, 2014
First turtle nest hatches on Longboat Key

Mote's Sea Turtle Patrol discovered the hatched nest June 22, on the Sarasota County side of Longboat Key.

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Elaine Parnell submitted this sunset photo, taken over Nokomis Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 26, 2014
Weather: Sarasota

Elaine Parnell submitted this sunset photo, taken over Nokomis Beach.

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Carlena Grace Dalton
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 25, 2014
Chief welcomes granddaughter

Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming is a proud grandfather for the second time.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Steve Schield and Jerry Whitehead. Photo by Robin Hartill
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 25, 2014
Kiwanians gain new members

The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key welcomed its two newest members, Steve Schield and Jerry Whitehead, at its June 12 breakfast meeting.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 25, 2014
LBK Liquors on tap for June 30

LBK Liquors will open June 30, at 6854 Gulf of Mexico Drive in Whitney Beach Plaza.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 25, 2014
What goes up, must come down

It's a bird ... it's a plane ... it's a NOAA weather balloon.

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Photo courtesy Mike Heron
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 25, 2014
Beach chair traps turtle

Longboat Key Turtle Watch and Mote Marine Laboratory often remind beachgoers to remove beach furniture at night, and here's the reason why:

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  • Neighbors
Construction on the mid-Key Triton Bend subdivision began last year. The neighborhood will offer 13 new single-family homes.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 25, 2014
Building permits reach '07 levels

Both remodels and new construction projects are driving permit numbers to pre-recession highs of seven years ago.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 25, 2014
Colony matters still up in the air

A ruling canceled an auction scheduled for last week until a Colony Lender secured claim issue is settled. Colony Lender will attempt to hold a property auction in July.

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The cutter head dredge sitting just north of Jewfish Key in Sarasota Bay will pump 100,000 cubic yards of underwater sand onto Longboat Key's shore this summer. Photo by Kurt Schultheis
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 25, 2014
VIDEO: The Dredge Report

The Longboat Observer accepted an invitation to see how sand is funneled from Sarasota Bay to the shores of Longboat Key as part of an $850,000 emergency sand project being performed this summer.

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Courtesy photo The Big Pass shoal has grown by more than 3 million cubic yards of sand in the last decade, bringing its total volume to 23.3 million cubic yards, according to U.S. Army Corps data and models released last week.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • June 25, 2014
Army Corps releases Big Pass dredge study

Conclusions in the draft version of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' study on the potential dredging of Big Pass support the project.

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  • By Bob Gault
  • June 25, 2014
My View: Taxpayers deserve due diligence on utility poles

Commissioners erred when they decided not to bury utility lines while most Longboat Key property owners are away.

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