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  • Robin Hartill
  • October 1, 2014
Report flunks firefighter pension plan

All three plans received low grades, but there's good news: The study used measures from 2012, before the plans froze.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 1, 2014
Longboat Garden Club plans for smart growth

Madelyn Spoll is president of the Longboat Key Garden Club, but she isn't a fan of gardening.

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Chris Elbon joined the town as its code enforcement officer in September. Photo by Caleb Motsinger
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • October 1, 2014
Town hires new code enforcement officer

Chris Elbon, 28, is a nine-year Army veteran. He took on the new role in September.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 1, 2014
Our View

Where pot vote will take us

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    By
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  • October 1, 2014
Obituary: Lamont Dell Fogt

Lamont Dell Fogt, 92, formerly of Longboat Key, died Sept. 1.

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  • Observer Staff
  • October 1, 2014
Obituary: Arthur Brock

Arthur Brock, 90, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key and New Rochelle, N.Y., died Sept. 22.

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  • Neighbors
Pilar Guillen pulls monofilament out of a tree at the cleanup in 2012. File photo
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • October 1, 2014
Cleanup aims to protect wildlife from fishing line

Sarasota Bay Watch and Florida Audubon volunteers will remove fishing line from rookeries this Saturday.

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This home at 6270 Gulf of Mexico Drive has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,457 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.05 million. Photo by Caleb Motsinger
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • October 1, 2014
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $2.05 million

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

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Eric Teoh and Michael Renick. Photo by Caleb Motsinger
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 1, 2014
Business Briefs

Team Renick Real Estate to sponsor Gourmet Lawn Party; Cannons Marina to host St. Armands Boat Show; Realtor wins prize from American Bar Association

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Patricia Bond submitted this sunrise photo, taken on Coquina Beach.
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 1, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

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This year alone, Mote’s Stranding Investigations Program and animal hospitals have responded to more than 80 stranded sea turtles and 40 stranded marine mammals.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 30, 2014
Mote receives NOAA grant

The grant was one of 35 awards totaling $2.7 million that NOAA awarded in the 2014 cycle of its John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Assistance Grant Program.

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The home, located at 640 Rountree Drive, includes more than 200 feet of frontage on the bay.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 30, 2014
Longboat home sells for $3.45 million

Yesterday's sale of a bayfront home on Longboat Key marked the highest purchase price for a single-family home on the Key in 2014.

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  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • September 30, 2014
Gourmet Lawn Party gains sponsorships

Longboat Kiwanis member Woody Woverton, of Stifel Financial, is one of four platinum level sponsors for the event.

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Paul Waldrop and Mike Leworthy release C.J. the sea turtle back into Sarasota Bay after the two found him injured a year ago.
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • September 29, 2014
Mote releases green sea turtle on Longboat Key

A year after CJ the sea turtle was found injured in Sarasota Bay, his finders release him near Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant.

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Tana Sandefur
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 27, 2014
In memoriam: Tana Sandefur

Tana Sandefur, 81, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key, died Sept. 24.

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