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Longboat Key

Mazel with Temple Beth Israel member Ruth Lerner
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 11, 2014
Our Town: 'Mazel' tov to TBI-sponsored dog

Marine Corps veteran Michael Jernigan, who was blinded in a 2004 roadside attack in Iraq, spoke to Temple Beth Israel members in 2012 about his service dog, Brittani.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Hurricane Charley made landfall 50 miles to the south, near Port Charlotte.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 11, 2014
The center of the storm: a look back at the 2004 hurricane season

A decade ago, four storms threatened the Key in the span of 45 days. The island was spared - but Longboat might not always be so lucky.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 11, 2014
News Briefs

Town's fiscal transparency tool receives more praise; Program available for evacuation assistance; Mote's turtle walks aim to educate the community

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Town Commission gave staff direction to craft an ordinance without references to cellular towers to prevent towers from popping up like the tower once proposed at Longboat Island Chapel. Courtesy rendering.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 11, 2014
Commission will review controversial telecommunications ordinance June 16

Town staff's latest draft of a controversial telecommunications ordinance doesn't include a category for cellular towers.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 11, 2014
Our Town: Sharapova nets French Open victory

Longboat Key tennis star Maria Sharapova scored her second French Open victory.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Longboat Island Chapel
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 11, 2014
Our Town: Anonymous donation scores home run for chapel

Thanks to an anonymous $300,000 donation, Longboat Island Chapel will soon draw up plans for a new parsonage.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Courtesy Sarasota Crime Stoppers Surveillance footage of the May 18 break-in shows three females and one male.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 11, 2014
Police seek citizens' help in Jewfish case

Surveillance video captured four suspects who broke into a Jewfish Key home but did not take anything in May.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Be a beach bum: Grab your towel and sunscreen and head to one of the island’s 11 public beach accesses.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 11, 2014
Summer bucket list: Top nine things to do

If you're sticking out the summer showers and 90-degree temperatures, here are suggestions for the most dogged of days.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 11, 2014
Business Briefs

St. Armands Circle Association elects new leaders; RVA names Tammy Halsted business development manager; Chiles Group, Mote team up for 39th annual NOAA Fish Fry; Plymouth Harbor announces 2014 officers, new directors

  • Longboat Key
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Unit B1004 at Orchid Beach Club Residences has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,936 square feet of living area. It sold for $2 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 11, 2014
Orchid Beach Club condominium sells for $2 million

The following residential real estate transactions took place between May 26 and May 30.

  • Longboat Key
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Barbara Nutting submitted this photo, taken on Lido Key.
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 11, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

Barbara Nutting submitted this photo, taken on Lido Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • June 11, 2014
The Good News: Sarasota Middle School

For Sarasota Middle School teachers and administration, STEMsmart award reflects everyday student engagement.

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  • Neighbors
Town Attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale was up for a commission evaluation June 1 and avoided that exercise with her resignation last month.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 11, 2014
Town attorney rescinds resignation

Maggie Mooney-Portale met with commissioners individually this week before deciding Friday to stay on as the town attorney.

  • Longboat Key
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Lew Pollock, right, with his wife of 72 years, Peggy
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 10, 2014
Former Mayor Lew Pollock dies at 98

Pollock served on the Longboat Key Town Commission for six years, including one year as mayor from 1988 to 1989.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 10, 2014
Rappaport tenders tentative resignation

Volunteer board members of the BID and DID have plans to resign if their finances become public through mandated financial disclosure affidavits.

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