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Longboat Key

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 9, 2014
Ladies team up for Daytona

The Longboat Key Public Tennis USTA 3.0 Team is Daytona-bound for the fifth year in a row.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 9, 2014
Thanks goes out to unknown rescuer

Beachplace resident Margaret Farkas doesn't know the name of the young man who came to the rescue of her friend after a rip tide pulled him out into the Gulf.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Beverly Van der Voort
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 9, 2014
Obituary: Beverly Van der Voort

Beverly Van der Voort, 91, of Longboat Key and formerly of Mount Prospect, Ill., died April 5.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 9, 2014
Obituary: Florence Yvette Pini

Florence Yvette Pini, 94, of Bristol, R.I., died April 5.

  • Longboat Key
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Town Manager Dave Bullock
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 9, 2014
Bullock prepares for tight budget

A 2014-15 fiscal year budget will be crafted this summer with a flat operating budget and no new employee hires to combat another year of slim finances.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 9, 2014
News Briefs

Town attorney starts office hours for commission; Police department offers medication disposal

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 9, 2014
ULI Committee issues circulate at Town Hall

Town Manager Dave Bullock seeks a new facilitator to handle a nine-person Urban Land Institute group that is questioning its size, purpose and its very existence.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 9, 2014
Committee analyzes pension benefit costs

Longboat Key's Finance Department recently issued bar charts and line graphs to outline the town's pension assets; the benefits paid out; the $27 million in unfunded pension liabilities that need to be paid by taxpayers over time; and the town's pension funding ratio.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 9, 2014
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 9, 2014
Groin project might start sooner than expected

Sand is coming to the north end of the Key this summer, and two sand-saving groins could follow later this year.

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  • News
Courtesy photo The vacant parcels are located at 6271 and 6281 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 9, 2014
Town expects plans soon for Kors' Gulf lots

Fashion designer Michael Kors, reportedly the buyer of two adjacent Gulf-front lots that sold for $6 million in November, plans to submit an application for a large Gulf-front, single-family home soon, according to a Longboat Key town planner.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 9, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Spring forward with your diet; Leave Gulf of Mexico Drive alone; Widen Gulf of Mexico Drive now

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 9, 2014
Bieber takes center stage in April Fools'

The pop star is not purchasing the $22 million Ohana estate - but our April 1 story attracted attention from quite a few Beliebers.

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Courtesy photo Tacoma Jenkins, her son, Jaylen Peterson, and Jaylen's reading buddy, Keith Tschannen. Jaylen and Tschannen have worked together for four years.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 9, 2014
Reading Buddies instill love of books in children

A Christ Church of Longboat Key-sponsored program pairs at-risk students with volunteers during the critical first four years of elementary school.

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The 4,800-square-foot unit offers views of the beach from nearly every room. (Photo courtesy Roger Pettingell)
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 9, 2014
Business Briefs

La Firenza unit sells for $4.25 million; Premier Sotheby's honors top 20 teams and associates; BP station rebrands as Mobil Longboat Key

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