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The Island Chapel congregation held a special members-only meeting Sunday, April 14, to vote on whether to approve an extension of a three-year lease agreement for a 150-foot cell tower to be built on the church property or to let the lease expire.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 25, 2013
Year in Review: April 2013, Chapel votes no on cell tower lease

Although a lease to place a cell tower on Island Chapel property will not be renewed, Alpha Omega says it's the only viable option.

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Molly Schechter. Dr. Curt Peihler, Harold Ronson and Dr. John Whiteclay Chambers II
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 24, 2013
Lecture offers new view of war

A Dec. 7 presentation at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens' Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day event gave the audience the bottom-up view from the men, women, minorities and others who fought in World War II versus the top-down view of traditional history with its focus on presidents, diplomats and high-ranking military officers.

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  • December 24, 2013
Turtle Watch T-shirts available

Longboat Key Turtle Watch is ready for nesting season, which begins May 1.

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  • December 24, 2013
Legacy lives on through foundation

Longboat Key resident Marty Samowitz, the oldest World War II Iwo Jima survivor who died Dec. 6 at age 99, is still giving back to the community.

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  • December 24, 2013
Couple says 'I do'

Stephen and Justine Boehm Crost, of Bradenton, married April 13, at Mirror Lake, in St. Petersburg.

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  • December 24, 2013
Cannons Marina staffer coasts to the top salesperson award

Jupiter Marine, of Palmetto, recently named Cannons Marina sales associate Capt. Mike Adams as its 2013 salesperson of the year.

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  • December 24, 2013
Longboat student graduates from Savannah College of Art and Design

Bryan Rogers, of Longboat Key, recently graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • December 24, 2013
Town leery of county's 911 offer

A Sarasota County offer to take over the town's 911 dispatch services would save money, but commissioners worry the town will sacrifice its level of service.

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Sarasota architect Gary Hoyt drew renderings for town center concepts.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 24, 2013
ULI committee focuses on town center

Town staff is working with business owners on a town center concept, while also tackling ideas for Gulf of Mexico Drive and Bayfront Park.

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  • December 24, 2013
Obituary: Irwin Tober

Irwin Tober, 92, of Longboat Key, died Dec. 10.

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  • December 24, 2013
Obituary: Ronald Miller

Ronald Miller, 72, of Longboat Key, died Dec. 11, after an unexpected cardiac arrest.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 24, 2013
Obituary: George Hodges Harrison

George Hodges Harrison, 90, of Bradenton, died Sunday, Dec. 8, just one month shy of his 91st birthday.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 24, 2013
Villagers question bay-access research

Town staff and the town attorney will continue to research Longbeach Village alleys and bay access.

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Photo courtesy of Michael Saunders & Co.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • December 24, 2013
$22 million price tag sets local record

The north-end Ohana estate was listed last week at a record asking price for the Sarasota County area.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 24, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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