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Longboat Key

Longboat Key Kiwanis Club Grants Committee Chairwoman Audrey Bear and Chalk Festival Executive Director Denise Kowal with Jeff Mayper.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 9, 2013
Business Observer

Key restaurants reopen for start of the season; The Peanut Shop opens on St. Armands Circle; Longboater contributes to Sarasota Chalk Festival

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Unit 605 at The Water Club II has two bedrooms, three baths and 2,667 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.53 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • October 9, 2013
Water Club II condominum sells for $1.53 million

Brad Cobb, of Longboat Key, sold the Unit 605 condominium at 1281 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Primrose LLC for $1.53 million.

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Join Alex Mahadedvan in today's Daily Headlines broadcast.
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 8, 2013
Daily Headlines: Oct. 8, 2013

Today's Stories: City Commission nixes Main Street gallery; Deputies seek suspect in shooting; Commission approves telecommunications changes; Commissioners to consider Ted Sperling Park fees; Industrial Park nabs $15M in financing loan; Conversations at the Crocker kicks off today; and MORE

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  • Observer Staff
  • October 8, 2013
Daily Headlines: Oct. 8, 2013

Today's Stories: Commission approves telecommunication changes;

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Karen DeRitter at Brides Against Breast Cancer
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • October 8, 2013
The Good News: Karen DeRitter

Karen DeRitter is a bridal consultant at Brides Against Breast Cancer. Read more about her and watch a video in this week's Good News.

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  • Neighbors
Longboat Key Democratic Club President Murray Blueglass and Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections Kathy Dent
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • October 8, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Democratic Club Luncheon

The Longboat Key Democratic Club met for a luncheon Tuesday, Oct. 8, at the Longboat Key Club Harborside Dining Room.

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  • Neighbors
The Longboat Key Town Commission extended a contract with Waste Management six months while the town waits for bids for a new trash and recycling project.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 8, 2013
Commission approves telecommunications changes

The Longboat Key Town Commission approved budget changes to pay for an assistant town manager position in fiscal year 2012-13.

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Lynne Byrd, Mote’s Rehabilitation and Medical Care Coordinator, watches to make sure Murph swims home. (Kacey Luensman/Mote)
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 8, 2013
'Murph' the turtle released from Lido Beach

Mote will continue to track the adult male loggerhead turtle through a special satellite tag.

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The Longboat Key Town Commission will consider extending a contract with Waste Management six months while the town works to put out a new trash and recycling project out for bid.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 7, 2013
Commission reviews telecommunications changes tonight

The Longboat Key Town Commission will also consider budget changes to pay for an assistant town manager position in fiscal year 2012-13.

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Luke and Hannah Yates, Kai Meighan, Save Our Seabirds hospital administrator Sarah Oliveri and Joshua Meighan with an injured cormorant. (Courtesy Ronda Ryan)
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 7, 2013
Volunteers rescue three birds at Monofilament Cleanup

Sarasota Bay Watch volunteers rescued three birds and collected 800 pounds of trash and fishing line.

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Reese and Kelly Garrett meet a Sarasota County Sheriff's Office horse during the Sarasota County Fire Department Station 5 open house Saturday, Oct. 5.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • October 7, 2013
MONDAY EVENT MASHUP: SCFD celebrates 25 years

Families tour Sarasota County Fire Department Station 5; St. Armands Key Lutheran Church hosts blessing of animals; Lakewood Ranch Main Street shuts down for first Friday

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Nine-month-old French bulldog Sylvie
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • October 5, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : St. Armands Key Lutheran Church Animal Blessing

Vicar James Henricks and Pastor Mark Bernthal blessed parishioner's animals Saturday, Oct. 5, at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church. Approximately 20 dogs were present and one hedgehog. Participants enjoyed punch and cake after the blessing.

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“You can’t swing a dead cat in this town without hitting a small business that focuses on defense something,” Legion Systems Chief Operating Officer Dan Vanderheyden, Business Observer, Oct. 2
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • October 5, 2013
Quotes Observed: Sept. 30 - Oct. 6

Each weekend, we bring you a collection of quotes from the biggest (or quirkiest) Observer and national news stories of the week.

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Colony Lender LLC attorney Michael Assaf filed an objection Thursday to a proposed settlement, urging a bankruptcy judge to deny it.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 4, 2013
Objections reveal Colony settlement alternatives

Colony Lender LLC has produced an exhibit that reveals Orlando-based Unicorp National Development Inc. is offering to give a bankruptcy trustee $2.3 million in cash immediately.

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  • News
Murph is one of the largest turtles ever rescued by Mote. (Photo courtesy of Mote Marine Laboratory)
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 4, 2013
Mote-rescued turtle will be released Monday

The 300-pound turtle is named 'Murph' in honor of Navy Lt. Michael Murphy, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2005.

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The Citizen Tax Oversight Committee meets once a year to review expenditures of revenue brought in from the infrastructure surtax. The 2026 meeting lasted about 15 minutes on Thursday, April 2.
  • April 6, 2026
Longboat infrastructure tax spending plan comes up $6 million short
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Emi Frydman checks out the basket of Easter eggs her family members found at the April 4 egg hunt at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church. The Easter activities, open to the public, made their return for the first time since the early 2020s through the efforts of church members.
  • April 6, 2026
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Lydia Lardner, 3, makes an impressive start filling up her Easter basket with Kelly Lardner and family at the April 3 Sand Cay Condominiums Beach Resort's Easter egg hunt, a beloved tradition at the resort for more than a decade.
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Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key President Danielle Gladding welcomes guest speaker Longboat Police Chief Russ Mager to update members about his approach to leadership since he assumed the role last autumn at the April 2 meeting.
  • April 4, 2026
Longboat police chief talks digital security with Kiwanians
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St. Regis at Longboat Key is a gulf-facing resort and condo development on the barrier island of Longboat Key. The Unicorp-developed property opened in 2024 at the former site of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.
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St. Regis on track to receive permanent certificate of occupancy, eyes tennis courts

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