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Longboat Key

    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 21, 2013
Obituary: Vivien Marie England

Vivien Marie England, 101, of Falmouth, Mass., and Longboat Key, died Aug. 14.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 21, 2013
News briefs

Bay Isles Parkway to be repaved

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2013
Our view: DROP-dead disappointment

Don't be overwhelmed by all of the numbers. They are worth examining. They provide great context and history to the present debates regarding the Longboat Key town employees' pension plans.

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Mayor Jim Brown, middle, cast the deciding vote Monday that approved two additional retirement incentives for general employees before their pension plan is frozen next month.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 21, 2013
Commission approves DROP and early-retirement incentives

A DROP option and an early-retirement incentive the town approved last week for general employees will cost the town $1,937,190 over 30 years.

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The BID has already agreed to fund a $50,000 St. Armands parking feasibility study that the Sarasota City Commission supports.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 21, 2013
Circle improvements on hold pending vote landowners' extension decision

St. Armands Key property owners must return ballots regarding an extension of the St. Armands Business Improvement District by Sept. 16 to Sarasota City Hall.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 21, 2013
Longboat Lore: Holiday Inn murder shocked Longboat Key residents

On a quiet summer evening Aug. 25, 1978, at the Longboat Key Holiday Inn, a tragedy unfolded that shocked the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unit 3 at Casa del Mar, 4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has two bedrooms, two baths and 882 square feet of living area. It sold for $600,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • August 21, 2013
Sands Point condo sells for $1,075,000

The following residential real-estate transactions took place between Aug. 5 and Aug. 9.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Teresa Alexander submitted this sunset photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2013
Weather photo: Longboat Key

Teresa Alexander submitted this sunset photo.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Steve Moyer and Andrew Vac
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 20, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: St. Armands Circle Association Meeting

Members joined for a St. Armands Circle Association meeting at Help at Home Homecare on Tuesday, Aug. 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Traffic related activity, including accidents, stand at 703 calls so far for 2013, down by 30 calls, for a 4% decrease.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 20, 2013
Longboat Key burglaries decrease 62.5%

The Longboat Key Police Department responded to 3,076 calls in the first half of 2013, for a 1.1% decrease in calls when compared to the first half of 2012.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Students return to school after summer vacation to new classrooms, new teachers and, for some, new schools.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 19, 2013
Aug. 19: Daily Headlines

Today's Stories: School Board goes back to class; PHOTO GALLERY: Mack Reid Retirement Celebration; PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Bay Watch Scallop Search

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While the town of Longboat Key doesn't have a homeless issue like the streets of Sarasota, it has agreed to support a regional effort to combat the problem with a small donation.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 19, 2013
Town offers some homeless support

The Town Commission agreed to give Sarasota County $1,000 toward a regional homeless strategy effort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Larry Stults, Christine Johnson, Pierre Schutte, Rusty Chinnis, Steve Gieger and Sandy Gilbert
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 17, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Bay Watch Scallop Search

More than 165 volunteers joined at Mar Vista for Sarasota Bay Watch's scallop search Saturday, Aug. 17.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Once the rest of the old Avenue of the Flowers plaza is torn down, Publix has plans to put more parking spaces in its place before the Key’s seasonal population returns.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 16, 2013
Old Publix plaza building coming down

Once the rest of the old Avenue of the Flowers plaza is torn down, Publix has plans to put more parking spaces in its place.

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