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Longboat Key

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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 26, 2013
Subcommittee debates places to store boats

A subcommittee believes boats and trailers should be confined to side yards and backyards, out of sight.

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  • News
Town Manager Dave Bullock told Longboaters last week you pay a price for living on an island as beautiful as Longboat Key.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 26, 2013
Longboat officials tell residents to be prepared

Town Manager Dave Bullock urged Longboat residents to remember that the Key is vulnerable to hurricanes.

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MW Development Group pitched a Colony redevelopment proposal in 2008 and has been part of two failed settlement negotiations; currently MW Development is in the middle of settlement negotiations with affected Colony parties.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 26, 2013
MW Development Group pushes Colony project

Longboat Key-based MW Development Group is negotiating settlement agreements with Colony Beach & Tennis Resort parties, even though the Colony Association Board of Directors didn't select its project.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 26, 2013
Our View: Two who do it right

One of the rote lessons of journalism school is the definition of 'news.' In simplest terms, it is the unusual or extraordinary. 'Dog bites man' is not news. 'Man bites dog' is.

  • Longboat Key
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Rabbi Jonathan Katz of Temple Beth Israel and Florence Katz
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • June 26, 2013
Friends celebrate Florence Katz's tireless volunteer work with seniors

Florence Katz, 98, recently received the Salute to Senior Service Award for the entire state in a contest sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 26, 2013
Obituary: Rita Murphy

Rita Murphy, 66, of Longboat Key and formerly of Longwood, died June 16.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 26, 2013
Obituary: Dale Elizabeth Herbst

Dale Elizabeth Herbst, 66, of Kansas City, Mo., died June 17.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Barbara P. Arau
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 26, 2013
Obituary: Barbara P. Arau

Barbara P. Arau, 83, died June 18.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Isabella Torres had fun painting at last year's Freedom Fest.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 26, 2013
Longboat Freedom Fest to paint town red, white and blue

Longboat Key's annual Fourth of July parade is short in length but goes the extra distance on charm.

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5441 Howard Creek Road. Photos courtesy of Coldwell Banker.
    By
  • Robert Plunket
  • June 26, 2013
Three Things: Summer Fun

Sarasota used to be a winter vacation mecca. But all that's rapidly changing as our summer season continues to blossom. Here are three Sarasota homes currently on the market that celebrate Sarasota's new attitude toward summer fun.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 26, 2013
NEWS BRIEFS

The late Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle was one of three law-enforcement officers whose names were added to the Florida Police Chiefs Association Wall of Honor June 19.

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Longboat Lore
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  • Robin Hartill
  • June 26, 2013
FROM THE ARCHIVES 1980: Jewfish got lone residence

The Longboat Observer's June 26, 1980, issue reported that the first Jewfish Key lot had been cleared for a home that Cortez resident Raymond Guthrie was building.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 26, 2013
COPS CORNER: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's issue of Cops Corner.

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Ruth Strauss, who is known as the technological guru of library volunteers, scrolls through selections on an Amazon Kindle. Robin Hartill
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 26, 2013
Library members check out new digital options

Sarasota County staff taught Longboat Library volunteers the basics of accessing materials through iPads, Kindles and other technologies.

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Unit 307 at Water Club, 1281 Gulf of Mexico Drive, has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 3,273 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.55 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 26, 2013
Water Club condominium sells for $1.55 million

A condominium in Water Club at Longboat Key tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Takako Richards, of New York, sold her Unit 307 condominium at 1281 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Thomas and Pamela Gurrentz, of Orlando, for $1.55 million.

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