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BBC Key LLC and Ascentia Group will keep the 80-year-old Villa Am Meer house as the project’s clubhouse and community center. File photo.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 25, 2013
Developer proposes $60 million project

Sarasota developer Jay Tallman has plans to build one of the first two new luxury residential condominium projects on Longboat Key since 2007.

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Resort at Longboat Key Club General Manager Jeff Mayers created a plan to enhance the club’s assets and offerings for members.
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  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 25, 2013
Major Upgrade: Resort at Longboat Key Club

In the last 10 months, Delray Beach-based Ocean Properties has invested $4 million in the Resort at Longboat Key Club.

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The southern half of Longboat Key, pictured, has mostly planned-development neighborhoods and condominiums, while north-end construction is more eclectic.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 25, 2013
Vision for the Future

An upcoming Urban Land Institute study will help the town plan its short- and long-term goals.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week'd Castaway cartoon.

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Benedict estate home at Villa Am Meer
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
Our View: The tide is turning on LBK

The turn started with two transactions: First, the town approval in 2011 and then the redevelopment of Avenue of the Flowers and construction of the new Publix Super Market and CVS drug store.

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Read this week's Cops Corner.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

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  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Get rid of Obamacare; Save Beer Can Island?; Sept. 11 tribute thank you

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    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • September 25, 2013
The Good News: Rebecca Lockwood of Forty Carrots Family Center

Rebecca Lockwood is the preschool director of Forty Carrots Family Center. Read more about her and watch a video in this week's The Good News.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • September 25, 2013
School days to begin at Education Center

The Longboat Key Education Center's fall semester begins Oct. 21 with a few core courses and several new additions.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • September 25, 2013
Price Points: Longboat Key real-estate

Longboat Key's real-estate values are rising, but the island still has plenty to offer in a wide range of prices.

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Units 115-N and 116-N at 2301 Gulf of Mexico Drive have three bedrooms, three and one-half baths and 2,470 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.15 million. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 25, 2013
Three-bedroom condo at Islander Club of Longboat sells for $1.15 million

A condominium in Islander Club of Longboat tops all transactions in this week's real estate. William and Diane Wakely sold their Units 115-N and 116-N condominium at 2301 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Jeffrey Park, trustee, of Naperville, Ill., for $1.15 million.

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David Johnson submitted this sunset photo, taken from a dock at Cannons Marina on Longboat Key.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2013
OBSERVER WEATHER: Longboat Key

David Johnson submitted this sunset photo, taken from a dock at Cannons Marina on Longboat Key.

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Robin Meyer, pictured in May 2012, shortly after he assumed the role of PZB director.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 24, 2013
Longboat Key P&Z director resigns

Robin Meyer's departure comes less than a year-and-a-half after he was hired to lead the department.

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The Sarasota City Commission will hold the second and final public hearing regarding its proposed FY2014 budget and millage rate this evening.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2013
Sept. 24: Daily Headlines

Today's Stories: Longboat commission sets millage at 2.0760; City Commission to vote on finalizing budget, millage rate; Alleged drug smugglers busted at airport; Flood watch in effect for Sarasota County

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Hideaway Bay resident Philip Tyson spoke against the 10% millage rate hike.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • September 23, 2013
Longboat commission sets millage at 2.0760

The rate is up 10% from last year, meaning that a property owner with a $500,000 home will pay $94.20 more.

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