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Longboat Key

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 19, 2013
Our View: 100 can't speak for all

What is the role of the "state"?

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 19, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Get your facts right

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Rober Gault
  • June 19, 2013
My View: We have four branches of government

The Founding Fathers of the United States of America created three equal branches of the government (that's government with a lowercase 'g') - the executive, legislative and judicial branches.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Gnarly Miller sure is going places.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 19, 2013
Work like a dog

These employees work their tails off for belly scratches, love and, of course, the occasional treat.

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  • Neighbors
This home at 596 Halyard Lane in Country Club Shores has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,212 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.8 million. Photo by Kurt Schultheis
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 19, 2013
Country Club Shores home sells for $2.8 million

A home in County Club Shores tops all transactions in this week's real estate. John and Judith Hays, of Sarasota, sold their home at 596 Halyard Lane to Melvin and Linda Rhinelander, of Ontario, Canada, for $2.8 million.

  • Longboat Key
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McKenzie Chadwell submitted this photo, taken on Lido Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 19, 2013
Weather Photo: STORMY OUTLOOK

McKenzie Chadwell submitted this photo, taken on Lido Key.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 19, 2013
BUSINESS OBSERVER

Rugs by Reza, formerly known as Heriz Persian Rugs, has moved from St. Armands Circle to 652 S. Washington Blvd. in Sarasota.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 19, 2013
Obituary: Harold "Pete" Vonachen Jr.

Harold "Pete" Vonachen Jr., 87, of Peoria, Ill., died June 10.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 19, 2013
Obituary: Joyce Kollogian

Joyce (Juskalian) Kolligian, 76, of Longboat Key and formerly of Winchester, Mass., died June 11.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 19, 2013
Obituary: George Edward Frost

George Edward Frost, 95, of Sarasota, died June 2.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Front: Kitty Libert, Carlene Johnson and Charles Wickersham; middle: Bob Whitney, Esther Libert, Ramona Johnson, Rae Ferguson and Ethel Libert; back, Charles Whitney, James Libert and Art Ferguson
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 19, 2013
FROM THE ARCHIVES: 1990: Village students held 50-year reunion

Alumni of the Longbeach Village School found an island that had changed "a little" when they reunited 50 years later.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Aaron and Kristy Steigerwalt
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • June 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Harry's Summer Solstice Soirée

Guests gathered Wednesday, June 19, at Harry's Continental Kitchen, for a Summer Solstice Soiree. Attendees dined on light snacks and tasted various wines in support of the Anna maria Island Community Center.

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The Plant City Observer and Tampa Bay Times have become partners to make The Plant City Times & Observer.
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 18, 2013
June 18: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Observer Media Group partners with Tampa Bay Times; Beach project stance shifts; Commissioners OK plan for citywide development code; Manatee County special referendum today

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  • News
Areas on the north and south end of the Key that are in need of sand will have to wait another year.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • June 18, 2013
Beach project stance shifts

The town of Longboat Key will re-bid its beach project next year in the hopes of attaining a cheaper price. That project could include three groins.

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The Plant City Observer and Tampa Bay Times have become partners to make The Plant City Times & Observer.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 18, 2013
Observer Media Group partners with Tampa Bay Times

The Plant City Observer and Tampa Bay Times have become partners to make The Plant City Times & Observer.

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