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Longboat Key

    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.

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  • 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.
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  • 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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  • News
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.

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  • 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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  • News
Sarasota Police seek help identifying a man seen using a stolen debit card at a Longboat Key gas station Aug. 1.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • August 16, 2013
Longboat Key camera catches burglary suspect

Sarasota Police have released photos of a man suspected of stealing $240 and a debit card from a car parked near Lido Beach Aug. 1.

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  • News
Carlos Beruff, middle, says the Long Bar Pointe is a "transformational" property, where he and his partners seek to develop something better than just another subdivision. Photos by Lori Sax / Business Observer
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 16, 2013
Point Taken: Long Bar Point developer outlines next step

The power of a strong social-media presence can be persuasive - in any industry. A prominent local homebuilder takes that lesson personally.

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Chris Caswell, Dan Gagne and Ron Shields
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 15, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Networking at Noon Luncheon

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce held its Networking at Noon luncheon on Thursday, Aug. 15, at Bridge Street Bistro. Longboat Key Dental's new owner Dr. Michael O'Neil sponsored the luncheon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key Fire Rescue had a 5% increase in total call volume for the first six months of 2013.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 15, 2013
Fire Rescue emergency medical calls increase 12.6%

Longboat Key Fire Rescue treated three major trauma patients, five major cardiac emergencies and six major stroke emergencies in the first six months of 2013.

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  • News
The 2013 Kiwanis Foundation Scholarship recipients
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 15, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Kiwanis Scholarship Breakfast

The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Foundation presented academic scholarships to 25 recipients during its annual scholarship breakfast Thursday, Aug. 15, at the Longboat Key Club Harbourside dining room.

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  • Neighbors
Molly Klauber and Ethan Biter. Photo by Cliff Roles.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • August 15, 2013
Going to the chapel ...

Sarasota resident Ethan Biter proposed to his now-fiance, Molly Klauber, in late June on a private cruise in the Bahamas.

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Palmetto community leaders showed up strong at Longboat Island Chapel's latest charity drive to support Mt. Carmel Resource Center on June 16. From left, Deputy Ken Jewett, Sgt. Joy Jewett, Chief of Police Scott Tyler, City of Palmetto Mayor Daniel West, Shirley Pearson, executive director of Strength in Action, Inc., Rev. Brock Patterson, Pearson's sister Laura Wallace, and Town of Longboat Key Town Manager Howard Tipton.
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St. Lucie County Administrator George Landry has been recommended by Howard Tipton to replace him as town manager as Tipton prepares to retire.
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  • June 18, 2026
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