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Longboat Key

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Revisit Mar Vista vote

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Betty and Ed Rosenthal were inspired to create a “Remember Me Garden” after a mission trip to Israel.
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • May 22, 2013
Seeds of remembrance

Inspired by a mission trip to Israel, Longboaters Ed and Betty Rosenthal helped start a fruit orchard at Temple Beth Sholom to honor Holocaust victims.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 22, 2013
Your Neighbor: Brenton Cloud

You could say the saltwater resides in Brenton Cloud's blood.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Rufus P. Jordan House is located on the northeast part of the Mar Vista property on Broadway.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 22, 2013
Jordan House survived prior storm

The Mar Vista structure that's at the center of a controversial plan survived a 1921 hurricane that wiped out most of the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2013
Obituary: Lynne Sklover

Lynne Sklover, 94, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key, died May 4.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2013
Obituary: Paul Grodner

Paul Grodner, 90, of Annapolis, Md., and formerly of Longboat Key, died May 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Dezso Ferenczy worked on placing hurricane shutters over the doors to The Market, which closed Tuesday, May 27, 2008. File photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 22, 2013
Lore: Market closed five years ago at Whitney Beach

Since the gourmet grocery store closed, businesses have flooded out of the north Key shopping center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lindsey Conrad hammers stakes into the sand to mark a nest.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 22, 2013
Tracking turtle watchers

Beginning in May, Turtle Watch volunteers hit the beach before the sun rises in search of turtle nests.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unit 505 at the Players Club has four bedrooms, four baths and 2,099 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.1 million. Photo by Robin Hartill.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 22, 2013
The Players Club condo sells for $1.1 million

A condominium in The Players Club tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Mattson Family LLC and Walter and Geraldine Mattson, of Longboat Key, sold the Unit 505 condominium at 1425 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Lori Brochin, trustee, of Atlanta, for $1.1 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Evan Berlin, far right, founded Berlin-Patten, a Sarasota-based law firm, in 2004. Brenda Patten, middle, joined the firm in 2009 and local attorney, Jamie Ebling, left, was named a partner last year. Photo by Mark Wemple.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • May 22, 2013
Legal Eagles: Evan Berlin

Evan Berlin built a large niche-driven real-estate law firm in less than a decade. He now seeks to maintain the growth.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
George Gutarra submitted this sunset photo, taken on Lido Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2013
Weather Photo: LOVELY LAVENDER

George Gutarra submitted this sunset photo, taken on Lido Beach.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2013
Our View: Tax plan needs more vetting

On June 18, Manatee County voters will vote on two questions that are loaded with big tax consequences.

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  • Opinion
The school cuts are part of a plan to save $20.6 million to help the school district replenish depleted reserves.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • May 21, 2013
May 21: Daily Headlines Video

Top Stories: 182 Manatee teachers lose jobs; Sarasota woman arrested for defrauding employer; Commission approves second phase of bayfront mooring project; Whitney Beach receives award

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  • News
Whitney Beach on Longboat Key becomes the sixth beach in the Bradenton, Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key area to receive a new beach recognition.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 21, 2013
Whitney Beach receives award

A Longboat Key beach has received notification it meets a national environmental certification program.

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