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Longboat Key

Artist Jeff Chouinard, aka Surf Soul Tiki
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 8, 2013
Mar Vista shows its spirit with totem pole

Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub lost a few palm trees during a freeze earlier this year, so artist Jeff Chouinard, aka Surf Soul Tiki, helped the restaurant carve a replacement. He replaced the trunks of two trees by carving two totem poles.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 8, 2013
April 24: the end of two eras

Sports Page owner Kenny Barr got a history refresher last week when he read the "Longboat Lore" item about Shenkel's restaurant, which his mother, Edith Barr Dunn, owned, closing April 24, 1994.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jorge Blanco
  • May 8, 2013
Castaway

Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Shirley Beachum holds a portrait of her late husband, pilot Grady Hunt, who was killed in action in 1943. Photo by Robin Hartill.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 8, 2013
Servicewoman salute: Shirley Beachum

Shirley Beachum was serving in London with the Women's Army Corps (WAC) 68 years ago on V-E Day - one of a few good women who helped to win the war.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Current and outgoing Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association board members posed with longtime Colony owner Dr. Murray "Murf" Klauber Tuesday, May 7, at the Colony's annual owners' meeting at Temple Beth Israel.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 8, 2013
Town pressures the Colony

The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort Association's election Tuesday kept seated three out of five board members, paving the way for a developer to continue negotiation settlements.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 8, 2013
Our View: Looking forward

In a week or so, all of our local governments will be releasing their proposed budgets for the 2013-2014 fiscal year, which will begin in October.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Beachgoers could see fewer staked nests like this one, photographed in August, as the result of Mote's new policy of marking nests weekly instead of daily. File photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 8, 2013
Properties have stake in new Mote turtle policy

Mote will only mark nests once a week on most of the beach, which will require many properties to help foot the bill.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 8, 2013
Longboat lost Chief Hogle one year ago

Police Chief Al Hogle's contributions live on one year after his sudden death in a motorcycle accident.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 8, 2013
Police review FRS pension plan alternative

The Longboat Key Police Department Union will take a proposal the town offered to its union members for review.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 8, 2013
News Briefs

Mar Vista's renovation receives commission approval; Boat and trailer committee to form after recommendation

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Shielded streetlights, like this one at the intersection of Bay Isles Road and Gulf of Mexico Drive, deter sea turtles from heading in the wrong direction after laying a nest.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • May 8, 2013
Gulf of Mexico streetlights modified for turtle season

At the town's request, Florida Power & Light is making changes to 10 streetlights for sea-tutle nesting season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Attendees viewed the latest results of public surveys about the future of Cortez Bridge.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 8, 2013
Rehab or rebuild: FDOT seeks feedback on Cortez Bridge

State officials held a public kickoff meeting as part of a study that will last at least two years.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Read this week's Cops Corner.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 8, 2013
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 8, 2013
Obituary: Helen Linton Schweyer

Helen Linton Schweyer, 96, of Longboat Key, died April 26.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 8, 2013
Obituary: Harry J. Rosenthal

Harry J. Rosenthal, 88, of Longboat Key, died April 17.

  • Longboat Key
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