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Longboat Key

    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 27, 2013
Lore: April 1: fooling Longboaters for 14 years and counting

Love it or hate it, we know from your phone calls that you read our annual April Fools' edition that debuted April 1, 1999.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Gloria Schroeder
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 27, 2013
Looking for things to do? Concierges list their top picks

These hotel concierges on Longboat Key and in Sarasota list their top recommendations for the area.

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  • Neighbors
Unit 502 at Beach Place has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,392 square feet of living area. It sold for $699,000. File photo.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 27, 2013
Two-bedroom Beachplace condo sells for $699,000

A condominium in Beachplace tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Sunrise Development LLC sold the Unit 502 condominium at 1145 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Therese Keeling-Land and Courtney Land, of Longboat Key, for $699,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Al Bavry, president and CEO of Kimal Lumber, looks for ways to innovate to keep revenues growing.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • March 27, 2013
Innovation spurs on Kimal Lumber

Lumberyard entrepreneur Al Bavry has a gutsy plan for growth: He wants to bring drive-thru convenience to his industry. In the process he will wage battle with bigger competitors.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
David Eskin submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Weather Photo: Painterly Picture

David Eskin submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2013
Obituary: Susan Pagano Jack

Susan Pagano Jack, 58, of Longboat Key and Santa Fe, N.M., died March 15.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2013
Obituary: Robert Gephart

Robert I. Gephart, 79, of Sarasota, died March 16.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2013
Obituary: James Fischley

James H. Fischley, 70, of Longboat Key, died March 20.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2013
Obituary: Hilton Hampton Brown

Hilton Hampton Brown, 68, of Longboat Key, died March 20, after a dignified adjustment to a slow, degenerative disease.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Manatee County Schools to cut 150 staff positions
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • March 26, 2013
March 26: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Manatee County Schools to cut 150 staff positions; Colony units can't be fulltime residences; New College names Shannon Duvall as vice president for advancement

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 26, 2013
Dolphin dies after stranding near Cannons Marina

The Risso's dolphin died after a Monday rescue by Mote Marine Laboratory.

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Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners can’t stay in their units for longer than 30 days, no matter what kind of project is eventually built.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • March 26, 2013
Colony units can't be fulltime residences

The town manager made it clear for Colony Beach & Tennis Resort unit owners this week what the use of their tourism-owned properties is under the town's zoning code.

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  • News
Roz Goldberg and Alan Bandler led the Seder.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 25, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Club Seder

Roz Goldberg and Alan Bandler led a Seder dinner Monday, March 25, at the Longboat Key Club & Resort's Harbourside Dining Room.

  • Longboat Key
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It was a novel night at Ringling College of Art and Design’s Evening at the Avant-Garde Saturday, March 23.
    By
  • Eddie Kirsch
  • March 25, 2013
March 25: Daily Headlines Video

Today's Stories: Police investigate Sarasota homicide; Blue lights could shine on the Ringling Causeway; Q&A with Parks and Rec actress Aubrey Plaza; Black Tie Untied

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Lynn and Steve Blackledge
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 24, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: St. Armands Lutheran Church Barbecue

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church held a barbecue Saturday, March 23, to raise funds for a service trip to Minot, N.D., to hep with flood relief.

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