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  • Robin Roy
  • July 8, 2010
City seeks task-force members

City parks staff held a meeting last week to recruit community members to help design a scaled-down second phase of Payne Park construction.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • July 8, 2010
GOP invokes Internet infantry

Republican Party leaders asked members to spread the word about its candidates through e-mail and social-media sites to help stem gains Democrats made in 2008.

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 8, 2010
News Briefs 07.08.10

Residents of the Dolphin Tower condo high-rise on Gulfstream Boulevard still don't know when they'll be able to return home.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 8, 2010
Business Observer 07.08.10

The luxury bath and beauty boutique Simply Spoiled Boutique announced it would be relocating its retail store operations July 1 to 1471 Main St.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 8, 2010
Cops Corner 07.08.10

After the air conditioning in an apartment unit broke down, the apartment manager moved that tenant into an unoccupied unit. After the A/C was fixed, the tenant moved back into his apartment but called the manager a short time later saying the A/C was still not working. The manager inspected the air conditioner and told sheriff's deputies that it looked like it was intentionally punctured.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 8, 2010
Golden Gate Point condo sells for $787,500

650 GGP LLC sold the Unit 503 condominium at 650 Golden Gate Point to Michael Post, of Sarasota, for $787,500.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 7, 2010
Longboat Key triathlon set for October

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce will hold the island's first triathlon in October.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 7, 2010
Manatee deputies thwart burglary

The COPS North unit arrested 39-year-old Jeremy Riffe.

  • East County
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    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 7, 2010
Manatee deputies thwart burglary

The COPS North unit arrested 39-year-old Jeremy Riffe.

  • East County
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 7, 2010
MAN ON THE STREET: Avatar to Art

G.WIZ - The Science Museum opened the first exhibition of three-dimensional, fine-art canvases in Sarasota July 2. The upstairs gallery is filled with painter and scientific animator Jeff Hazelton's latest large-scale works, called "Avatar to Art," which require viewers to don special 3D glasses.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 7, 2010
Florida House debuts first solar air-conditioning system

Sarasota County government is partnering with a local HVAC contractor to use the energy of the sun to cool the Florida House.

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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • July 7, 2010
OBITUARIES: Edward Theriot Jr. and Stanley Waldheim

Community honors Longboat Key's Edward Theriot Jr. and Stanley Waldheim.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • July 7, 2010
It's Rhys Everywhere!

Observer Associate Publisher Emily Walsh and her husband, Julian Parry, welcomed their first child, Rhys Humphreys Parry, July 1.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 7, 2010
Key Club, IPOC prepare strategies

The Longboat Key Club and Resort and town are waiting to see if the Islandside Property Owners Coalition will file a lawsuit challenging the club's $400 million Islandside project.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 7, 2010
Brown responds to IPOC president

IPOC President Bob White e-mails his thoughts; Vice Mayor Jim Brown replies.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 7, 2010
Briefs

Property values to drop 9.44%; All Angels requests placement on wayfinding sign; fire union elects new vice president

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 7, 2010
Town attorney wants Comp Plan revisions

Town attorney David Persson will ask for direction from the town's planning and zoning board and the commission on the future vision of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 7, 2010
Siekmann reflects upon his vote

Commissioner Robert Siekmann explained his reasoning for being the only commissioner to vote no last week at Temple Beth Israel.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 7, 2010
Harry's announces its new summer hours

Harry's Continental Kitchens' Deli and Corner Store are now open seven days a week.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 7, 2010
Webb family gets doubly exciting special delivery

On June 25, the family of Planning, Zoning and Building Chairwoman B.J. Webb and the late Bob Twigg got a double delivery.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 7, 2010
Turtle Watch volunteers lend some helping hands

Longboat Key Turtle Watch members drilled in a message opposing offshore drilling Saturday, June 26, at the 'Hands Across the Sands' event on Manatee County beaches.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 7, 2010
Vacationer celebrates his catch of the day

Rocky Finerty, 11, caught this 2-foot-long, 24-pound black drum fish recently while vacationing on Longboat Key with his family.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 7, 2010
Observer reporter returns from much 'knee-ded' stay

The Longboat Observer's Dora the Explorer is back on the town. After undergoing a successful knee-replacement surgery and subsequent rehabilitation, Senior Editor Dora Walters has a new spring in her step. And she says that she has many people to thank for that.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 7, 2010
Our view: Post-mortem on the vote

For all of those involved in the Longboat Key Club and Resort's proposed expansion and redevelopment plans, the holiday weekend gave them a much-needed break, time to play and think about something else. Everyone needs to recharge. Especially from the past eight, draining months of public hearings, town elections and decision making.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 7, 2010
Brakes might be put on Key trolley service

A grant that has helped to fund Longboat's trolley service in Manatee County expires this month. About $300,000 needs to be freed up to keep the current route in place.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 7, 2010
Town awaits building-fee study results

A permit-fee study being performed for the Planning, Zoning and Building Department has stretched into its 25th month.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 7, 2010
Cops Corner

June 21 "Snake Charmer" 5:24 p.m. - Animal Rescue. Police noticed an unsteady bicyclist swerving into Gulf of Mexico Drive. Police discovered he was holding a snake in his hand while riding. Police stopped the bicyclist, took the 3-foot dead rat snake from him and promised to give it a proper burial.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 7, 2010
Key Real Estate: Pierre condominium sells for $1,075,000

The 10 sales for the week, which included eight on Longboat Key, two in Manatee County, one on St. Armands Key, and one on Bird Key, represented a slight increase from the prior week, during which eight sales were recorded.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 7, 2010
Longboat Key - Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of June 25 through July 1, in order of dollar amounts.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 7, 2010
Business Observer 07.07.10

Whole Foods program helps local charities; and Beachhouse hires special events assistant manager.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 7, 2010
Longboat Key - Real Estate Reports

Sharon Ross has joined the St. Armands office of Michael Saunders & Co.; and Tamara Owens will head Wagner Realty's new full-service management division.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Donna Swan
  • July 7, 2010
Deal Us In: How to make your contract

Deal Us In: How to make your contract

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 7, 2010
WEATHER: Sunset Seekers

Aaron Holland submitted this sunset photo, taken at the Beachhouse Restaurant. Please send your sunset (or sunrise) photos to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228, or e-mail them to [email protected].

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 7, 2010
Canada honors local musician

Canadian violinist and East County resident James Ehnes has been named a Member of the Order of Canada.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 7, 2010
Lakewood grad earns scholarship

Christopher Marchini, son of Patricia Marchini, executive assistant at Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship by the Coldwell Banker College Scholarship Program.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 7, 2010
Manatee district proposes tax increase

Superintendent Tim McGonegal said Manatee County won't be able to offer electives such as physical education and engineering without it.

  • East County
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