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Chiles nixes plan, annual events Owner Ed Chiles won’t restore the Jordan House or hold events at Mar Vista because of residents’ concerns.

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+ Chihuahua loved island life, retirement Peter “Petey” KeyworthFahey, of Longboat Key, died May 28.

Born in 1998, the Chihuahua moved in 2003 to the Longbeach Village from Siesta Key. He loved being on the boat with the wind in his ears and running on the sandbar with his nephew (a dog named Charlie), pausing only to roll in dead fish and other smelly things.

Petey was a world traveler who retired full-time in 2011 to Longboat Key from Guam.

In retirement, he enjoyed napping, boat rides and avoiding the cats that his mother adopted in Guam.

He is remembered for his sweet, calm nature, love of a good nap and ability to stare unrelentingly at his humans (known as his “creepy Chihuahua stare”).

Petey is survived by his owners, David Keyworth and Holly Fahey; nephew, Charlie; and sisters, cats Suette and Ropa.

+ Grossman checks out Longboat Library Larry Grossman, who ran against Mayor Jim Brown for a seat on the Longboat Key Town Commission in March, closed the books on his campaign by donating unused funds to the Longboat Library.

Candidates can return unused funds to donors or give them as charitable donations.

Brown and commission candidate Irwin Pastor also donated unused funds from this year’s election to the library.

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Longbeach Village residents got their wish.

Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub owner Ed Chiles announced during the Longboat Key Town Commission’s regular meeting Monday, June 3, he will not pursue a plan to use the historic Rufus P. Jordan House for receptions and meeting space.

And, because he heard residents’ complaints about noise and parking, he

plans to discontinue major events for the restaurant, including fireworks for the Fourth of July and the fish fry fundraiser for the Longboat Key Historical Society.

“We had a lot of folks complaining about noise and parking from big events,” Chiles told the Longboat Observer. “We only had two big events. You try to be responsive to the surrounding

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The big events Fourth of July ‘Boom Boom on the Bay’ — Mar Vista began holding the annual fireworks extravaganza in 2009. Last year’s celebration took place July 2, the first of three consecutive Fourth of July celebrations held at Chiles’ restaurants.

Fish Fry — Fish fries were a Longboat Key tradition for the island’s pioneers that the Longboat Key Historical Society revived in 2005. Mar Vista has hosted the group’s annual fundraiser every year.

It’s red everywhere Photos by Robin Hartill

The royal poinciana tree at Buttonwood Cove condominium is bursting with color this season.

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Cell tower debate echoes through Town Hall Residents and town commissioners got hung up on language in Comprehensive Plan changes and turned a discussion into a two-hour cell tower debate Monday night.

“I think we are getting off track and starting to talk about cell towers again.”

Mayor Jim Brown made that statement over and over again at Monday night’s commission meeting during discussion of a telecommunications agenda

item about Comprehensive Plan amendments being transmitted to the state for review.

The attempts, though, were futile. Both commissioners and Key residents turned the agenda item into a two-hour debate about cell towers on Longboat Key.

Planning, Zoning and Building Director Robin Meyer explained that two amendments to the Comp Plan would do the following: • Add language that talks about towers being the least-preferred form of wireless service facilities

on the Key. • Add language back into the Comp Plan that states personal wireless service facilities (all forms of cellular-communication equipment) are not subject to

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MAR VISTA / FROM PAGE 1A Village community.”

Chiles said he doesn’t recall receiving complaints about the two events in past years. The complaints he’s referring to stem from his application to add a meeting room and deck to the historic Rufus P. Jordan House and build a second-story tree house over his restaurant that adds an additional 11 seats. Village residents emailed the Longboat Key Town Commission en masse earlier this month after the commission approved the plan on first reading.

Residents circulated a petition asking neighbors to sign if they “object to this growth in traffic, noise and parking” and started a “Save the Longbeach Village” Facebook page.

Chiles told the commission Monday night he pulled his site plan “because of all the misinformation.”

Village residents had attended commission meetings and emailed commissioners last month after the commission approved the site plan on first reading.

Villagers were concerned primarily about a potential increase of 151 seats — the total maximum fire marshal occupancy proposed for the meeting area above the Jordan House — although Chiles had said he wouldn’t put more than 60 people in the space. He had hoped to use the space to serve cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, but not dinner, and said he thought it could also be a place for groups such as the Historical Society and Longbeach Village Association to meet.

Chiles submitted a new plan Friday, May 31 that calls for building the tree house with its 11 additional seats; the Planning and Zoning Board will review the plan at its June 18 meeting. The Town Commission won’t review the scaled-down project until the fall.

“We are ready to start a dialogue with residents about it,” Chiles said. “We are ready to work with you on any parking issues.”

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ter Chiles and reiterated why neighbors were concerned.

“We are a society of laws,” he said. “If somebody puts in an application saying he wants 151 capacity sitting or standing, we take him at his word.”

Chiles met with a group of Village residents last month at Mar Vista to address their concerns. At that time, he suggested canceling the Fourth of July and Fish Fry events, according to Longbeach Village Association President Michael Drake.

Drake said the issue wasn’t the two annual events but, rather, the potential increase of 151 seats.

“To go from two events each year to 365 is not something we’re going to tolerate in our neighborhood,” Drake said.

Shirley Beachum, president of the Longboat Key Historical Society, learned in an email last week that Mar Vista wouldn’t host the fish fry later this fall.

Beachum said it’s unlikely the group will hold a fish fry at another location.

“That’s what everybody is asking, but, as far as I’m concerned, Mar Vista has already done it, and I’m not interested in having it somewhere else,” she said. “It’s a shame, because that’s the only money we have coming in to keep our little historical society going.”

Chiles said he still hopes to restore the Jordan House someday.

In the short term, though, his Fourth of July plans don’t involve Longboat Key. The Chiles Restaurant Group sent out a press release last week announcing its Fourth of July plans.

Last year’s release stated: “The Chiles Restaurant Group consisting of the Sandbar, BeachHouse and Mar Vista restaurants, will host three consecutive fireworks shows July 2, 3 and 4.”

Mar Vista’s show, held July 2, was the kickoff of the three-day event.

But the announcement sent this week doesn’t mention Mar Vista.

It states: “The Sandbar and BeachHouse Restaurants will host two consecutive fireworks shows July 3 and 4.”

RECEPTION / FROM PAGE 1A height limitations within the town’s code, and those height restrictions would be addressed at a later date in the town’s land development height regulation.

But, addressing a height mandate for wireless structures, which include towers, at a later date didn’t sit well with commissioners or approximately 20 north-end Key residents in attendance.

Town Manager Dave Bullock explained that sending the changes to Tallahassee officials for review is a 30-day process.

If the state approved the changes, both the Planning and Zoning Board and the Town Commission would hold public hearings to address the height restrictions at that time.

But several commissioners weren’t comfortable with the setup.

“We’re putting the cart before the horse,” Commissioner Jack Duncan said.

Duncan and others thought Bullock should continue to explore communication issues with cellular providers and report back to the commission before submitting Comp Plan changes.

The debate quickly turned into a celltower issue, though, and a discussion about whether the Comp Plan changes needed to be made.

“We can make height restrictions on towers without banning them,” said Commissioner Phill Younger.

Key residents and attorneys also took to the podium to discuss towers.

“Why change the existing Comp Plan at all?” asked former mayor and northend resident Jeremy Whatmough.

Longbeach Village residents made their voices heard, too.

“We don’t have obligations to provide optimal profit margins for cell-tower providers,” said Village resident Gene Jaleski.

Attorney Michael Furen questioned whether the Comp Plan changes should be made in the summer months when many residents are gone, a comment

that upset some commissioners.

“I’m tired of this argument about doing business when no one is here,” said Commissioner Terry Gans. “Unless we amend our charter to say we only do business from December through April, we’re open for business all year.”

Debates about whether cellular service was non-existent in some areas of the Key also raged.

But the debate always came back to a tower.

“This is more than about height, it’s about the height of a great big pole sticking out of the ground,” Duncan said. “I am totally in support of improving cellular communication, and I’m against a cell tower because of what it does to aesthetics and property value.”

Brown made another remark about getting off track before offering a Comp Plan amendment solution that all seven commissioners agreed could be sent to the state.

Brown suggested adding back in the Comp Plan’s prior telecommunications language and deleting most of what town staff offered as changes.

Although some still believe the Comp Plan changes are being made too quickly, Duncan said the new language is more general in nature and doesn’t guide the town down a certain telecommunications path.

“I’m as guilty as anyone else of circulating back toward the tower argument, and it’s not really about that,” Duncan said Tuesday. “The commission needs to start focusing on what the long-term strategic telecommunications plan is for the Key.” Duncan said the commission could clear up the issue town-wide if it made a joint declaration.

“Why can’t we all agree no one wants a tower on a prestigious island like Longboat Key?” Duncan asked. “Let’s take it off the table and figure out how we can solve the problem with the cellular companies using other alternatives.”

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by Robin Hartill | City Editor

Property values increase by 2.1% For the first time in five years, preliminary estimates show an increase in Key-wide values. But that doesn’t offset other decreases in funds.

Times they are a-changing.

For the first year since 2008, the town is projecting taxable property values will increase. Preliminary estimates from the Sarasota and Manatee County property appraiser offices show a Keywide 2.1% increase in property values.

The preliminary budget Town Manager Dave Bullock prepared for the Longboat Key Town Commission estimates the increase will give the town an extra $171,919 in ad valorem revenues, based on the current millage rate of 1.8872.

But the town is also bracing for a reduction of approximately $300,000 in non-ad valorem revenue. That’s because electric franchise fees were down approximately $75,000 due to mild win-

ter weather. Miscellaneous revenues are down by approximately $203,000 because of interest reductions and sale of fixed assets.

The town began the current fiscal year with a general fund balance of $4,464,151 and forecasts a balance of $4,097,651 when the fiscal year ends Sept. 30 — a reduction of approximately $366,500, or 8.2%, because of unanticipated revenue shortfalls; 3% cost-ofliving allowance (COLA) increases for town employees that went into effect earlier this year; and the use of the commission contingency to hire zoning and Comprehensive Plan consultants.

Building permit revenues have been better than expected during the current fiscal year.

Staff prepared the preliminary budget estimating the town’s required pension at $2.7 million, but the town won’t know the actual amount until late June.

Bullock noted in the budget that the upcoming fiscal year will be “a year of significant change” for the town’s pensions. The general employee and firefighter pension plans will be frozen Oct. 1; the town is still negotiating with its police union on a new contract, including pension changes.

Preliminary budgeted expenditures in the general fund are up by approximately $362,000, or approximately 2.6%, over the 2012-13 adopted budget.

The increase consists of $500,000 in additional personnel costs and a $138,000 decrease in operating expenses.

BUDGET BREAKDOWN The 45-page budget released June 1 highlights upcoming projects and changes in town departments and spending.

by department

Budget basics

Department....................... Increase/decrease

Adopted 2012-13 Total expenditures $15,428,747 Total revenues $15,428,747 and transfers $8,379,912 Tax revenue Franchise fees $988,000 Intergovernmental revenues $1,457,180 Charges for services $690,650 Local business tax $160,000

Town Commission............$4,482 (14.87%)

Increase, due to commission travel

Town attorney..............-$32,000 (-9.22%)

Decrease, due to contract with new Town Attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale, following the resignation of David Persson Outside attorneys..........-$22,500 (-36%)

Decrease, due to completion of contract negotiations Town manager...............$91,300 (25.68%)

Budget timeline

Human resources........$13,217 (12.36%)

June 1 — The Longboat Key Town Commission received the preliminary budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year.

Increase, due to the addition of an assistant town manager and a 3% salary increase that didn’t include the town manager

Increase for 3% salary increase and health insurance costs

Fire Rescue....................$330,297 (6.30%)

Increase for 3% salary increase, laundry allowance and Florida Retirement System (FRS) town contribution in addition to existing town pension contribution

Increase to cover disaster management contracts

Public Works.................-$32,831 (-5.07%)

Planning Zoning and Building..................-$43,426 (-7.54%)

Decrease, mostly due to a decrease in consulting services

Streets.............................$42,638 (7.34%)

Increase, which represents various line items moved to the category from other departments to better capture costs of running the streets department General services.......-$72,650 (-13.81%)

Decrease, mostly due to a decrease in consulting services. The town doesn’t anticipate the use of pension consultants in the upcoming year.

$15,168,140

-0.90%

$15,094,204 $8,551,831 $913,000

-2.17% 2.05% -7.59%

$1,431,810 $698,150 $156,000

-1.74% 1.09% -2.50%

July 1 — The commission will set its maximum millage rate.

Aug. 1 — Town Manager Dave Bullock will present his recommended budget to the commission.

September — The commission will adopt the budget on first and second reading at a special meeting.

Emergency management. $1,845 (21.71%)

Decrease based on the transfer of half of the town engineer’s salary to the town manager’s office, which was offset by a 3% salary increase

Preliminary 2013-14 % change

Oct. 1 — The town of Longboat Key begins its 2013-14 fiscal year.

Photo courtesy of Michael Saunders & Co.

The home at 5881 Gulf of Mexico Drive is built entirely out of cypress.

Sold GMD house boasts iconic roots and guests The house at 5881 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold May 27 for $2.9 million sight unseen to a buyer from the Czech Republic.

Does the home look familiar?

It was built as the identical twin to the house at 4011 Gulf of Mexico Drive, which is featured on artist John Dineen’s iconic poster of Longboat Key. But, today the homes look more like distant cousins than twins.

The house at 5881 Gulf of Mexico Drive is the “identical twin on steroids,” said Richard Perlman, of Michael Saunders & Co.’s Longboat Key South office, who listed the home.

The home in Dineen’s poster was built in 1965; five years later, the same builder constructed an identical home twoand-a-half miles to the original home’s north.

In 1980, the owners added to the original structure.

“It’s shaped like a ‘U.’ The sides are the addition,” Perlman said.

Ivo Travnicek, of Regency Realty Solutions in Boca Raton, represented the buyer.

The 3,200-square-foot home is built entirely of cypress, inside and out, and has four bedrooms and an exceptionally deep beach. It’s so secluded that celebrities seeking privacy have stayed at the house over the years, including members of Aerosmith, according to a Michael Saunders & Co. statement.

The home went under contract 131 days after it was listed.

The seller of the home was Gail Hannah, according to property records. The name of the buyer of the home was not immediately available through the Manatee County Clerk of the Court.

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Major projects The budget includes the following projects estimated to cost $1 million or more: Expansion of erosion area sand placement................................$3 million Explanation: Enhance the amount approved for the current year’s budget by adding sand to other erosion areas that will be determined in a planned beach shoreline survey in late 2013 or early 2014.

Longboat Pass Inlet Management...........................................$1.1 million Explanation: Design and dredge Longboat Pass for sand placement from the Broadway beach access to just north of 360 North condominium.

Wastewater collection, subaqueous forcemain..........................$1 million Explanation: Wastewater from Longboat Key is collected and sent to the Manatee County Southwest Regional Treatment Facility via a 40-year-old pipeline. The budgeted costs are part of a multi-year replacement project that’s in the planning stages.

John Dineen’s Longboat Key poster featuring the home at 4011 Gulf of Mexico Drive can be seen on walls throughout the Key.

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 Code Enforcement Board Regular Meeting — 10 a.m. Monday, June 10.

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The new vehicles will have a paint scheme similar to that of the police marine vehicle.

+ Longboat police department will purchase three new rides Longboat Key police will receive three new vehicles, according to an email from Town Manager Dave Bullock to the Longboat Key Town Commission.

The current fiscal year budget includes $108,000 to replace three vehicles using infrastructure surtax funds.

Two vehicles will be SUVs, and one will be a patrol car.

Marked police vehicles are replaced every two years, at or around the time they reach 100,000 miles.

+ Gulf Beach Resort receives Sarasota County grant

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 Planning and Zoning Board Regular Meeting — 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 18

All meetings take place at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, unless otherwise noted. beachgoers the chance to name the nest of their choice on the Manatee County portion of Longboat Key’s beach.

For a $10 contribution, the nest’s name will be marked on the back of a stake, and the location, along with a photo of the nest, will be sent to the contributor. When the nest hatches, Turtle Watch will send information about the date and time of the nest excavation, along with the number of eggs that were hatched, unhatched and live hatchlings in the nest.

For information, email lbk@lbkturtlewatch. com.

The Gulf Beach Resort on Lido Beach is the recipient of a $10,000 Sarasota County Neighborhood Grant for the Florida Friendly Landscaping Program. The historic motel received matching funds for the removal of invasive and/or exotic trees and plants, micro-irrigation and ground cover for conservation of water and energy sources and new signage.

All plants used for the project were Florida native or Florida-friendly plantings.

+ Turtle Watch launches ‘Name the Nest’ program Longboat Key Turtle Watch will again offer

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 Town Commission Regular Workshop Meeting — 1 p.m. Monday, June 17

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Contributors to the “Name the Nest” program will have their names featured on a nest stake.

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Cameras will start snapping soon The slow-motion process of bringing the system to both Longboat Key entrances that began more than three years ago is almost complete.

Longboat Key’s long-awaited license-plate recognition cameras are less than 60 days away.

Contractor L3 Communications visited the Longboat Key Police Department as well as the north and south ends of the island, where cameras will be placed, for a test run Thursday, May 30. The company wanted to ensure hardware and software compatibility.

The process of bringing the cameras to the Key seemed to move in slow motion.

The late Police Chief Al Hogle first proposed the idea in February 2010.

But, there were problems with where to place the cameras. The Florida Department of Transportation wouldn’t allow placement of the cameras in its rights of way, and Florida Power & Light Co. told the department it couldn’t place cameras on its poles.

Police Chief Pete Cumming and Capt. Frank Rubino, who has worked on many issues related to the licenseplate cameras since he was hired in February, don’t want to publicize the exact locations where the cameras will be placed.

By the numbers $79,487.42 — The cost of the camera system, which the department will pay for with police forfeiture funds.

250 — The number of milliseconds in which the cameras will capture data.

39 — The number of months that have passed since the late Police Chief Al Hogle proposed the cameras.

6 — The total number of cameras that will be placed on the Key.

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Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming holds one of the cameras, which have a color camera, infrared camera and four illuminators.

But, there will two cameras each on the Longboat Key sides of the New Pass and Longboat Pass bridges — one to capture data from vehicles entering the Key, the other for vehicles leaving the Key. The locations are not in FDOT right of ways; the cameras will be placed on town equipment.

The information captured from the plate will be run through a current database the Florida Crime Information Center and Federal Crime Information Center will provide.

Those agencies will immediately notify Longboat Key police if the registered owner of the car has an arrest warrant, suspended or expired driver’s license or expired tag, or if the tag comes from a stolen vehicle. The cameras, which will not photograph people, could also help in missingperson cases.

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Town Manager Dave Bullock announced more open to using a narrow sand site next at the end of the Longboat Key Town Com- year. mission’s Monday night meeting he will The bid for the original project calls reject the only bid for the summer beach for the town to remove sand from a narproject the town received. That bid was row sand borrow site miles out in the Gulf 40% more than town staff expected and where Port Dolphin LLC is placing a natuhad a price tag of $13,290,525.50. ral-gas pipeline in the next couple of years.

“We bid this project two months ago and Port Dolphin LLC has agreed to pay the got no bids,” Bullock said. “We made modi- reimbursement if the company moves fications and got one bid forward with laying down that’s too expensive.” its pipeline in a swath of Sand Locations Bullock explained that beach-quality sand. Port the demand to rebuild the Dolphin, though, may never The following beachside Northeast’s coastline from get the permits or funding addresses will be receivSuperstorm Sandy’s destrucing sand: for its project, according to a tion in October, among othmemo sent to Bullock from • From 6701 Gulf of er variables, led to the lack of Public Works Director Juan Mexico Drive to 6401 bids and the one overpriced Florensa.

Gulf of Mexico Drive bid.

The beach project, ex• From 2295 Gulf of “The only bidder told us pected to originally comMexico Drive to 1701 he would leave the Northmence this summer, will Gulf of Mexico Drive east for six to eight weeks eventually place sand at the to do our project, but we Broadway beach access to The following beachside would have to pay $5 million Gulfside Road, and from the addresses may receive to move the dredge down Islander Club condominisand if the town gets here,” Bullock said. ums to the Colony Beach & federal permits: Town staff and the town’s Tennis Resort (see sidebar • 4401 Gulf of Mexico beach engineer have refor exact beach addresses Drive to 3855 Gulf of viewed the Key’s coastline that are receiving sand). The Mexico Drive and determined that much town is also trying to obtain of the shoreline is in good permits to place an addi• 3800 Gulf of Mexico shape. tional 55,000 cubic yards of Drive to 3155 Gulf of Mexico Drive “We are hoping compesand in two other places on tition for dredges will ease the Key (see sidebar). within the next year,” BullAlthough the permit also ock said. allows for sand placement at the severely The town manager will have town staff eroded North Shore Road beach access prepare a bid that allows the town to use north to Beer Can Island, Florensa said the the $8,610,483.70 in federal funds the town town would hold off on placing sand there received from Tropical Storm Debby’s sand until structures are permitted and built to losses and add some other sand-borrow hold sand in the area. options that dredge companies can use to A project next year with a better price, extract sand.

Florensa said, might allow the town to “During the first half of next year, we will place sand on other areas of the beach that bid again and hopefully receive more com- may lose sand this summer. petitive bids,” Bullock said.

Florensa, though, said a review of the The town might not be able to take ad- shoreline shows some sand recovery and vantage of a $5 million beach project reim- said areas where sand is needed the most bursement unless dredging companies are are protected by concrete seawalls.

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A committee will help the commission answer the question of what the Urban Land Institute should ask Longboat Key residents concerning the town’s future.

Longboat Key commissioners plan to get what they pay for if they sign off on a $125,000 contract with a consultant to provide input on which direction the town is headed.

The Washington, D.C.,-based Urban Land Institute (ULI) has asked for a list of no more than 12 questions it should ask when its officials meet with panels of residents to seek what they want for the direction of the town.

At a special meeting held Monday, June 3, commissioners reviewed a list of 19 questions town staff offered, but commissioners were not happy with the questions or the way they read.

“I have taken a close look at the 19 questions and have found them to really be four or five questions disguised in different words,” Commissioner Phill Younger said. “Are we asking the right questions? I don’t think we are to get value for the tremendous amount of money we are paying for this.”

Commissioner Jack Duncan said the questions “miss the mark completely.”

“The questions need to be more strategic and much less leading in nature,” Duncan said. “I’m fearful we will wind up with a $125,000 book that will end up sitting on a shelf and collecting dust if we don’t ask the right questions. What we need is an independent guide of where we go and how we need to get there.”

Staff based the questions, which include background on how the town got to where it is today, off of the town’s Vision Plan, mission statement and core values.

“These (questions) were designed to try and highlight important issues that may need to be resolved as we move into the detailed code work,” Town Manager Dave Bullock said.

But several commissioners thought the questions were leading in nature.

“I caution the commission in leading the professionals in the direction we want to go,” Duncan said. “Each question must not push an answer so we get an independent analysis of our island.”

Mayor Jim Brown agreed, explaining the study should “help us figure out how to make this town work well in the future.”

“For instance, I want to know how many full-time residents ULI thinks this town should have and if we should be attracting families,” Brown said.

Vice Mayor David Brenner proposed another question.

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Commissioners, though, chose not to decide on the questions during Monday’s meeting, opting, instead, to form a committee that will meet at 1 p.m. Monday, June 10, at Town Hall to review a revised list of questions town staff will work on this week.

The commission could approve its contract with ULI Monday, June 17, after finalizing the questions.

ULI is willing to work together with the town to form five-day panels with eight to 10 participants on each panel that would consist of a broad range of Key residents and community stakeholders.

The town is hoping ULI can help the town through an analysis and an objective review of existing and future town conditions.

ULI will look at all aspects of the community and hold no less than 10 community meetings to discuss everything about the island, including its residential and tourism aspects.

The five main areas of concern are residential, tourism, commercial, marketing and zoning.

The town will then hold follow-up meetings to discuss findings.

ULI will also attend and assist staff with the future public hearings required to adopt any of the plans or policies that come from the public meetings.

Tom Eitler, vice president of advisory services for ULI, told the commission in February, “If you ask us specific questions, we have the right people who can help answer the questions.”

That’s why commissioners are being exacting with the questions they provide.

Eitler also said ULI can help the town assess what is the right balance of residential, tourism and commercial for the Key. “If we ask the right questions, we’re hoping they can tell us whether we are right or wrong and help us find an appropriate balance,” Commissioner Pat Zunz said.

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D-Day: Memorial Day cont’d First, a few statistics to ponder.

There are 25 million living American veterans. Since Gen. George Washington commanded the Continental Army, 42 million Americans have served the colors. A million have been killed in its defense. Another million and a half wounded.

When most of us think about military cemeteries, the first thought that comes to mind is “America’s Valhalla,” Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia, but there are many, many more across the United States. Most Americans also don’t know there are 24 American cemeteries maintained overseas with 125,000 graves of our fallen — 61,000 in France alone — the result of two wars that saved Europe from horrors unimaginable to Americans today; unimaginable, that is, unless you were a veteran of that war who saw it all with their young eyes so those who were safe in America, and those of us yet unborn, would never have to. There are also memorials overseas to an additional 94,000 Americans who were lost at sea, or their remains never recovered from 1,000 foreign battlefields.

With all this service and loss, we as Americans can be proud of the kind of people we are, as we have fought not to conquer others but to defend ourselves.

We have never enslaved any with whom we have fought. We possess no empire. On the contrary, billions across the planet are today — and billions yet unborn — live free because Americans have fought and died, and, once peace was achieved, we rebuilt the destroyed cities, economies and societies of those who only days before were our enemies.

Memorial Day was established by Presidential Decree on May 5, 1868, and first observed later that month on the 30th when all of the graves at Arlington National Cemetery — Union and Confederate — were decorated with flowers and flags. It was only three years after our terrible Civil War that finally established what kind of nation we would be. A war in which 600,000 young Americans perished for the cause they held dearer than their own lives.

For a century, the day continued to mean visiting and decorating graves or townsquare memorials to those who died serving our great nation, and celebrating with parades and civic events. Americans in the past kept the day quiet, pausing to remember, at least for a little while, the kind of men and women who so willingly gave the last full measure. Of the immensity of the sacrifice they made for those who remained safe and protected at home.

A hundred years on, in the 1960s, our Memorial Day remained the same and revolved mostly around the losses of two world wars and Korea. And while the millions of veterans of those terrible wars stood in quiet respect for a quarter of a million and more of their own, their buddies, killed in those wars and now long gone, they welcomed home the 50,000 dead — some their own sons and grandsons — who were fighting and dying in far off Vietnam.

Memorial Day was different then

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The reality in the ’60s was that we were surrounded by men, real men, who had gladly worn the country’s cloth in wars against fascism and communism. The earliest memories we had as kids were of comic books and paperbacks that honored the sacrifices of the super heroes of those conflicts. It was a time when the most violent games played by little boys was “Army men” with toy guns, and back then they were not considered at risk to develop into murderous psychopaths. Or it was a time that standing up and removing one’s hat when the national anthem was played, or saying the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer to any God a young child worshipped at the beginning of every school day was not too much trouble or considered offensive to someone else’s sensitivities or seen as trampling on the rights of anyone.

It was a time when names like Guadalcanal, Sicily, Tarawa, Salerno, Iwo Jima, Normandy and the Hurtgen Forest were real to our dads. The terrible battles at the Chosen

Editor’s Note: Today marks the 69th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in World War II. As a reminder of the sacrifices and heroics that day, we’re printing the Memorial Day speech last week of Marine Gen. John F. Kelly, commander of the U.S. Southern Command.

He delivered the speech in San Antonio.

Reservoir and the Yalu River in Korea just as real to their younger brothers, and they all watched in reverence as their own sons battled in a thousand nameless jungle battles and in the skies over Vietnam. It was all so real to us then, Memorial Day was, and we knew without thinking and to our souls that we owed this country and our precious war dead a debt we could never repay.

We live in a very different world today, and as a people have indeed lost something of quality over the years. We don’t always see that same selfless devotion to something bigger than self. Memorial Day today is more about a day off to take advantage of the big sales at the malls or car dealerships, or fighting the traffic to get a long weekend at the sea shore or lake side.

But we should be ashamed of ourselves if we forget that, as we enjoy the coming long weekend, that we are today again at war, and a new Greatest Generation continues to fight and win against a merciless enemy on our behalf in Afghanistan and in other locations around the globe.

‘Salt-of-the-earth’ warriors

Like it or not, America is engaged in a war today against an enemy that is savage, offers no quarter, whose only objectives are to either kill every one of us here in our homeland, or enslave us with a sick form of extremism that serves no God or purpose that decent and rational men and women could ever understand. Given the opportunity to do another 9/11, our vicious enemy would do it today, tomorrow and every day thereafter.

The best way to fight them is somewhere else, and for whatever reason they want to destroy our way of life, we should all thank God we still have just enough young people in America today willing to take up the fight as our bravest and most committed have done from the earliest days of our nation.

And I would be remiss if I failed to mention another kind of hero — our law enforcement professionals of every kind, particularly the uniformed police, FBI, CIA and first responders of every sort who protect the nation and its citizens in this fight against those who would do us harm.

If you know a member of your Armed Forces, and most Americans tragically do not, then you know what I am talking about. They have a look in their eye and a way of walking that marks them as warriors as good as any that have ever marched to the guns, but they are not born killers.

They are, on the contrary, good and decent youngsters, mostly from the neighborhoods of our cities and small towns across America. Almost all are from “salt-of-theearth” working-class homes, and more often than not, are the sons and daughters of cops and firemen, factory and service workers, farmers and the like. Kids who once delivered your papers, stocked shelves in the grocery store, played Little League baseball and pickup hockey in the local rink and served Mass on Sunday morning.

They are ordinary young people performing remarkable acts of bravery and selfless acts of devotion to a cause bigger than themselves. They could have all stayed in school, but chose to serve, knowing full well a brutal war was in their future.

They did not avoid the most basic and cherished responsibility of a citizen — to defend the nation and its people. On the contrary, they welcomed it.

They are the best our country produces and have consciously put every American above their own self interest. They are all heroes, and know and understand fear in a way that thankfully few Americans do.

Like veterans throughout our history, they are right now enduring things in our defense that will haunt them for the rest of their lives, but they are comforted that the vast majority of their countrymen and women they have sworn to protect will never have to deal with memories so terrible.

Those in America’s armed forces today know the price of being the finest men and women this nation has to offer, and pay it they do every day.

Five thousand two hundred and twentytwo from all services have been killed in action since 9/11. Nearly 52,000 wounded — many terribly. Some will try to make them out to be victims, but they are not victims.

They knew what they were about and were doing what they wanted to do.

We who are serving, and have served, demand not to be categorized as victims.

Those with less of a sense of service to the nation never understand it when strong and committed men and women stand tall and firm against evil, just as they can’t begin to understand the price paid so they and their families can sleep safe and free at night. The protected never do.

What the experts and commentators are missing, what they will also never understand, is the sense of commitment, joy and honor of serving the nation in its uniform.

Every veteran and the loving families who supported them, and feared for them every day, however, do understand.

Gold Star families

Memorial Day is not as much for the Gold Star families, but more for the nation and its citizens to remember. The families of the fallen need no reminder … they remember every day … all day. It never goes away. They remember every second of every day in the lives of their loved one until the instant they were informed of their deaths, and then run those memories through their minds and their hearts every second of every day thereafter.

The story of a Gold Star family starts in nearly the exact same way and most often with a knock on the door, in the earlymorning hours by a casualty officer who’d been sitting outside the house waiting anxiously for hours for the first lights to come on. He dreaded the mission he had been assigned that day. He was not glad to be there, but he was privileged to be there as the duty is a sacred one. It is an honor to be called to do it.

The minute the door opened and a family member sees him framed in the doorway he knew … he knew without being told … before he uttered his first words … he knew.

After that it varies a bit. Some collapse in grief and cover their faces screaming and striking out in panic and disbelief as images of a happy little boy or girl race through their minds. Others slam the door trying to somehow turn back the clock and make it go away. Most, however, simply invite the casualty officer in, offer a cup of coffee and sit quietly as the story of the death of someone so loved is related in words that don’t seem to make any sense … are nearly impossible to comprehend.

Every casualty call is a little different, but in the end the result is the same: A family is brought to its knees in a grief that is unexpectedly physical in its impact on the body, unbearable to the mind and agonizing to the heart … a grief that never goes away.

Not even with the passage of time.

Then begins the waiting, and the heartache seems to turn minutes to hours, and

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hours to days. The family waits because there is little left to do as the military with precision, and reverence, brings the remains of their cherished loved one home to the country they served … to rest in the good earth of the America they loved.

They are now part of a legend that God willing will never end — our America.

In past wars since the birth of our Republic, the burden of stopping such evil fell on the shoulders of an entire generation. Today the task is taken up by only 1% of America. They are men and women of character who believed in this country enough to put life and limb on the line without qualification, and without thought of personal gain.

Aside from everything else their families have endured over the loss of their loved one, they can be proud of the decision to serve … of the commitment to defend their nation when they did not have to. Proud of their loved one who stepped forward when the vast majority never even consider it. Proud that by this one very personal decision — to serve a cause higher than themselves regardless of the outcome to them personally — their fallen loved one gave answer to two questions that have over the centuries defined the dedication of free and righteous men and women in the fight against wickedness: “If not me, who? If not now, when?”

Commitment, selfless devotion

If we did not have citizens willing to not only ask, but also to act on these questions, we would have lost in our struggle for independence in 1776.

Slavery might never have been eradicated from our shores, and the rights of all Americans under the law might still be just a dream. The Nazis would have triumphed. The death camps never liberated and eliminated. Untold millions never saved from the gas chambers and furnaces. The cancer of communism responsible for the deaths of 100 million would never have been thrown onto the dust bin of history. And today the high tide of Islamic intolerance and extremism — an empire of hate that Osama bin Laden himself proclaimed would last forever — was counted in only days after 9/11 once our country woke up and took the fight to them on their home turf.

That is the kind of men and women we remember on this Memorial Day … on every Memorial Day. The comforting news to our countrymen who have decided to sit it out and watch in amazement from the sidelines at what these young heroes do every day for them in this war against our land and our values is that they are as good as any who came before them in our history.

As good as what their fathers and uncles were in Vietnam, and their grandfathers were in Korea and World War II. I have been privileged to walk among some of these heroes in combat. I have seen them literally turn the intangibles of commitment, bravery and selfless devotion into real and meaningful action.

In my three tours in this war as an infantry officer and commander, I never saw one hesitate or do anything other than lean into the fire and with no apparent fear of death or injury take the fight to our merciless enemies. Like the million who fell before them in America’s past wars, the fallen we have come here to memorialize today unhesitatingly climbed into trucks or helicopters, or

USMC Gen. John Kelly commissions a new class of Marine lieutenants in March 2011 at the Marine Corps Museum in Quantico, Va., four months after receiving word that his son, also a Marine, was killed in the Sangin River Valley in Afghanistan. departed the wire on patrol and did it as if they were born to it … were indestructible … were without fear. They also learned early as anyone who has truly experienced combat does, that fear is always with you. They also knew how random combat is, and how you have little control over whether you live or die.

They also knew what can happen to you — or just as importantly to your best friend or one of your men — in an instant. They’d seen it … it’s frightening … horrible … but still they went out knowing full well it could happen to them.

The fear is at times an all-consuming constant, but that is what courage is, isn’t it, pushing through the terror and completing the mission assigned regardless of how dangerous.

They learn early that fear is an instinct, but courage is a decision and one they make day after day throughout their tours. It is unlikely their loved ones had ever seen that in them when they were growing up, or when their dreamy-eyed spouse said “I do” holding their hands and gazing into their eyes, but I saw it every day. Their families and friends likely did not know them as one of the bravest and most courageous and committed young people our society produces … but I can attest to it.

As terrifying as combat is when it starts, when the explosions and tracers are everywhere and there is no rational reason on this Earth for a man or a woman to do anything but run away in horror or find a hole to hide in and pray to God for it to stop — the fallen we remember here today did not. When no one would call them coward for cowering behind a wall or shivering in panic in a bunker slave to the most basic of all instincts — survival, none of them did.

When the calls for the Corpsman or medic were shouted from the mouths of young kids who know they will soon be with their God — when seconds seem like hours, and it all becomes slow motion and fast forward at the same time — and the only sensible act is stop, get down, save yourself — they never did.

And their families should know and take comfort that when they fell they were not alone. When they went, they were surrounded by the finest men and women on this earth — their buddies — who desperately tried to save their lives.

They held their hands and tried to comfort them, prayed with them, listened to all the little stories about their families and their homes … until they were gone.

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They were not alone, and when the spirit left them and God in his infinite wisdom took them to his bosom, their military family lovingly sent them home.

In this their last journey, they were never alone. At every stop along the way they were treated with the greatest reverence and deepest respect due a fallen hero until members of the service they proudly joined brought them to you.

Was it worth it?

In my hundreds of trips to military hospitals around the country since 2003 and the start of the war, I’ve visited with thousands of grievously wounded American kids and their families. No matter how battered they were, no matter how many arms or legs they’d lost, their families thanked God they’d come home to them alive … but they also always very quietly asked me if it was worth it.

I never tried to answer that question — I couldn’t — it wasn’t one of my boys lying in the hospital bed. I could never fathom the inner-most thoughts of a parent who stood watch through the night at the bedside of someone they loved so much, who was so terribly wounded.

Who was I to offer an opinion?

And in my dozens of conversations with families of the fallen at Dover, or at gravesides at Arlington or at gatherings like this, I have been similarly asked if it was worth the life of someone they brought into the world, raised and nurtured so lovingly and so much looked forward to seeing grow and find wonderful husbands and wives and give them grandchildren to spoil.

Again, I had no right to reply, because as hard as I tried to understand what the immensity of their loss might be, and the depth of the sorrow in their heart, I knew it was impossible.

My sense then was it is inconceivable for anyone to understand who has not had his own heart pierced with such sadness. I learned I was right.

Since the instant I received the news in

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the foyer of my own home from a casualty officer executing his sacred duty, until the day he was buried two weeks later, I asked myself the same question a million times over. I did not have to wait until I unexpectedly caught a glimpse of him in a picture at the house, or when a thought of an earlier time came to mind, or in a quiet and unguarded moment when his loss washed over me in emotions I still can’t control.

From the moment I had my turn standing in the door looking into the glistening eyes of a casualty officer, and after that when I woke my wonderful wife and crushed her heart with the news, or while picking my wonderful daughter up off the floor where she worked, I desperately tried to convince myself that it was all for something … I worked so hard at believing his life was worth the sacrifice on the altar of America’s freedom.

But it all came to me the day we buried him in the sacred ground that is Arlington, at Section 60, Gravesite No. 9480, sitting next to his beautiful young wife, that it simply does not matter at all what we the living think. The only thing that matters is what he thought. That he had decided it was more important to be where he was that morning in the Sangin River Valley, Afghanistan, to be doing what he was doing with the Marines and Navy Doc he loved so much and led so well in what was at that time the most dangerous place on Earth.

In his mind — and in his heart — he had decided somewhere between the day he was born at 2130, 5 September 1985 and 0719, 9 November 2010, that it was worth it to him to risk everything — even his life — in the service of his country.

So, in spite of the terrible emptiness that is in a corner of my heart and I now know will be there until I see him again, and the corners of the hearts of everyone who ever knew him, we are proud … so very proud. Was it worth his life? It’s not for me to say. He answered the question for me.

It has been my distinct honor to have had the opportunity to be with you here this weekend. In spite of our loss, I am confident that our America, this experiment in democracy started just over two centuries ago, will forever remain the “land of the free and home of the brave” so long as we never run out of tough, young Americans like ours who are willing to look beyond their own self interest and comfortable lives and go into the darkest and most dangerous places on Earth to hunt down, and kill, those who would do us harm.

God Bless America, ladies and gentlemen, may all of our revered war dead rest; may we who loved them find peace and understanding in their sacrifice; and that the America that they so loved and protected, and gave their lives for, is forever worthy of their sacrifice. Of this I pray.

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May 22 Bent out of shape 6:32 p.m. — 7000 block of Bayside Drive. Property Damage. A man found the gate to his private dock pushed open and his “no trespassing” sign bent from an attempt to remove it. The man said he also saw people fishing on the public dock after hours. Police agreed to provide extra patrol.

May 25 No license, no problem 1:08 a.m. — 200 block of GMD. Suspicious Vehicle. Police saw three men milling around in a parking lot who then drove away quickly in two separate vehicles after seeing a patrol car. None of the men had Florida IDs, and two said they didn’t have licenses. Police gave the two drivers notices to appear in court.

Fight or bite 5:42 a.m. — 700 block of Broadway.

Disturbance. Police encountered two soaking-wet men while investigating screams coming from a boat ramp. One man said the other man’s girlfriend had been fighting with him. The man had scratches on his arm and a bite mark on his back. A woman on the deck of the boat said that the man’s girlfriend also bit her when she tried to help. The man’s girlfriend asked police if she could get her shoes, then tried to hide two bags of marijuana in plain site, alongside a glass pipe. The man’s girlfriend was arrested for battery and possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.

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Publix shopped first grocery store to Longboat in 1980

May 24 Crack in the case

Longboaters celebrated the opening of Publix in 1980 because they no longer had to drive to the mainland for groceries.

8:50 p.m. — Longboat Pass Bridge.

Assist Other Agency. Police stopped a vehicle while helping sheriff’s deputies search for a known drug user. The driver and passenger said they dropped the drug user off after smoking marijuana with her and showed police a backpack they said belonged to the drug user or one of her friends.

Inside the bag police found a crack pipe, marijuana pipe and copper scrubber used as paraphernalia.

Making waves 2:11 p.m. — Longboat Pass Bridge.

Disturbance. A group of people told a man to slow down while he rode his Jet Ski near them, but he accelerated because he didn’t want to “bottom out” and pull sand into the motor. The man said one of the people tried to block him from leaving the area, then tried to flip his Jet Ski and “put his hands on me.”

The man said the people in the water were wrong and under the influence of alcohol, but a witness said he was endangering the people nearby.

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Remember how long those eight months last year felt when the island was without a supermarket? The crowd burst into applause when Publix opened the doors to its new store in December.

Now, imagine how early life on the island was in the days before it had a supermarket.

Those days came to an end June 4, 1980, when Publix opened its Longboat Key store. Mayor Claire Bell cut the ribbon during a 9 a.m. ceremony; the next week, Eckerd Drug Co. opened at the Bay Isles Shopping Center.

The store’s opening was a big deal for Longboaters because it meant they wouldn’t have to leave the island to do their grocery shopping. The store remained in operation for more than 31 years before Publix tore it down in April 2012 to make room for a bigger supermarket.

+ Snake slithers into Gulfside pool

A resident in the 6000 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive came home to find an unwanted visitor in his pool, according to the June 3, 1999, issue of the Longboat Observer.

The guest was a Burmese python that measured in at nearly 9 feet and apparently escaped from its owner’s home on De Narvaez Drive.

Police captured the snake from the pool and put it in the gear box on the patrol vehicle. The snake’s owner retrieved it later that day.

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Publix advertised its new store before opening in June 1980. At the time, the store sold two pints of strawberries for $1.29 and loaves of bread for 49 cents.

+ Longboat traffic comes to a stop

This island is so good-looking that it frequently stops traffic.

That must be the explanation for motorists traveling at speeds of less than 25 mph down Gulf of Mexico Drive … right?

During the first week in June 1991, the Key got something to help stop traffic.

That’s when contractors installed a traffic light at Gulf of Mexico Drive and Longboat Club Road — the island’s second traffic light.

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6/6/83 — 3 p.m. Man reports dead person in Gulf in 1000 block of GMD. Found to be a live snorkler.

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Call Donna at 388-2847.

Sarasota Tiger Bay Club — meets at 11:30 a.m. at Michael’s On East, 1212 East Ave. This month’s panel is an annual legislative update moderated by Florida Sen. Lisa Carlton. Cost is $22 for members; $27 for nonmembers.

Call Kim Noyes at 925-2970 or email sarasotatigerbayclub@ verizon.net.

Saturday, June 8 World Oceans Day Family Festival — takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mote Marine Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway. This event will offer an ocean of opportunities to celebrate the ocean, such as games and crafts and a Dr. Seuss theme. Free with paid admission to the aquarium (Mote members always get in free). For visitor information and ticket prices, go to www.mote.org and scroll over “Aquarium.”

Wednesday, June 19 Harry’s Summer Solstice Soiree — takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. at Harry’s Continental Kitchens, 525 St. Judes Drive.

The event features wines, beers and hors d’oeuvres and benefits the Anna Maria Island Community Center. Cost is $20.

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Saturdays in June and July Mote Marine Laboratory Turtle Walks — take place at 6:45 a.m. beginning at the Longboat Key Hilton Beachfront Resort, 4711 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Meet at the hotel’s pool area for a leisurely one-and-a-half-mile walk. A Mote volunteer will lead participants while discussing sea turtles and other local wildlife. An adult must accompany children. Call 388-4441.

DON’T MISS St. Armands Circle Annual Summer Sidewalk Sale and 12th Annual Craft Festival What: The sidewalk sale takes place at participating businesses throughout the Circle; the craft festival takes place in St. Armands Circle Park. More than 175 artisans and craft persons will participate. Call 388-1554.

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Donald Sayre FitzGibbon

Donald Sayre FitzGibbon, 88, of Longboat Key and Frederick, Md., died May 25.

Memorial services will be held at a later date in Longboat Key and Maryland.

Condolences can be expressed at brownandsonsfuneral.com.

+ Savor Sarasota runs through June 14 Attention foodies: You’ve got a lot on your plate right now.

Visit Sarasota presents Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week featuring $29 threecourse dinner menus at more than 30 restaurants.

Participating Longboat Key restaurants are Dry Dock Waterfront Grill, Euphemia Haye, Harry’s Continental Kitchens and Pattigeorge’s.

On St. Armands Circle, Café L’Europe will participate. For more information and a list of all participating restaurants, visit SavorSarasota.com.

+ Baldwin graduates from West Point Celina Marie Baldwin, daughter of Longboat Key resident Ed Baldwin, graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a degree in leadership and systems engineering.

Baldwin is now in Fort Stewart, Ga., where she is an adjutant general. She is a 2008 graduate of Sickles High School in Tampa.

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+ DeLisi family holds 26th reunion at Casa del Mar The nine granddaughters of Vince and Marie DeLisi have gone in different directions: There are two medical professionals, one lawyer, one who is finishing her Ph.D. in linguistics, one fashion designer, one who is learning the hotel business, one who is working on a master’s degree in social work, one physical therapy student and one high school student.

But, once a year, they all come back to the same place: Longboat Key. The family held its 26th annual reunion during the last week in May at Casa del Mar. The DeLisi family now includes three great-grandchildren — two of whom are boys.

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Savor summer days and nights on Longboat Key by checking these activities off your to-do list.

There’s no reason for the summertime blues on Longboat Key. Sure, the weather is hotter than hot, but the Key and its beaches, shops, restaurants and roads are yours to explore without the crowds.

If you’re looking for a way to spend those summer days and nights, consider the following:

The Key currently has six waterfront restaurants that are open to the public for diners who want to savor the sun along with their food and drink: Bayou Tavern, 6850 Gulf of Mexico Drive Chart House Restaurant, 201 Gulf of Mexico Drive Dry Dock Waterfront Grill, 410 Gulf of Mexico Drive Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub, 760 Broadway Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant, 800 Broadway Pattigeorge’s, 4120 Gulf of Mexico Drive

Longboat Key’s first turtle nest was found April 30, which means that nests will begin to hatch in late June, after a 55- to 60-day incubation period.

Two or three days after a nest hatches, volunteers excavate the nest to check for straggling hatchlings, then count the number of eggs that hatch. It’s part of the extensive documentation that goes into protecting the endangered species.

Longboat Key Turtle Watch, which patrols the island’s Manatee County beach, is one of the few turtle-watch groups that invites the public to watch many of its nest excavations. Check back at YourObserver.com and read our “Turtle Tracks” column and we’ll let you know as nests hatch and excavations are scheduled.

Excavations usually take place rain or shine and are canceled only when there’s lightening.

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Here’s the secret spot for great fishing on Longboat Key: There really is none.

“The secret is, fish move around,” said avid fisherman and outdoorsman Rusty Chinnis.

Still, he offers these tips: A stronger tide usually means better fish-

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The best thing about photographing sunsets on Longboat Key: Even a camera novice will probably capture a stunning scene.

“I’ve never seen a bad place to take a sunset picture on Longboat Key,” photographer Mary Lou Johnson said.

Here are a few of her pro tips: Don’t face south; face toward the west or northwest. Clouds are good, because they make color flash all over the scene.

One exercise Johnson suggests for sunset photographers: Take photos of five to 10 different sunsets on the Key and compare them. Many people are surprised by how different every sunset is when they compare their photos.

ing. Trout tend to be plentiful in areas where sandbars drop off.

Snook season is currently closed, but when it’s open, your best bet for finding them is right along the beach. Get redfish on the hook near grass flats.

Chinnis offers this final tip: “Want to know the best time to go fishing?

Any time you can.”

Longboaters Michael Chester and Mark Huber with the 58-inch king fish they caught.

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It’s been called “the shortest Fourth of July parade in America” — and the most charming.

Patriotic people and pups of all ages are invited to show their stars and stripes at this year’s Freedom Fest at 9 a.m. Thursday, July 4, beginning on Bay Isles Road in front of Longboat Key Town Hall.

Parade participants are invited to walk the walk around Bay Isles Road or make the rounds via bike, trike or wagon. Then, enjoy breakfast, games and good, old-fashioned fun in Bicentennial Park.

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Stroll St. Armands If you’ve got money to spend, head to St. Armands Circle.

You’ll find the luxury boutiques and salons, along with high-end restaurants for which the shopping destination is famous.

On a budget? Not a problem.

Enjoy a cup of coffee at one of the Circle’s many restaurants with outdoor seating, then stroll the Circle, including St. Armands Circle Park, at its center.

Check the St. Armands Circle Association’s website, starmandscircleassoc.com, click on “events,” then check out the store happenings information, where you’ll find information about specials and savings at many businesses.

Plus, don’t miss the St. Armands Circle Annual Summer Sidewalk Sale and 12th annual Craft Festival Saturday, June 8, and Sunday, June 9, during which you’ll find sales at participating businesses, along with crafts and artwork from more than 175 artisans and craftspeople in the park.

Dogs are prohibited from Longboat Key beaches, but that doesn’t mean they can’t have fun in the sun.

If you and your four-legged friend are going for a walk, head to Joan Durante Park, 5550 Gulf of Mexico Drive, where leashed dogs are welcome to join their owners for a shady stroll during which they’ll see plenty of beautiful flowers in bloom. There are even pet-friendly water fountains so dogs can stay hydrated.

If your dog really wants to make a splash, take him or her to Ken Thompson Park on City Island or Bird Key Park, near the Ringling Bridge, both of which have bay access and allow leashed dogs.

Finally, if you’re a boater, bring your dog along for the ride. Many boaters head to sandbars near Jewfish Key or New Pass Bridge. There, Florida Fish Wildlife Conservation Commission rules are in effect, and dogs are allowed.

“If they go up on the beach, our ordinances go into effect, but wading in the water, they can actually do that,” said Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming.

Brush up on your tennis game at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center, 590 Bay Isles Road, which opens at 7:30 a.m. daily. Tennis clinics take place at 11 a.m. Monday through Friday.

This summer, you can enjoy an ice-cold beer or wine after matches from the viewing area, thanks to a new policy that allows the facility to sell alcoholic beverages. There’s also currently lots of discounted merchandise at the store in the facility.

Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, and Save Our Seabirds, 1708 Gulf of Mexico Drive, are both destinations you don’t want to miss.

At 11 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Mote aquarium visitors can watch sharktraining sessions while now listening to narration from the shark trainers. At the aquarium’s new Fossil Creek attraction, visitors can play marine paleontologist by buying a bucket of sand for $5.99 and sifting out hidden fossils from a mini waterway using a sieve. You might find sharks’ teeth, stingray tails or ancient gar scales. All discoveries are yours to keep.

Save Our Seabirds is home to approximately 250 birds of more than 30 species. The Wild Bird Learning Center is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day and offers a chance to learn more about bird life.

There’s more to Longboat’s history than condominiums.

If you want the shortened version, consider walking or biking the Historic Village of Longbeach walking tour, which a group of residents developed last summer. The tour begins on Broadway near Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant and Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub and is less than one mile. For the route, visit the Longboat Key Historical Society’s website, longboatkeyhistory.com.

If you want a longer lesson, consider biking the Key and stopping at each of the seven historic markers. The southern-most marker is at Overlook Park; the two markers furthest north are on Broadway.

The seven markers will take you from the days of Calusa Indians and Spanish explorers in the 1500s to the World War II years, when the military used the Key as a bombing range. For historic marker information, visit the town’s website, longboatkey.org.

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The Keys Longboat Key, Villa Di Lancia. $1,549,900 3/3 MLS#A3972290 Patrick DiPinto 941-387-1866

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MLS#A3977669 Nokomis, Casey Key. $1,720,000 Albert Ayers, 941-388-3966 Choose the luxurious aura pervading this fashionable 4BR/5+BA residence.

MLS#A3957392 Sarasota, Bird Key. $1,495,000 Judy Kepecz-Hays, 941-387-1825 135’ on deep water. Bay views, south exp. 11’ ceil in most rms, 4 BR, pool.

MLS#A3969823 Longboat Key. $899,500 Barbara Miller, 941-388-3966 Gulf to Bay Views!

2BR/2BA TKF Bch-front condo. Gtd comm, concierge. MLS#A3970657 Longboat Key Towers. $800,000 Lynn Robbins, 941-366-8070 Awesome views of bay & gulf! LBK Towers 9th FL 2BR/2BA, design to suit!

MLS#A3977561 Longboat Key, Sanctuary. $799,000 Roger Pettingell, 941-387-1840 Light, bright 3BR/3BA second-floor residence; amazing value; great views.

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Sarasota, Southpointe Shores. $1,893,000 4/4 MLS#A3974350 Linda Weber 941-387-1863

Osprey, Oaks. $1,095,000 4/5.5 MLS#A3972915 Roger Pettingell 941-387-1840

Longboat Key, Islander Club. $699,000 Bruce Myer, 941-387-1859 SHORT SALE! 4BD/4BA with 2,470 square feet of wide open, Gulf-front living.

MLS#A3976058 Longboat Key, Westchester Condo. $600,000 Toni Giliberti, 941-3836411 Reward yourself with elegance in this irresistible 2BR/2BA condo.

MLS#A3976372 Sarasota, Lido Harbour. $429,000 Angie Campbell, 941-383-6411 Renovated 2BR/2BA villa; new roof & AC; enjoy sunsets by the Gulfside pool.

MLS#A3976659 Sarasota, Bay Oaks. $369,000 Carolyn Donnelly, 941-350-9900 Siesta bayfront, remodeled 2BR townhome w/super views, new windows & doors.

MLS#A3968364 Longboat Key, Beach Harbor Club. $275,000 Gene DePoris, 941-3883966 Coveted 2BR/2BA waterfront condo. Amenities, short walk to St. Armands. MLS#A3978164

Manatee Sarasota, Saint Armands. $850,000 4/3 MLS#A3973126 Martie Lieberman 941-366-8070

University Park. $514,900 4/3 MLS#A3970861 Michael/Mary Nell Moore 941-387-1851/941-387-1839

Bradenton, Palms At Shorewalk Condo. $99,500 David / Wendy Leventhal, 941-387-1877/941-387-1843 2BR/2BA 1st floor condo overlooking the tropical lakes & close to the pool. MLS#A3931387

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+ Ritz-Carlton unit sells for $4 million Penthouse Unit 1702 at the Tower Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota sold last week for $4 million.

Beth Afflebach and Joan Dickinson, of Michael Saunders & Co., were the listing agents. Judy Kepecz-Hays, of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, represented the Photo courtesy of Judy Kepecz-Hays buyer.

The unit features three bedrooms, four-and-a-half bathrooms and three outdoor terraces.

+ Pettingell’s listing sells for $4 million A Bird Key home at 619 Mourning Dove Drive sold in May for $4 million, the largest amount paid for a home on the island since July.

Roberta Tengerdy, of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, represented the buyer of the home. Roger Pettingell, of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, represented the seller.

The 5,352-square-foot home has four bedrooms, a den, six-and-a-half bathrooms, multiple entertaining areas, a heated pool and spa, extended dock, boat lift and two Jet Ski lifts.

+ Marta Altizer joins MS&Co. Marta Altizer recently joined the mid-Key Michael Saunders & Co. office.

Originally from Michigan, Altizer holds a master’s of fine arts and has done extensive work for European museums and archaeology projects and has taught at the college level and conducted study tours across Europe.

Altizer has lived on Longboat Key for 13 years and has used her design background for several projects on the Key. She is an officer in the Sleepy Lagoon Homeowners Altizer Association and a volunteer at Anna Maria Elementary School.

+ Loeffler listing sells for $4.75 million A Bay Isles South home at 560 Harbor Point Road closed in May for $4.75 million.

Listed by Cheryl Loeffler, of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, the home was featured in January as the Wall Street Journal’s “House of the Day.” Jon Fox, of Michael Saunders & Co., represented the buyers, Wallace and Shirley Devlin. The seller, Timothy Clarke, paid $2.75 million for the property in 2005 and built the new 5,041-square-foot home two years ago.

The sale is the third-highest amount paid for a Longboat Key home so far in 2013.

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Fantastic New Home in the Harbor Section with almost 6,000 SF of Truly Special Custom Detailing and Design. Perfect Protected Boating! $3,995,000

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By Adam Hughes | Research Editor

Four-bedroom home on Bird Key sells for $4 million Sand Cay

The following residential real-estate transactions took place between May 20 and May 24.

A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. John Brown and M. Leslie Dover, trustees, of Reno, Nev., sold the home at 619 Mourning Dove Drive to William Brody, trustee, of Sarasota, for $4 million. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, five baths, one half-bath, a pool and 5,352 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $4,625,000 in 2007.

Edward and Mary Bauer, of Cincinnati, sold their Unit 213 condominium at 4725 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Bruce and Karen Goracke, of Omaha, Neb., for $268,000.

Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,071 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $375,000 in 2002.

Continentals Sea Club

Donald and Phylis Lange, trustees, of Madison, Wis., sold the Unit 3 condominium at 5591 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Bradley Bondi, of Arlington, Va., for $245,000.

Built in 1979, it has one bedroom, one bath and 748 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $126,000 in 1994.

Sleepy Lagoon

Donald and Mary Haas, of Longboat Key, sold their home at 6201 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Michael and Patricia Cecchi, of Longboat Key, for $3,225,000. Built in 1990, it has four bedrooms, six baths, a pool and 3,590 square feet of living area.

It previously sold for $1,025,000 in 1991.

Country Club Shores

John and Judith Hays, of Sarasota, sold their home at 608 Halyard Lane to Walter and Kathryn Lee, of Longboat Key, for $2.2 million. Built in 1963, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,924 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $2.66 million in 2005.

Robert McFarlin, of Duluth, Minn., sold his home at 570 Golf Links Lane to John and Susan Hoskins, of Williamsville, N.Y., for $810,000. Built in 1969, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,589 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $14,500 in 1967.

Pelton Place

Richard and Dolores Pelton sold their home at 5144 Gulf of Mexico Drive to V Bay Vista LLC for $1.8 million. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, two baths, one half-bath, a pool and 3,030 square

Photo courtesy of Roger Pettingell

This home at 619 Mourning Dove Drive, which has four bedrooms, five baths, one halfbath, a pool and 5,352 square feet of living area, sold for $4 million. feet of living area.

Richard Pelton and Dolores Pelton, trustee, sold the home at 5146 Gulf of Meico Drive to V Bay Vista LLC for $600,000.

Built in 1985, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,565 square feet of living area.

Beach Walk

Louis and Paula Osadjan, trustees, of Egg Harbor, Wis., sold the Unit 4 condominium at 6809 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Daniel Anber, of Quebec, Canada, for $950,000. Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,496 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $350,000 in 1991.

Longboat Beach House

High Tide LLC sold the Unit 602 condominium at 4311 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Richard and Dolores Pelton, of Longboat Key, for $600,000. Built in 1977, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,140 square

feet of living area. It previously sold for $360,000 in 2001.

The Shore

Mary Simon, of Towson, Md., sold her Unit 311 condominium at 5757 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Micki Khademi and Eshan Khademi, trustees, of Chevy Chase, Md., for $450,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,561 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $175,000 in 1989.

Longbeach Village

Joyce Brown, trustee, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., sold the Unit 13 condominium at 7125 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Stanley and Estelle Hopmeyer, of Quebec, Canada, for $335,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,170 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $175,000 in 1989.

LIDO KEY L’Elegance on Lido

Nancy Laudando, of Sarasota, sold her Unit A-1002 condominium at 1800 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Janine Cohen and Karen Francis, trustees, of Lexington, Mass., for $1.2 million. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 1,980 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,164,000 in 2008.

Lido Royale

David and Susan Shoffstall, trustees, of Plant City, sold the Unit 104 condominium at 115 Tyler Drive to Giovani and Gladys Principato, of Jackson, N.J., for $205,000.

Built in 1979, it has one bedroom, one bath and 766 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $243,000 in 2003.

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15986 Cutting Horse Trl #A3934609 $899,000 Michele C Burnett

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-928-1542

1800 Benjamin Franklin Dr # B308 #A3977399 $849,000 David Simon

Sarasota 941-388-4447 248-342-3551

1942 Wisteria St #A3974548 $789,000 Dede Curran

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-928-3255

7888 Estancia Way #A3978690 $775,000 Jane Rees

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-586-3970

1241 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 707 #A3919693 $2,495,000 Michael Moulton

250 Sands Point Rd # 5401 #A3921919 $699,000 Gail Wittig

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-228-1985

1350 Main St # 1401 #A3978546 $625,000 John August

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-320-9795

2425 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 3F #A3977282 $615,000 Mel & Jan Goldsmith

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-6673

2055 Harbour Links Dr # 2055 #A3967455 $600,000 Douglas Parks

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-400-9087

1701 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 603 #A3972159 $599,900 Sandi Layfield

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-928-3559

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-914-2807

1425 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 204 #A3941538 $599,000 Jenifer Schwell

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1485 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # A401 #A3945458 $554,000 Christina Landry

571 Putter Ln #A3968685 Linda A. Page

$2,450,000

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-376-4498

3070 Grand Bay Blvd # 632 #A3978557 $549,000 Anne Mitchell

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-725-0227

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-504-0123

1125 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 304 #A3971228 $539,000 Connie Lyke Brown Pa

Longboat Key 941-951-6660 941-951-6660

578 Bayview Dr #A3978163 $515,000 Bobbi Banan

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-356-2659

1000 Longboat Club Rd # 603 #A3968910 $499,500 Catherine De’Ath

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-350-9799

711 Bayport Way # 711 #A3977438 $439,000 Steve Magner

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-376-8559

448 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # A106 #A3968129 $410,000 Sylvia Zimmerman

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-350-5022

2089 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 202 #A3967916 $399,000 Richard Perlman

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-228-8580

615 Dream Island Rd # 306 #A3969421 $385,000 Barbara Dumbaugh

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-350-3743

6750 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 148 #A3978064 $300,000 Tammy Mast

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BUILDING PERMITS These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of May 24 through May 30, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive) Address

Permit

Applicant Sharman Rosen

775 Longboat Club Road

Interior Doors and windows

Linda Steen

1701 GMD

Interior

Ken Bull, trustee

2107 GMD

Pool and tile

Sunset Beach on Longboat Key $41,781

$87,000 $43,849.16 $42,000

1109 GMD Restroom

Beachplace Condominium Association

$32,000

1281 GMD

Alteration

David Gallagher

$20,000

760 Marbury Lane

Lift, dock and seawall

Allan Brockett

$19,100 $11,500

584 Halyard Lane

Pool

William Bowe, trustee

7040 Longboat Drive N.

Re-roof

Verna Ritter

$7,695

752 St. Judes Drive N.

Boat lift

X394

$7,000

3330 GMD

Interior

Michael McCarthy

$5,000

3804 GMD

Window

Colette Nemni

$1,570

535 Sanctuary Drive

Skylight

The Sanctuary condominium

$1,250 $1,090

502 Forrest Way

Garage door

Slu Ng

615 Dream Island Road

Dock

Harbour Villa Club

$850

774 St. Judes Drive N.

Shutters

James Quinn

$600

9200 Midnight Pass Rd # 14 #A3975968 $199,500 Marcia Salkin

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-376-7591

Siesta Key 941-383-7591 941-376-6121

1975 Gulf Of Mexico Dr Longboat Key #A3957313 $3,000-$4,200/month, 60 day min Diann Thelen 941-552-4200

1104 Benjamin Franklin Dr # 619 #A3977457 Diann Thelen

3320 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 104-C #A3977957 $264,900 Doris Bushman

3804 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 304 #A3978986 $189,900 Stephen Harris

373 Benjamin Franklin Dr #A3971800 $3,000,000 Stephanie Church

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-724-5448

1281 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 1104 #A3963869 $1,995,000 Hannerle Moore

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-387-7300

590 Putting Green Ln #A3961783 $1,595,000 Sylvia Zimmerman

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-350-5022

3351 Sabal Cove Ln #A3970391 $1,275,000 David Simon

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941.400.8764

1713 Hawthorne St #A3975254 $1,090,000 Susan Mcleod

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-928-4445

2204 Harbour Court Dr #A3972270 $999,000 Michael Yawitz

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-587-8091

7552 Conservation Ct #A3966382 $995,000 Sharon Ross

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-320-4190

1205 S Orange Ave #A3974901 $991,205 John Allaman

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-232-4200

7050 Firehouse Rd #A3977579 $959,000 Terri Derr

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-356-6694

230 Sands Point Rd # 3101 #A3960738 $950,000 Ian Addy Pa

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-961-8850

627 Owl Way #A3975598 John August

Sarasota 941-388-4447 941-320-9795

Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-383-9253

Longboat Key 941-388-4447 941-780-2352

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556 Sutton Pl #A3975937 $279,900 Robert Dardas

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Longboat Key 941-383-7591 941-350-5292

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6700 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 108 #A3971108 $202,000 Kathy Simonds

Longboat Key 941-383-5502 941-266-8303

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4430 Exeter Dr # 107 #A3968147 $285,000 Bruce & Jenine Meyer

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Sarasota $2,200 941-552-4200

1075 Gulf Of Mexico Dr # 101 #A3976216 Diann Thelen

Longboat Key $1,500 941-552-4200

$950,000

VA C AT I O N R E N TA L S 3315 Bay Shore Rd #A3973036 $9,990,000 Klaus Lang

Mid Longboat 383.5502 • South Longboat 383.7591 • St. Armands 388.4447 Main Street 951.6660 • Palmer Ranch 966.8000 • Siesta Key 349.3444

Sarasota 941-383-7591 941-320-1223

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Veranda Beach Club verandabeachclub.com 800.411.5511

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SPICE BAY Located in the private gated community of Spice Bay on Siesta Key is the Bonaire a truly luxurious residence with a Dutch West Indies style built by Perrone Construction. With four en suite bedrooms, guest quarters and your own boat slip this beautiful home offers the best of everything!

$2,349,000

KEIth PoIntE - Remarkable Sarasota Bay front home surrounded

SPICE baY - The Antiqua is an exciting British West Indies architectural design in keeping with the idea of casual elegance.

This 3BR/3.5BA open floor plan and beautifully finished outdoor living room is situated around a stunning courtyard and pool. Being built by Perrone Construction. $2,200,000

lonGboat KEY toWErS - Sophisticated elegance with breathtaking Gulf, Bay and city views from this 3BD/3BA Penthouse residence. The home of Mr. Arthur Ferrante, of Ferrante & Teicher fame, is now being sold by his wife. Soaring ceilings, open floor plan and $1,999,000 oversized windows welcome the sun and the sea.

harbour oaKS - n the gated community of Bay Isles in Harbour

by lush tropical landscaping. Stunning open Bay views, gourmet kitchen, spacious patio with summer kitchen on 175” of waterfront with oversized dock. $3,899,000

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Lucy and Reagan Walter’s mother, Janet, worries their bedroom walls are getting cluttered. That’s because they’re covered with ribbons the sisters have won in horseback-riding competitions.

Their latest victory came in May, at the Fox Lea Farm Open Neighborhood: May H/J SchoolSleepy Lagoon ing Show in Venice, when both Lucy, NeighborS 10, and Reagan, 8, since: Lucy, 10, received the grand and Reagan, 8, champion title and have lived on the first place in the Key their entire lives. classic part of the competition for their classes.

They both began riding at age 2 or 3 at their grandfather’s farm, in Myakka City.

Now, they ride at least five or six days a week at Westport Equestrian in Bradenton on their pony, Better Then Good, aka

Oaks is a beautifully updated 3BD/ 3BA end unit villa, with private heated pool and spa. View the lush tropical atrium from the kitchen, $585,000 dining room and guest bedroom.

Goodie, a German warmblood.

“It’s pretty cool to have a passion when they’re that young,” says Janet Walter.

Lucy says that riding horses makes her “happy.”

Reagan says, “It’s fun to play with my horses and tack them up and jump them.”

Both sisters attend St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in Bradenton and are Longboat Key natives. Both also plan to stay in the saddle. Lucy wants to be a rider when she grows up; Reagan would like to be a rider and a professional jumper.

Riding is something the whole family enjoys. Their father, Stephen, rides Western saddle, and Janet Walter rides Eastern saddle. In fact, she credits her daughters with motivating her to take up riding.

“They’re better than me, but it’s something we can do together,” she says.

— Robin Hartill

RepoRt CaRd foR 2012: 40 SaLeS $40,000,000 IN SaLeS VoLUMe 40 MILLIoN “tHaNK YoU’S” to MY CUStoMeRS aNd CLIeNtS foR tHeIR SUppoRt!

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ProMEnaDE - Incredible Gulf, beach, and city views from the terrace, as well as the floor-to ceiling windows of this 2 bedroom, 2 bath condominium residence at the Promenade! 24 hour, 7 days a week, guard gated community. $595,000

SEaPlaCE - Enjoy direct Gulf views and vibrant sunsets from the screened lanai of this 2BD/2BA updated condo.

Kitchen features granite counters, upgraded stainless steel appliances, and solid wood cabinetry. $585,000

PlaYErS Club - Enjoy Gulf Views and vibrant sunrises from the spacious screened lanai of this 2BD/2.5BA turnkey furnished Players Club condo! Private beach for the exclusive use of residents. $530,000

SEaPlaCE - Direct Gulf Views! Enjoy an afternoon sea breeze from the spacious screened lanai of this 2 BD/2BA first floor $425,000 walkout condominium.

SEaPlaCE – Experience paradise with partial Gulf views from the screened porch of this 2BD/2BA turnkey furnished condo with tastefully updated kitchen and baths. $420,000

ISlanDEr Club – Lovely bay view from this east-facing residence with a ‘peek of the Gulf’ from the master bedroom! This condo was renovated in 2006 and is fully furnished. $405,000

ISlanDEr Club JuSt rEDuCED! – Beautifully maintained 2B/2BA turnkey furnished condo with gorgeous garden and bay views looking east to the city of Sarasota. $369,000

SEaPlaCE – Experience paradise with partial Gulf views from the screened porch of this 2BA/2BA turnkey furnished condo.

Kitchen and both full baths have been tastefully updated. $324,900

lonGboat harbour – Enjoy Florida’s long sunny afternoons on the enclosed lanai overlooking the shimmering salt water canals and swimming pool in this charming 2BD/2BA corner residence. $265,000

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BAY ISLES - Spectacular 2011 built 4BR home, a must-see for its extraordinary beauty & design details. A3969494 $3,600,000

BAY ISLES - Custom designed 6,000sf 5BR home in exclusive gated neighborhood. A3970216 $3,650,000

COUNTRY CLUB ShORES - Remodeled canal front 4br residence on oversize lot. A3975981 $1,750,000

LBK GULF FRONT LOTS - 2 lots totaling 2.25 acres w/ 200’ of gulf frontage. A395884 $6,000,000

WATER CLUB - Coveted southern exposure 3,000sf furnished residence w/city view. A3919693 $2,495,000

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President Dr. Donal O’Shea talks future of New College New College of Florida President Dr. Donal O’Shea joined the Longboat Key Kiwanis Club Thursday, May 30, at the Longboat Key Club Whiskey Tavern and Bar, to discuss the future of New College. As he approaches his oneyear anniversary as president of the liberal-arts college, O’Shea reflected on the institution’s accomplishments, as well as its future opportunities and biggest challenges.

Among its accomplishments, O’Shea highlighted the disproportionately large percentage of Fulbright scholars the college produces, as well as the relatively low level of debt with which its students graduate. Also noted was the high percentage of students who go on to pursue advanced degrees.

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the Players Club - Gulf Views Fully furnished apartment in beautiful condition Gulfside on Longboat Key in a gated community. 1,800 SF, two bedrooms + a den off of the kitchen that could be a 3rd sleeping area. $599,000

lido beach - best waterfront Value Gated Mediterranean inspired residence w/protected Bay views, within walking distance to Lido Beach and St. Armands Circle. 6BR/6.5BA on 148 ft of waterfront. $2,990,000

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Siesta Cove - waterfront Short Sale An incredible opportunity to live in a premier neighborhood, on a superb waterfront lot in a gorgeous 4,869 SF home.

Open waterfront views. $1,900,000

Below pre-construction price! Best downtown price per SF of 3,751. 6th floor corner furnished apartment with gleaming wood floors 3BR + Den/3BA. 2 terraces for beautiful sunsets.

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$4,900,000 ane rit l-4 p s w 1 n bo 620open Su l’ambiance ii - Sunset Views Direct Gulf front 2 bedroom + Den/3rd bedroom with 2,800 SF. Sabal floor plan with gorgeous water views. 2 parking spaces included. $1,995,000

islands west - beach & bay Views Lovely 2BR/2BA apartment on the 8th floor Southwest side of the building with beautiful water views of the Gulf of Mexico and Sarasota Bay. In perfect condition with new sliding glass doors! $699,000

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Jim Whitman, Bob Kromer and Kiwanis Club President Richard Crawford

Captivating City & Bay views with 4 bedrooms and 7,452 SF of quality and elegance. Outdoor living at its best!

Infinity-edge pool, 2,460 SF of terraces, boat dock & lift.

Country Club Shores - direct bay front Lovely 3,700+ SF waterfront home at the end of a cul-de-sac with 3 bedrooms plus study/4th bedroom, stunning open Bay views, infinity-edge pool and two car garage. $3,500,000

ringling Pointe – Stunning direct bay front On 145 feet of deep water with 5BR/3.5 BA, a 2,200 SF master suite, 1,000 bottle wine room, private dock, wading & lap pool w.spa & 8-car garage. $3,490,000

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Sea Gate Club - direct Gulf front inCredible oPPortunity Feels like a beach house! Gulf, beach and sunset views from every room of this 2BR/2BA split floor plan. Offered $599,000 entirely turnkey furnished.

beach front opportunity longboat Key Just under an acre with 100 ft of pristing beach front. 3 bedroom / 2 bath South Beach style bungalow with attached garage. $2,595,000

Gated privacy on 2+ acres directly on the Gulf of Mexico. 10,000SF, 7BR/6.5BA with attached guest wing.

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Autos Wanted WE BUY CARS. TOP $$ PAID FOR YOUR VEHICLES. Call Hawley Motors, 941-923-3421.

Boat Slips For Rent/Sale BOAT SLIP FOR RENT, up to 25’. High, dry, indoor marina. Excellent boating location. By the month or yearly. Private owner, 941-371-1866.

LBK MOORINGS Slip Rental, 65’ Open Water View (R/8) Dock, $500/per month annual.

813-500-0566.

Boats Boats are selling very well. 17 yr. Island resident, many references. “Business On A Hand Shake”.

I also buy boats. Please visit: Islandboatsales.net Call Dave, (owner) 941-228-3489.

ChitwoodCharters.com Cruise or Fish Hyatt Sarasota Docks 32’/53’ Yachts - 2hrs./2 months 941-383-5232

Furnishings BEDROOM SET for sale: 2 twin beds, dresser, night table in perfect condition. Best offer.

Call 914-419-1406.

General Merchandise THRIFT SHOP: The Lord’s Warehouse.

Next to Longboat Island Chapel. Wednesdays & Saturdays, 9a.m.-1p.m. Clothes, jewelry, furniture, other items. 6140 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

941-383-4738.

Help Wanted

Condos/Apts. For Rent

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

OUTRIGGER CONDO 1BR/1BA. 1st floor, end unit, lanai, directly on beach, updated with Wi-Fi, available 6/15 until December. Price negotiable.

Call 847-533-6122

CASA DEL MAR BEACH RESORT

Homes For Rent

RENTALS 4 NIGHT MIN. GULF FRONT/ GULF VIEW

$1,950/MO.: ANNUAL Rental.

3BR/3BA, Longboat Key. Across street from private beach.

Updated, awesome beach views, garage, 55+.

941-232-1357.

Growing company in the E-commerce space hiring Dealer Advocates (Sales Associate / Account Executives) in Downtown Sarasota!

The Dealer Advocate will maintain and enhance existing Dealer Member relationships and actively pursue new members. The Advocate will utilize independent thinking and will work cooperatively with dealers, vendors and other members of the DU team to meet or exceed sales quotas, provide perfect customer satisfaction and fundamentally change the dealer to vendor buying and customer service relationship in the Automotive Industry.

Work In Downtown Sarasota Office Base pay + Commission Interested?

Send your resume to Attn: Rich at Jobs@DealersUnited.com

LBK ANNUAL: with option to buy $1500 month, 2BR/2BA, ground floor, corner, canal view, across from the beach, includes cable and water.

941-387-8485 LBK CONDO at Seaplace: 1369/sq.ft., 2BR/2BA, fully furnished, few steps from beach. Enjoy Gulf views and sunsets. Clubhouse, fitness center, tennis courts, 2 Gulfside heated pools, spa included. Available May 1, 2013. $2700/mo.

Annual rent preferred. 941-321-0915.

LONGBOAT BAYPORT BTC- 2BR 2BA Gulf front views- wifi-Monthly rentals 813-541-8876.

“Take our video tour at” www.casadelmar.net

Real Estate Wanted

Office Open 7 Days, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive Longboat Key 34228

WANTED LUXURY ANNUAL RENTALS

WASHER/ DRYER IN EVERY UNIT BEAUTIFUL KITCHENS LARGE HEATED POOL GULFSIDE

For Qualified Waiting Clients

FREE Wireless High Speed Internet

Contact - Sarasota Luxury Rentals 941-225-1356

“Where People Return Year After Year” “INTENTIONALLY BETTER”

email: info@sarasotaluxuryrentals.com Personalized attention with professional honest advice.

25 Years Experience - References available

Condos/Apts. For Rent BEACHPLACE, LBK. Casual beachfront living in 2BR/2BA, balcony condo. Olympic pool, health club, tennis courts. Available June through December, $2000/mo. Also available January through March, $5000/mo. Call for info. Contact Elizabeth/NYC. 212-570-2950.

Reservations: 941-383-5549 Visa/ MC Fax: 941-383-7925

UPSCALE, HISTORIC Longboat Village cottage.

400/sq.ft., 1BR/1BA, modern kitchen, heat & air, Washer/ dryer, large walk-in closet, private yard, storage, short walk to beach. Lease. No pets. $1000/mo. 941-383-5080.

Vacation/Seasonal Rentals

Exceptional Vacation Rentals Since 1994 Homes & Condominiums Studios to Six Bedrooms Beachfront, Intercoastal or Garden Excellent Service & Staff

A BEACHFRONT: 2BR/2BA, LBK condo. Directly on Gulf, new kitchen, washer & dryer, pool, tennis court. Available August 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014.

3/month minimum. Non-smoking. No pets.

201-694-9222.

A BEACHPLACE LBK Condo. Beachfront, 2BR/2BA. Elegantly furnished, internet access, heated pool, covered parking, exercise room.

Available Aug., Sept., Oct., Dec., 2013 & Feb. & March, 2014. Non-smoking/ pets. By owner.

941-383-1884.

BEAUTIFUL 3BR/2BA guest house, over 2000 sq. ft. on large estate. Fully furnished, lake and golf course views in Osprey. No Pets. $2500/Monthly.

Available June 1st through October.

941-350-8267.

Lost & Found LOST: LARGE black long haired cat. St. Judes Dr. N., LBK. Responds to the name Vinny. Reward.

Please call 941-320-2859.

FLORIDA VACATION CONNECTION www.FLvacationconnection.com 941-387-9709 877-705-2460 FAIRWAY BAY. Spectacular Views. Designer decorated. Sleeps 4. Covered Parking. Inquiries: rainmakersdaughter@yahoo.com

GULF FRONT 2BR/2BA, open, direct views, tennis court, 2 heated pools, steps away from the sand. Recently remodeled.

941-228-5671.

GULFFRONT: LONGBOAT TERRACE 2BR/2BA condo. 2014 Seasonal rental.

Tastefully decorated.

BOOK NOW. 321-279-3610.

Merchandise Wanted CASH FOR Old Military Items. Swords, uniforms, insignia & old guns. Call 941-416-3280.

LBK: TIFFANY Plaza Beachfront Condos, 1st floor, 2BR/2BA, W/D in units, walk out to beach.

Furnished, heated pool, covered parking. 1 mo. min. 941-383-3338.

SENIOR LOOKING to purchase precious metals, time pieces, coins, jewelry and antiques. Please call Marc, 941-321-0707.

Personal Messages

LIDO BEACH Vacation paradise. 1 & 2 bedroom condos overlooking beautiful Lido Beach.

Weekly rates. Lido Dorset. Rental condo.

1-800-734-3370.

LOST & FOUND: Camera lost Sunday afternoon 5/26 north of Hilton on LBK. Left on top of car. PHOTOS IMPORTANT. Boy & Girl's 1st trip to beach & DISNEY & family photos. REWARD. 941-928-4043.

Classified Ads Bring Results 941-955-4888

Storage STORAGE FACILITY Boat/ RV/ Trailer. Secure facility, low monthly rentals, Clark Rd area.

941-809-3660, 941-809-3662.

This week’s Crossword answers Reserved Space LP Reserved Space

Help Wanted NEEDED: TUTOR for 6 year old. Reading and writing. 941-706-4809.

SALES POSITION. P/T. Must be available 24-30 hours week, 6 hour shifts, evenings & weekends.

Located on Siesta Key. Retirees Welcome.

727-244-5906.

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26A Classifieds Vacation/Seasonal Rentals Weekly/ Monthly/ Seasonal Rates Beachfront, Bayfront and In Between Houses or Condos Reservations 941-383-6127 Visa/ MC 800-352-0367 5360 Gulf of Mexico Dr., Suite 101 Longboat Key, FL 34228 Rental office 9a.m. - 5p.m. M-F Ask about our special rates!

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THE www.yourobserver.com Vacation/Seasonal Rentals LONGBOAT KEY BEACH FRONT, 1BR, 2BA Sands Point condo with Gulf views, large living room, den and beautifully renovated kitchen.

2-3 Month minimum. Call 203-984-8477 or email: garment@optonline.net LONGBOAT KEY. Gulf front, heated pool on beach, 1BR/1BA condo, full kitchen, dining, sleeps/4, king pillowtop. 617-328-7145, 857-939-1049.

ON THE Gulf w/pool. 1BR condo, sleeps 4. Nicely furnished, cable, phone, full kitchen, living, dining area, W/D in building. Weekly or Monthly. May through January. $1600/mo. 351-5101.

PRIVATEER WINTER 2014. 3 month rental.

2BR/2BA with full Gulf views. Pool, tennis, beautiful beach and watch complete sunsets from two balconies. Please call 1-203-803-0655 for more information.

SINGLE PERSON, non-smoker looking for condo rental on Longboat Key, February 2014. Reply to: mhgolin@yahoo.com

LIDO BEACH CONDOMINIUMS Weekly - Monthly - Seasonal Resort Properties, Inc. Licensed Real Estate Broker Full Service Condominium Management 941-388-3921 - 888-388-3921 941-650-1857 Visit us at: resortproperties.pro LONGBOAT HARBOR: 2BR/2BA, elegant top floor, furnished, bay/harbor views, W/D and whirlpool in unit, 4 pools, tennis, activities, exercise room, clubhouse, private beach, beach house. Available January, 2014. 3/mos. minimum or Annual lease. Non-smoking. No pets. Call 941-544-4509.

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WEEKLY RENTALS. Luxurious, fully furnished 1 - 4 bedrooms. Condominiums and Cottages.

Beach to Bay. On-site management. Pools, tennis, boat slips. Visit: www.FloridaRent.com for information and virtual tours. 800-333-7335, 941-383-3117.

Adult Care Services CAREGIVER IS available for traveling, baths, meds, assist with bills. Full time or part time.

References. 941-545-5992.

CNA’S/HHA’S Homemakers/Companions Senior Home Companions provides personal care and non-medical care for Seniors. We are “For Seniors by Active Seniors”. F/T, P/T, Overnight and Weekend work available. We service Sarasota/Bradenton and Venice. 941-924-0494. www.Senior Home Companions.com FL Lic. #NR30211323 and #HCS5023

Auto Service WE WANT TO BUY YOUR VEHICLE!!!

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ROGER SELLS LUXURY WATERFRONT PROPERTY For the third time in five years, Roger has been named: #1 Realtor in both Sarasota and Manatee Counties • #1 Single Coldwell Banker agent for all of Florida

ROGER SELLS BIRD KEY

ROGER SELLS L'AMBIANCE

Bird Key is an exclusive waterfront community located between Sarasota and Lido Key. Just past the guard house, you will find beautiful custom-built homes, wide streets and underground utilities. Bird Key is a boater’s dream, with deep waterways and easy access to Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.

L’Ambiance features the finest in south Longboat Gulf front living! Located on 18 acres and comprised of 136 residences in two nine-story buildings, L’Ambiance features a 24-hour manned guard gate, concierge service, two tennis courts, private elevators, 10-foot ceilings, guest suites and more.

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$2,649,000

3 bedrooms, 2 baths

Charming home on Sarasota’s open bay with 100' of water frontage. With all new windows and sliders, hardwood floors and sweeping views from nearly every room. Direct access to the Gulf.

SARASOTA BAY

350southshoredrive.com Palatial estate with views of the bay and downtown Sarasota. 5BR/3½BA plus office, formal living and dining room. Heated pool.

Spacious 3-car garage. $2,445,000

LONGBOAT BAYSIDE 7100longboatdriveeast.com A boater’s dream with deep-water dockage and multiple boat lifts, this property offers two separate homes. $1,295,000

RITZ TOWER RESIDENCES ritztowerresidences503.com Stunning sunsets from nearly every room in this 3BR residence. Furnished. $1,495,000

THE OAKS 332bananapatchcourt.com Cliff Scholz-designed 4+BR with over 5,000 feet of quality construction on the bayside.

Spectacular outdoor living areas. $1,095,000

SORRENTO SHORES

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grandbay263.com Beautifully upgraded 2BR/3½BA Cayman.

Media room, wine storage, cook ’s kitchen and custom features throughout. $1,595,000 grandbay156.com Southern exposure! 3BR/3½BA, Antigua plan offers sprawling bay, city and golf course views from every room. $1,390,000 grandbay246.com Light and bright 3BR/3½BA Antigua.

Wraparound terrace, far-reaching bay and city views, 4th-floor residence. $1,295,000 grandbay241.com Lovely 3BR direct bayfront Antigua with wraparound terraces and 2,900+ living space.

Many upgrades throughout. $1,195,000

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6171gulfofmexicodrive.com Perfect Gulf breezes and ideal sunsets from this 5BR/5½BA beachfront home. Situated on 1+ acre site with an extended, gated entry.

Also includes dock. $3,495,000

SANDS POINT

www.longboatbeachcomber11.com 2BR/2BA direct Gulf residence – ideal retreat or rental. Small community conveniently located. Furnished. $695,000

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Enjoy Gulf sunsets on one private terrace and bay breezes on the other terrace. $995,000

condonthebaynorth409.com Direct bay front 3BR/3BA residence with wonderful water views from nearly every room. $599,000

GRAND BAY

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LONGBOAT KEY TOWERS

535Sanctuarydrive203.com This 3BR/3BA is light and bright. Includes one covered parking space. $799,000

3 bedrooms, 3 baths

This Sabal plan welcomes you with endless Gulf views, floor-to-ceiling windows and an expansive great room with elevated ceiling height. Includes 2 covered parking spaces.

COUNTRY CLUB SHORES

1015bogeylane.com 4BR plus den with views down the canal out to the bay. Upgraded finishes. $1,795,000

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2405bayshoreroad.com Expansive multi-faceted estate on more than 200' of water frontage. A main home, guest cottage and a private theater. $1,995,000

grandbay325.com South side 3BR/3½BA Biscayne with marina and city views. Walls of windows. $829,000 grandbay315.com Charming 3BR/3½BA Biscayne with wonderful updates and views of the bay and twinkling lights of downtown. $819,000 grandbay212.com 3BR/3½BA Biscayne plan with wraparound bay and pool views. In wonderful condition.

May be purchased furnished. $759,000 grandbay542.com 2BR/2BA, 4th floor, Bimini abounds in custom details and views of the bay, golf course and downtown. Furnished. $725,000

sandspoint116.com Gorgeous Gulf views, completely updated, 2BR residence. Furnished. $1,195,000

SEAPLACE seaplaceg8406.com Gulf views from this top-floor 2BR/2BA. Updated kitchen and 9' ceilings. $419,000 seaplaceg1211.com Spacious 2BR/2BA with upstairs living area.

Steps to the beach. Furnished. $339,000 seaplaceg4204.com Terrific value, this 2BR is located in the popular G-4 building. $309,000 seaplaceg6106.com Wonderful 2BR/2BA just steps to the beach.

Light and open layout. Furnished. $249,900

ROGER C. PETTINGELL LUXURY WATERFRONT SPECIALIST

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