LONGBOAT Holiday
Longboat Key’s weekly newspaper since 1978
2015
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A Sarasota-based developer agrees to purchase six north-end parcels, but there’s a caveat. PAGE 4A YOUR TOWN Kristen Herhold
St. Armands Executive Director Diana Corrigan, front, with her husband, Richard, and St. Armands Residents Association President Hugh and Anne Fiore. St. Armands Circle got into the holiday spirit when residents and businesspeople decorated the Circle’s 51-foot Christmas tree Monday. “What a great community effort, with residents and merchants coming together,” Diana Corrigan said. The Circle will light the tree at its 37th annual Holiday Night of Lights Dec. 4. SEE MORE PHOTOS AT YOUROBSERVER.COM.
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The Rev. Vincent Carroll
Carroll to stay put at chapel pulpit Last month, the Longboat Island Chapel announced its senior minister, the Rev. Vincent Carroll, would retire Dec. 31. On Sunday however, parishioners rejoiced when Carroll said he will stay. “This past spring, my wife, Molly, and I had the ground shift underneath us with our health,” Carroll said. “We thought it would be better for us and the church to retire, but the board at the church was able to work out a flexible schedule for us, so we can make our appointments and still be at the church.” Carroll joined the chapel in January 2013 and has helped increase membership and enhance the church’s programs, including the Aging in Paradise Resource Center. “We’re very happy to be able to stay with the island community and our chapel,” Carroll said.
The scoop on
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Town Manager approves the cleanup of thousands of fish littering Longboat Key waterways. SEE PAGE 3A
Lido residents tee off on proposal. PAGE 7A
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Kurt Schultheis
A debris contractor cleans Country Club Shores canals Nov. 20, scooping up dead fish and depositing them at Bayfront Park for transport to a Bradenton landfill.
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