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VOLUME 38, NO. 48
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One week, two aces
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THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2016
The easy route: 360 North
Residents are fed up with beachgoers who cut through their property. PAGE 2A
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YOUR TOWN
Gospel music soothes the soul INSIDE
Town nixes Mote land purchase Commissioners say no to buying a 2-acre lot. SEE PAGE 5A
TROUBLEIN PARADISE
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Comb through the clues in H. Terrell Griffin’s ‘Trouble in Paradise.’
What were they thinking? Last year, Condé Nast Traveler ranked Longboat Key ninth in its top U.S. island destination list. Travel and Leisure magazine released a similar list last week, but this year, Longboat did not make the cut as one of the best islands in the continental U.S. Hilton Head Island, S.C., was No. 1, and the only Florida island on the list is the Florida Keys, at No. 7.
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Al “Mifflin” Lowe and his dog, Pookie
Bird Key author triples the smiles Bird Key resident Al “Mifflin” Lowe’s third children’s book, “Little Dog, Big Bark. Big Dog, Little Bark” is available on Amazon for $9.95. Buy it for the same price through AmazonSmile, which will donate a portion of proceeds to the ASPCA, and Lowe will triple what Amazon donates.
TURTLE TRACKS WEEK OF JULY 3-9: Nests False Crawls
2016 2015 124 71 419 49
TOTAL, AS OF JULY 9: 2016 2015 Nests 840 580 False Crawls 1,225 542 Longboat Key numbers Source: Mote Marine Laboratory
SEE PAGE 12A
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