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Manatee County attracts tourism without depleting resources
Manatee County is receiving recognition for its ability to attract tourism without depleting its natural resources. The county has been selected for the upcoming Sustainable and Authentic Florida...
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Fashionable fun hits runway at Longboat Key Club
Longboat Key friends of fashion, fine food and frolicking with friends came out to the watch runway contestants at the Garden Club’s annual Taste of the Keys fashion show. Modeling area fashions were...
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Mar Vista expansion creates complaints in historic Longboat Village
STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com An application to further expand the Mar Vista Restaurant’s seating capacity as well as the desire to intensify the use of a neighboring historic...
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Mar Vista back on agenda
STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com The approval by the Longboat Key Town Commission of a site plan allowing the expansion to the historic Longbeach Village restaurant, the Mar Vista,...
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Mar Vista debacle latest in damaging decisions
STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com Who should the Longboat Key Club, residents and IPOC members blame for not having an approved and legally justifiable expansion application at...
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Errors force Mar Vista do-over
The Town of Longboat Key abandoned last week its protractor-based system of calculating distances for public noticing after several property owners failed to receive notice of a Mar Vista expansion. A...
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The Mar Vista Controversy
JOHN O. SUMMERS Guest Columnist opinion@lbknews.com As with all controversies, it is important to first clearly specify what the recent Mar Vista controversy is and is not about before discussing how...
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Town Attorney urges Commission to rescind Mar Vista approval
The Longboat Key Town Commission will consider Monday, May 6 at 7 p.m. a recommendation from Town Attorney Maggie Mooney-Portale to rescind the site plan that the board granted on May 6 for a Mar Vista...
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Good grief
LARRY GROSSMAN Guest Columnist grossman@lbknews.com On May 6th I attended the Commission hearing on the MarVista Site Plan application. I wondered why few from the affected Village neighborhood...
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Mar Vista hearing canceled for attorney input
Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant owner Ed Chiles this week rescinded his application to restore the historic Rufus P. Jordan House, but will proceed with building a tree house and adding 11 seats to the...
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