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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 41, NO. 12
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5 go above and beyond Courtesy photo
A TEAM EFFORT
Top listings seek special buyers. PAGE 3
South Pole-bound or just costumes? PAGE 20 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2018
YOUR TOWN Turn back time Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, so don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour before going to bed Saturday night, and enjoy that extra hour of sleep. Daylight saving time will begin again March 10.
Rockin’ Readers keep the stories and inspiration coming. SEE PAGE 18 File photo
John Wild
Season of giving It’s almost that time of year. Soon the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key members will be volunteering their time to ring bells for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign outside of Publix. This year, the club is looking for extra volunteers to help it fill 75 minute slots. Those interested should email their name and phone number to Ed Krepela at edkrepela@ gmail.com. An anonymous Salvation Army donor has offered to match every $20 bill that drops into the kettle. Katie Johns
Dylan Hamilton and Jan Scott are all smiles during their Rockin’ Reader time Emma E. Booker Elementary School. Several Longboaters volunteer with the program, which was started by Key resident Ruthie Maass.
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Key firefighters pitch in Damage, resilience impress pair who spent 16 days helping in Panhandle. SEE PAGE 14 Joe Rondone, courtesy of the Tallahassee Democrat
Houses are left demolished in Mexico Beach on Oct. 17, one week after Hurricane Michael ripped through the coastal Florida town.
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The next chapter St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church is bidding adieu to the Rev. Eric Scanlan. Scanlan has accepted a role as an administrator at Incarnation Parish and chaplain of Cardinal Mooney High School in Sarasota. Scanlan joined the St. Mary, Star of the Sea, family in January 2017. Over the weekend, St. Mary parishioners had the chance to send him off with receptions following masses.