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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 41, NO. 26
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40 years in the making.
PAGE 1B THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2019
YOUR TOWN
Suzanne Elliott
Mike Haycock
Katie Johns
Laura and Robert Dutton
Happy birthday, Robert Dutton! Longtime Longboat Key resident Robert Dutton turned 90 on Feb. 4. The birthday celebrations began a few days earlier, however, with a special party Feb. 2 with close friends and family. Dutton and his first wife, Marlys, were the first residents to move into Islands West, even before the elevators worked. Their furniture was brought to their unit by crane. He still lives there today with his wife of 14 years, Laura. Dutton is a former advertising agency owner.
Haycock hears top Six years, concerns $6.6 million of town Town receives its FEMA payday from 2012’s Tropical Storm Debby. PAGE 3A
Newcomer spends time listening, learning. PAGE 5A
A+E Two actors tackle a classic story. INSIDE
Words of wisdom The Rotary Club handed out more than 150 dictionaries to Tuttle Elementary School fourth-grade students Jan. 25. Six Rotarians visited with the students and taught them how to use the dictionaries as well as discussed the importance of having a strong and extended vocabulary. This week, the club visited Phillippi Shores Elementary School for another Dictionary Day.
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The 3,000-square-foot office is estimated to cost $2 million. Unicorp plans to build it in the fall.
Sold on sales office Commissioners support Unicorp’s plan to set up a temporary St. Regis real estate site. PAGE 2A