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Observer Longboat Key’s weekly newspaper since 1978
Woman finds her way with labyrinths. PAGE 1B
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 40, NO. 36
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Knut Imshaug, Berit Gullberg, Owe Thornqvist, Gunilla Imshaug, Hanna Imshaug
A garden for tennis and art
Can you stop summer hunger? Here are the week’s donation totals for All Faiths Food Bank’s Campaign Against Summer Hunger, which runs through May 15. To donate, visit allfaithsfoodbank.org. Goal: $1.3 million matching challenge
Buzzworthy idea tested Manatee County Mosquito Control teams up with a Dutch company to take aim at a summertime pest.
Amount raised to date: $915,000
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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018
Building a path forward
YOUR TOWN
When artists and photographers finish their work, it needs a home. The Resort at Longboat Key Club is one such place. Every 18 months, artwork by a local hangs in the entrance lobby to the tennis courts. On March 28, Gunilla Imshaug’s work was hung on the walls where it will be displayed for the next year and a half. During that time, the artwork can be purchased. The creations in the past have included themes such as local wildlife, beaches and South Florida lifestyle.
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A smashing celebration. INSIDE
Longbeach Village resident Bus Fischer volunteered his yard for a mosquito-control test.
Town leaders restart their discussions about redevelopment. PAGE 5A
BRET HAUFF STAFF WRITER
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us Fischer doesn’t like mosquitoes. When he and his wife eat summer dinners on their screened-in porch, the 15year resident said he sees “hundreds of those things” buzzing just outside. It’s often unpleasant to be outdoors when there are that many insects looking to feast on his blood, Fischer said. And his complaints aren’t without merit. The Key’s Longbeach Village has one of the highest summertime populations of mosquitoes in Manatee County, said Chris Lesser, assistant director of the Manatee County Mosquito Control District. “I would welcome any chance to have an effective way to get rid of them,” Fischer said. SEE MOSQUITOES, PAGE 3A
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The Town Commission approved the St. Regis proposal in March.
St. Regis decision appealed Fleetwood suit contends Unicorp has no right to seek town’s approval. PAGE 4A