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Health Matters OCTOBER 2019
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GET TESTED now Many maladies can be treated if detected do early. But how often you need to get screened to catch them?
Longboat Key’s weekly newspaper since 1978
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
HARRY SAYER STAFF WRITER
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PICTURE OF HEALTH Keep fit at any age with the right routine.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2019
Circling for solutions Commissioner pushes FDOT to reconsider off-island intersection. PAGE 3
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Richard Gonzmart
Talk about a short commute Richard Gonzmart, president of the Columbia Restaurant Group and developer of the Buccaneer restaurant on Longboat Key, and his wife, Melanie, last week closed on a beachfront home just up Gulf of Mexico Drive from his latest project. “We have a long attraction to this beautiful area,” he said. “My father always dreamed of owning a home on the beach of Longboat Key. My wife, Melanie, and I are looking forward to spending time here and keeping a close eye as we build the Buccaneer plus visiting our Columbia and Cha Cha Coconuts on St. Armands Circle, as well as appreciating all the other great restaurants, businesses and people that call Sarasota and Longboat Key home.” Ryan Ackerman represented the seller; Reid Murphy represented the buyers.
British car lovers enjoy ‘good show’ Circle hosts contemporaries and classics. SEE PAGE 20 Eric Garwood
Margalite Nazarbegov of Largo, left, Jim Johnson of Brandon and Helena Zolovsky of Palm Harbor lend an air of elegance to the Concours D’ Elegance on St. Armands Circle. Johnson’s F-type roadster is finished in “Firesand Metallic.”
Eatery OK to take it outside
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Happy haunts Halloween decorations are manifesting around the island, and the town’s Instagram wants to show them off. Kari Kennedy, the resident “Instagram guru” in Town Hall, snapped a photo of two green skeletons perched on a fence in the 6400 block of GMD. Are you bringing Halloween fear to the island? Send a photo to instagram@ longboatkey.org.
Eric Garwood
The developers of Whitney’s at the corner of Broadway Street and GMD expect to be open by the end of the year.
Whitney’s gains town approval for 28 outdoor seats with additional adjacent parking. SEE PAGE 5
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