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Murray Devine

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New Community Foundation Makes Longboat its Mission »

By Murray Devine / December 18, 2014

Charity starts at home. And now Longboat Key residents who want their charitable contributions to stay at home have a new way to make that happen.

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Foundation Examines Support for Medical Center »

By Murray Devine / December 18, 2014

Longboat Key will no longer have a family care physician after Dr. Pamela Letts, owner of the Centre Shops Family Practice and Urgent Care, retires May 5. As Letts prepares for retirement, various parties are working to make medical services a part of the island’s future.

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Healing Touch »

By Murray Devine / December 18, 2014

Dr. Pamela Letts has a reputation for talking tough to patients. One patient recently stopped by and told her he didn’t like her or what she told him at first, but he had changed his mind.

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SMH Should Give It a Try »

By Murray Devine / December 18, 2014

Now that Dr. Pamela Letts, M.D., has closed her Longboat Key primary-care practice, there is a vacuum. And as economists often say, the market hates a vacuum, and the market always fills a vacuum.

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Aposporos: Longboat Key Triathlon Still Running Strong »

By Murray Devine / December 18, 2014

Longboat Key Triathlon competitors will swim a half mile in the lagoon off New Pass at the south end of Longboat, bike 20 miles north and then south on Gulf of Mexico Drive, and run five miles on the grounds of the Resort and Longboat Club Road.

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Longboat Key Triathlon Draws 500 Athletes to Benefit Longboat Key Foundation »

By Murray Devine / December 18, 2014

More than 500 athletes from across the nation and around the world converged on Longboat Key on October 19 to compete in the fifth annual Longboat Key Triathlon. The event benefited the Longboat Key Foundation.

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11 Mothers Graduate from CNA Program at Alta Vista Elementary »

By Murray Devine / December 16, 2014

On Tuesday, December 9, 2014, eleven mothers celebrated graduation from the American Red Cross Certified Nursing Assistant training program in a ceremony together with their children at Alta Vista Elementary School.