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Fairway Bay says farewell to snowbirds

Residents gathered at the Bay Isles Beach Club on April 8.

By Katie Johns
| 7:57 p.m. April 8, 2017

Longboat Key
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With the weather getting warmer, farewell season arrives on Longboat Key.

Residents of Fairway Bay gathered for a sunset barbeque on April 8 at Bay Isles Beach Club to say good-bye to the snowbirds soon heading back to the North. About 65 people gathered to enjoy cocktails and appetizers before feasting on a buffet catered by Roadside Rib Shack.

Louise Abbatt, Flossie Berger and Judy and Pat Mellett

Marilyn and Tony Lesulauro and Ken and Cheryl McEwan

Betty Donnelly and Bobbie Williams

Arthur Lamia, Ruthie Schumeister and Phyllis Lieberman

Phil and Phyllis Lieberman

Mark Milchman and Lisa Pollack

Carole and Jack McMahon

Bob and Susan Tobin

Pat and Richard Bentley, Alan and Nancy Port and John and Norman Kasten

Carolyn Mangel and Catha Abrahams

Debbie Cohen, Eric Leininger and Ruthie Schumeister

Jim Barbee, Ken McEwan, Pat Mellett, Joe Halter and Tony Graziano

Chris Williams and Fred Harrison

Janet Jason and Ed Barker

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