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Longboat Key | Neighbors

Club President Scott Gray, Nick Adams and Joe McElmeel. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 28, 2021
Republican Club of Longboat Key reunites for season

The club heard from author Nick Adams for their October meeting.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Badger Bob's Services
  • October 28, 2021
Scary Sounds Coming From Your A/C?

Know what they mean and what to do next.

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  • October 27, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: October 28

Gregory Fiore captured this photo of Longboat Key boats at anchor from along Sister Keys.

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A bare-eyed cockatoo pecks at pumpkin seeds.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 26, 2021
Save Our Seabirds get birds into Halloween spirit

The season for everything pumpkin applies to birds, too.

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  • Neighbors
Phyllis Black and Sandra Smith
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 25, 2021
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key gets insurance update from Sandra Smith

Smith, who runs Secur-All Insurance on the island, stopped by for an update on the industry.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Olin cuts steel in her garage.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 25, 2021
All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church hosts reception for Artist of the Month

Pamela Olin is the current featured artist at the Longboat Key church and works mostly in metal.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 25, 2021
Happy haunts add Halloween flair to Longboat Key

The island doesn't go overboard for October, but there are sprightly spooks here and there.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The landlubbers of the heron family, cattle egrets mostly forage inland, far from the water-based feeding habitats of other herons. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • October 22, 2021
Bird of the week: Cattle egret

Upland-living species differs from its aquatic relatives in food choices, hunting methods.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 21, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: October 21

Sharon Kunkel captured this sunset photo on the north end of Lido Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 20, 2021
Rotary Club of Longboat Key resumes in-person meetings

The club had been meeting over Zoom for the last 18 months.

  • Longboat Key
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Gail Loefgren, right, hands an award to virtual winners D'Arcy and Ray Arpke in January, 2021. File photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 19, 2021
Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce names Small Business Awards nominees

Awards will be handed out at a luncheon on Nov. 4.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Susan Phillips, right, welcomed sponsors Steve Branham and Kathleen Wingate from Premier Sotheby’s International Realty. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 19, 2021
You Observed: Longboat Key Garden Club hosts Dinner and a Movie at Bayfront Park

The club hosted one of its biggest fundraisers for the first time since before the pandemic.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 19, 2021
Late Longboat Key tennis icon Bob Ruff honored with one last set

Friends and family came together to play a game of tennis to honor the island icon after his death.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 18, 2021
Town of Longboat Key launches photo contest

The winner will have their photo displayed in Town Hall until the end of the year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 18, 2021
You Observed: The Paradise Striders took to the streets of Longboat Key to walk for breast cancer awareness

During October, the team usually participates in a local walk but organized their own this year.

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