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Longboat Key | Neighbors

The distinctive red lumps on Muscovy faces are named carnucles. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • April 8, 2021
Bird of the week: Muscovy duck

Species introduced into the United States as an enhancement for urban parks.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Liz Yerkes has been on Longboat Key since the early 1990s.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 7, 2021
Liz Yerkes opens new massage business

Yerkes has been on Longboat Key since the early 1990s and has reopened her massage business after the pandemic.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 7, 2021
You Observed: Yardarm Lane gets back in the groove of things

The Country Club Shores street celebrated increasing vaccinations with a block party.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • April 6, 2021
Public Works, public service

Town employee saves dog from Bayfront Park fall.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Father Edward Pick. File photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 6, 2021
St. Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Church founder, gentle giant Father Edward Pick, dies

Pick leaves behind a looming legacy at the Longboat Key church, one that is remembered fondly by congregants.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 5, 2021
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key hears from Gold, Linkogle

Members learn more about underground project, new commissioner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
David Pilston. Photo courtesy of Save Our Seabirds.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 5, 2021
Save Our Seabirds hires first-ever vet

The organization is hosting a virtual fundraiser event to reintroduce people to the facility.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
King Michael picked a basket laden with toy cars.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 5, 2021
Longboat Key hunts for normalcy on Easter

People attended services in person this year and saw family, a huge difference from 2020.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 2, 2021
You Observed: Rotary Club of Longboat Key hosts Walk for Water

The club put together a walk to raise money for a community in Peru.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 1, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: April 1

Patricia Muller captured this sunset on northern Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • April 1, 2021
APRIL FOOLS: Manual Mondays bring quiet to town

A weekday of quiet is the goal, organizers say.

  • April Fools
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • April 1, 2021
APRIL FOOLS: State rolls out the carpet on GMD

Longboat first in the state to receive sidewalk floor covering.

  • April Fools
Rock pigeons are a non-native species. Passenger pigeons, the only pigeon endemic to North America, were hunted to extinction by the early 1900s (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • March 31, 2021
Bird of the week: rock pigeon

Commonly seen species arrived in the New World with the first colonists from Europe.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sher Forrest
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 31, 2021
Longboat Key resident Sher Forrest reflects on her shell art

Forrest collects shells and turns them into mirrors and frames.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Maxine Tauber
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 29, 2021
Temple Beth Israel sees blended experiences for Passover 2021

The BIW gift shop reopened, albeit temporarily, to help members who are away from their families.

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Cannons Marina is at 6040 Gulf of Mexico Drive on Longboat Key. The 70-plus year-old business started as a fish camp in the late 40s opened by Ernie Cannon.
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