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Longboat Key | Neighbors

Dale Hooey showcased the organ to church members.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 10, 2021
New tech, old sound at All Angels Episcopal by the Sea Episcopal Church

The new digital organ replicates the sounds of the huge pipe organs of the past.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jackie Bohannon
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 10, 2021
Jackie Bohannon kickstarts tennis craze at Bird Key Yacht Club

Over half of the club's members regularly play tennis now and Bohannon has started clinics and programs.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Least terns nest on North Longboat Key. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 10, 2021
Nesting birds find a more peaceful home on Longboat Key

Least terns who got scared off Lido are resettling on north Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Florida Design Works Marketing Team
  • May 10, 2021
Giving New Definition to Classic Tile Design

The Florida Design Works team loves to show homeowners how using white tile, flooring and countertops can make any room an instant classic.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Sponsored Content
Julie McGue
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 7, 2021
Longboat author finds her family closer than she could have imagined

Julie McGue searched for her birth family and discovered a brother within sight of their Michigan home.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Crows are omnivores, which will eat most anything. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • May 7, 2021
Bird of the week: American and fish crows

Species holds remarkable memories for dangerous or neutral faces.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 6, 2021
Sarasota weather page photo: May 6

Michael Cohen captured this pair of pelicans roosting near City Island boat ramp in Sarasota.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 6, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: May 6

Patricia Muller captured the early moon rise over Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Max Yan balances at the front of class.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 5, 2021
Paradise Center tai chi students learn from a master

Chen tai chi master Max G. Yan taught one class at the Paradise Center to a crowd of 25 students.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Volunteer coaches and athletes.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 5, 2021
Aptly named Tennis for Fun program starts at Longboat Key Public Tennis Center

Tennis for Fun program is part of the Special Olympics, and the Longboat site already has three athletes.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Donna Sharp-Blaney and her daughters Chelsea and Chloe. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 5, 2021
Longboat Key moms on moms

Mothers have a keen sense of what parenthood is all about.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 5, 2021
St. Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Church hosts clam bake

The men's club put on the event, a sign they're ramping up activities.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Bridgette Clark, Heather Sellers and Tim Thurman. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 4, 2021
Longboat's first turtle nest of the season is found

The first sea turtle nest has showed up on Longboat beaches.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key's stop in the watershed audio tour is located on Bay Side Drive just south of Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • May 4, 2021
Sister Keys in spotlight

Longboat Key's stop tells how citizens came together to protect the Sister Keys.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
One of few meat-eating passerines (aka songbirds) their habit of impaling their prey earned loggerhead shrikes the nickname “butcher-bird”. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • May 4, 2021
Bird of the week: Loggerhead shrike

"Butcher Bbrd" lacks a raptor's talons, but makes up for it with strong, sharp beak.

  • Longboat Key
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