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Longboat Key | Neighbors

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 6, 2021
"Moana" a hit at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church Family Night

Despite the rain, a couple families showed up for snacks and a movie.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 5, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: August 5

Jane Novacek captured this egret while enjoying lunch at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant on Longboat Key.

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Julie McGue and Elizabeth Russell
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 5, 2021
Longboat Key author Julie McGue signs at Sarasota book fair

The autobiographical author spent her day signing books and greeting friends at Bookstore1.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 4, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: July 29

Jane Novacek captured this egret while enjoying lunch at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant on Longboat Key.

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  • Neighbors
It takes Jay Morgan about 30-40 minutes to restring a tennis racket.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • August 3, 2021
Jovial tennis enthusiast strings jokes and rackets together

Jay Morgan is a familiar face among the members of the Longboat Key Tennis Center.

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Barbara, Noah, Tilly and Anna Pressman
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 2, 2021
Temple Beth Israel begins to host in-person Shabbat services again after 16 months

The temple is hosting Friday and Saturday services in-person again in the hopes of returning to a new normal.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sandwich terns get their name from the seaside English town in which they were first observed. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • August 2, 2021
Bird of the week: Sandwich tern

Rarely seen inland, the Sandwich tern dives for its meals of fish or shrimp.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • July 31, 2021
Longboat Key Garden Club spruces up north fire station

The club spent their Saturday planting 120 ixoras and Mexican petunias.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • July 30, 2021
Save Our Seabirds celebrates post-pandemic reopening

The bird sanctuary welcomed visitors back to the facility after 16 months of closure.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • July 26, 2021
Bob Ruff, a tennis devotee who organized games on Longboat Key, dies at 93

Ruff organized a group of 40 men through thousands of tennis games throughout his life.

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  • Neighbors
Like many great horned owls hit by vehicles, Archimedes, one of over 100 residents at Save Our Seabirds' Wild Bird Learning Center, suffered severe wing injuries and can no longer sustain flight. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • July 26, 2021
Bird of the week: great horned owl

Distinctive top-of-head features are neither horns nor ears but help serve to break up the owl's profile, better camouflaging it from predators.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • July 26, 2021
St. Armands Circle Association hosts Family Day

Families on the Circle enjoyed a family and pet photoshoot area on July 25.

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Joe Bertucci usually makes strawberry and peach jam.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • July 23, 2021
Longboat Key residents put in hard work for the sweet reward of jam

Two Longboat Key residents spread the love with homemade jams and preserves.

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Julie McGue. File photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • July 22, 2021
Longboat Key author Julie McGue wins nonfiction award

McGue's autobiography, 'Twice a Daughter,' is a Silver Winner.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: July 2

Niki Muller captured this view of Sister Keys from Longboat Key.

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