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Longboat Key | Neighbors

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 25, 2021
Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce catches up on meetings and awards

The Chamber held its Annual Meeting and twice-delayed Small Business Awards luncheon in one afternoon.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 25, 2021
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church returns to outdoor concerts

The church held its second concert of the year with The Romantics.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 25, 2021
Longboat Key Turtle Watch hosts January beach cleanup

The group got new volunteers to spend a Saturday on the beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Great blue herons spend approximately 90 percent of their waking hours hunting for food. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • January 22, 2021
Bird of the week: Great blue heron

Wading bird spends most of its time seeking food.

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

John Belmonte captured this stunning sunset recently on Lido Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Black-necked stilts have the second-longest legs in proportion to their bodies of any bird, exceeded only by flamingos. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • January 21, 2021
Bird of the week: Black-necked stilt

Wading birds have a defense activity of their own.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Eleanor Kveton and friend Duane Compton in 2018.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 19, 2021
Founding member of Christ Church dies age 92

Eleanor Kveton helped found the church and set up the board of deacons.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
One sign is on the southbound lane of Gulf of Mexico Drive near Chart House.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 18, 2021
Stepping lively

Manasota Track Club adopts part of Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Al "Mifflin" Lowe
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 18, 2021
Al "Mifflin" Lowe heads west with new children's book

Bird Key resident's new children's book focuses on the little known heroes of the "True West.''

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 15, 2021
Rotary Club gets off to a clean start

The club gathered to clean up their section of Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mote staff watches as Connor edges towards the gulf. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 15, 2021
Turtle tribute

A turtle named after Longboat Key officer was released back to the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 14, 2021
Republican Club of Longboat Key meets for January

The club held its first meeting with President Scott Gray.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 14, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: January 14

While kayaking off Longboat Key, John Caviglia captured this image of a feeding dolphin.

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  • Neighbors
Nanday parakeets and 25 other non-native parrot species, have thriving breeding populations in Florida. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • January 12, 2021
Bird of the week: Nanday parakeet

Brightly colored birds are all either released by owners or their relatives.

  • Longboat Key
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Susan Goldfarb at the Longboat Key Education Center. In the background is a popcorn machine that Goldfarb typically uses to liven up movie classes.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 11, 2021
Longboat Key Education Center celebrates 35 years of learning

Longboat Key Education Center, at 35, grows with the passion of its executive director.

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