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Longboat Key | Neighbors

Thanksgiving dinner at the Lazy Lobster.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 25, 2020
Thanksgiving classics on Longboat Key

Here's a menu of your neighbors' favorite Turkey Day treats.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 23, 2020
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church gets into the Christmas spirit

Church members gathered Nov. 21 to hang lights and decorate the church's many trees.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Green Herons perch above water to hunt for food and will use live and artificial bait to lure their prey. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • November 20, 2020
Bird of the week: Green heron

The smallish bird is tricky and can use bait to lure prey.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Chris Sachs and Ed Krepela at the Oct. 15 Kiwanis meeting.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 20, 2020
Longboat Kiwanis Club's seasonal bell-ringing opens Saturday

Kiwanis Club and its volunteers begin annual fundraiser at Shoppes of Bay Isles.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Just offshore, the shadowy animal in the Gulf of Mexico looks very much like an alligator (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • November 20, 2020
Gators? In the gulf?

Beachgoer's photos fit perfectly with a wacky 2020.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 19, 2020
Officer Kopp (yes, he's heard them all) visits Kiwanis Club

Longboat Key's code enforcement officer speaks to group about his job.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • November 19, 2020
Longboat Key, Weather Page, Nature, Photo Contest

Patricia Muller captured this sunset on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 18, 2020
Scramble for SPARCC gets golfers swinging for support

SPARCC hosted its annual golf tournament at the Harbourside Golf Course.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 17, 2020
Key Niners swing into a new season with a pandemic-era luncheon

The Longboat Key golfers dined outdoors at the Longboat Key Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Kurt Hennard
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 16, 2020
Fresh sparkling snow

The wintery mix in Florida is glitter and sunshine rather than rain and snow.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 16, 2020
Longboat Key Firefighters Association hosts fourth annual golf classic

The tournament raises money for the association's benevolent fund.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 16, 2020
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church hosts second food drive

The church has begun doing outdoor food drives since the pandemic started.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 14, 2020
Longboat Island Chapel hosts food drive

The church has done food drives over the summer as well.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 13, 2020
Rotary Club of Longboat Key hosts Veterans Day event on the cusp of Eta

Even as the wind lashed and the rain poured down, Rotary Club stood to recognize Longboat Key's veterans.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Pileated woodpeckers are considered a keystone species, as the well-being and survival of many other species depends upon them. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • November 13, 2020
Bird of the week: Pileated woodpecker

The species is the largest woodpecker in North America.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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