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Longboat Key | Neighbors

Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 2, 2020
Lone Longboat cygnet dies

After a brush with a fishing hook, the cygnet died due to its complications.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 1, 2020
Longboat Key weather page photo: October 1

Patricia Muller captured this photo of a garter snake on the north end of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 30, 2020
Longboat Key Chamber meets once more for Networking @ Noon

The group met in person for the first time since February.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The flag-less flag pole. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 28, 2020
Missing flag

Have you seen the Twin Shores flag?

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Tim, Sophia, Jorie and Addison Riesen, Mildren Clark and Carol and Phil Miglioratti.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 28, 2020
Four generations do life on Longboat Key

Two streets and 87 years separate this Country Club Shores.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
John Ryan, Ryan Schitea and Jack Ryan
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 28, 2020
Sarasota Bay Watch resumes clam distribution

The organization is beginning monthly clam deployments to help the bay.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Great Egrets are named after their wispy breeding plumes, called aigrettes, for which they were nearly hunted to extinction in the 1880s. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • September 28, 2020
Bird of the week: Great egret

Activism for their protection led to formation of the Audubon Society and federal wildlife laws.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 28, 2020
Temple Beth Israel hosts Yom Kippur food drive

Members went one way for meal pick-up and another to drop off donations.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Charlotte Graver and Sandy Wood in 2013.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 25, 2020
Temple receives grants from Charlotte P. Graver Fund

$55,000 will be dispersed to the temple through the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2020
Longboat Key weather page photo: September 24

Nancy Rozance captured this sunrise from Grand Bay Condos on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Spoonbills are tactile feeders whose rosy coloring comes from their diet of crustaceans. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Guest Author
  • September 23, 2020
Bird of the week: roseate spoonbill

Spoonbills hunt by sense of touch, stirring up small crustaceans, then snapping their beaks closed.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 22, 2020
Bolts from the blue

The Lazy Lobster is celebrating the Tampa Bay Lightning's Stanley Cup run.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Pete Cumming (left)
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 22, 2020
Chief gets an award

Before his retirement, the Rotarians want to honor their police chief.

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  • Neighbors
Jim Purcell, John Kurgan, Bill Upton and John Short in 2018.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 21, 2020
Tennis staple John Short dies at age 76

Short is best known for organizing group play with the Short Academy.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 21, 2020
Longboat Key Turtle Watch has a bash with trash

The group participated in International Coastal Cleanup and removed 370 pounds of refuse from the beach.

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