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Longboat Key | Neighbors

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

The club held its first meeting with President Scott Gray.

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

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

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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.
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  • 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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  • Observer Staff
  • January 11, 2021
Calling all pets!

Have cute pics of your pets? Of course you do — and The Observer wants to see them!

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Beverly Sutton spoke at the 2019 Christmas party. File photo.
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 8, 2021
Longboat Key church makes holiday bright for families

Christ Church of Longboat Key quadruples its fund-raising goal of $8,500 for Bradenton's 13th Avenue Dream Center.

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Henry the Heron. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 7, 2021
Heron about town

A blue heron has captured Longboat Key's attention.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: January 7

Bonnie Lashin captured this great blue heron in silhouette against a Longboat Key sunset.

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Predation by domestic cats is the number-one human-caused threat to birds, including Northern Cardinals, in the United States and Canada. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • January 7, 2021
Bird of the week: Northern cardinal

Familiar red bird is the only cardinal native to North America.

  • Longboat Key
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Lauren-Taylor Nock and Easton Nock wait for the school bus on the first day of school in August.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 7, 2021
70 students in Longboat

Town seeks number of public school-enrolled children.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: December 24

John Gangloff captured these American oystercatchers walking the beach on Longboat Key.

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Tito Vitorino
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 4, 2021
Amore Restaurant to reopen in downtown Sarasota

Tito Vitorino and wife Liana, showrunners since Amore's beginnings on Longboat Key, now own the restaurant.

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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • December 31, 2020
See ya, 2020

Here are the most popular libations to say goodbye forever to 2020.

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David Novak and Dan Wade. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • December 31, 2020
Swan snapshot

The Longboat Key Club now immortalizes an iconic swan photo.

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  • Observer Staff
  • December 29, 2020
2020 Digital Year in Review

The Observer stayed busy online in 2020. Here are the top stories of the year from YourObserver.com.

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