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Longboat Key | Neighbors

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  • Katie Johns
  • July 4, 2017
Freedom Fest brings star-spangled celebration to Longboat Key

The 15th annual event was held at Bicentennial Park on July 4.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • July 1, 2017
Mote hosts "fin-tastic" family festival

The annual Fins and Family fun Festival took place on July 1.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 30, 2017
Aqua Kids snorkel into summer fun

Mote campers snorkeled New Pass Inlet and field sampled Sarasota Bay.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Meghan Sasser
  • June 29, 2017
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 29

Mary Tygh Parks captured this Lido Key Beach sunset.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 28, 2017
Campers skim and surf Lido Beach

The camp, run by Compound Boardshop, taught participants more than how to skim, surf and paddleboard.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 28, 2017
Party animals' fireworks can frighten the real ones

From dolpins and turtles to manatees and skimmers, all marine wildlife can be affected over Independence Day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Richard Satorius Courtesy photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 28, 2017
Longboat Key Obituaries: June 29, 2017

Rodger Rohde, Richard Satorius, Joanna Brown, Dana Kampmann and Leo "Fish" Pinkowski died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Rabbi Stephen Sniderman addressed the Longboat Key Kiwanis Club on Thursday.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • June 23, 2017
Rabbi Stephen Sniderman visits the Longboat Key Kiwanis Club

The group held a luncheon at The Lazy Lobster on Thursday, June 22.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
David Miller of Cannons Marina will serve as this year's grand marshal.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 23, 2017
David Miller to lead Freedom Fest as grand marshal

The owner of Cannons Marina grew up on Longboat Key and loves seeing the community gather at Freedom Fest each year.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 22, 2017
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 22

JoAnn Schwencke photographed this sunset and driftwood at Beer Can Island.

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  • Neighbors
Lynn Christensen and Penelope Mabrey
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 21, 2017
Longboat Key Chamber networks at noon

About 40 members gathered at Harry's Continental Kitchens on June 21.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 21, 2017
Longboat Key Club campers ace their game

The tennis camp and sports camp participants hit the courts on June 21.

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  • Neighbors
Alahna Smith, 4, and Lexi Gwen, 6 check out sand art at last year's festival.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 21, 2017
Freedom Fest set to continue steadfast tradition

The 15th annual Freedom Festival kicks off on July 4 at 9 a.m.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Guy and Melanie Paschal with their dogs. Photo courtesy of the Longboat Key Historical Society Calusas to Condominiums: A Pictorial History of Longboat Key
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 21, 2017
Melanie Paschal led quiet, vivid life

Paschal, 95, died on June 13.

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Miranda Crowe and Gabriella Ebbesson both took Guy Peterson's. Crowe just finished her first year working toward her master's degree and Ebbesson just graduated.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 21, 2017
University of Florida students design port cochere for Plymouth Harbor

Students in Guy Peterson's Sarasota-based lab spent the semester getting hands-on experience.

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