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Longboat Key | Neighbors

    By
  • Katie Johns
  • July 26, 2016
Longboat Key: Your Calendar

Longboat Key: Your Calendar

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • July 22, 2016
Campers sail through summer days

Sarasota Youth Sailing hosts the camp for 10 weeks during the summer

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • July 22, 2016
Sea Sleuths snorkel through the bay

Mote Campers searched for marine wildlife during a recent day at camp.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • July 21, 2016
Mote campers make a splash in the bay

The Coast Counts Camp finished its session with hands-on exploration.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The home at 364 W. Royal Flamingo Drive has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,289 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 20, 2016
Bird Key home sells for $4,925,000

The home at 364 W. Royal Flamingo Drive has four bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,289 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • July 20, 2016
Longboat Key: Your Calendar

Check out upcoming events on Longboat Key and surrounding areas.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • July 20, 2016
Longboat restaurants extend Savor Sarasota menus

Savor Sarasota may have ended more than a month ago, but two Longboat Key restaurants extended their price-fixed menus in August.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Bradford Saivetz
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • July 20, 2016
Renaissance man Bradford Saivetz put family first

Saivetz, 93, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key, died July 12.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Trained volunteer Terri Driver checks the caging on a turtle nest.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • July 20, 2016
Longboat Key Turtle Watch: On The Tracks

Take a walk with the Longboat Key Turtle Watch.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 20, 2016
Longboat Key: Obituaries

James Blatt and Lynn Moore died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mote's new librarian and archivist, Kay Garsnett. Photo courtesy of Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • July 19, 2016
Mote announces new librarian

Kay Garsnett will serve as the archivist and librarian at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium.

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • July 16, 2016
Bird Key Yacht Club Celebrates The Beatles

90 members enjoyed a night of live music from Beatle cover band

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Melissa Rosowski Herron captured this shot at sunset as Longboat Key Turtle Watch members released turtles that were found in an excavated nest that morning.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2016
Longboat Key weather page photo: July 14

Melissa Rosowski Herron captured this shot at sunset as Longboat Key Turtle Watch members released turtles that were found in an excavated nest that morning.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • July 13, 2016
Chamber hosts Networking @ Noon event

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce hosted the networking event for local businesses

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Preia Hayes, 9, and sister, Iyleigh, 6, with Lilly Gerling, 4, and sister Grace, 6 enjoy at a Longboat beach last summer.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • July 13, 2016
Summer Bucket List

Enjoy everything the island and surrounding areas have to offer, minus the crowds.

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