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Longboat Key | Neighbors

  • By H. Terrell Griffin
  • June 15, 2016
Chapter 4: Trouble in Paradise

Things get delightfully tacky, yet unrefined this week on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Richard Henry Eagan
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 15, 2016
OBITUARY | Richard Henry Eagan

Richard “Dick” Henry Eagan, 74, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key, died June 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Eddie Bengston captured this photo while relaxing on the beach on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 9, 2016
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 9

Eddie Bengston captured this photo while relaxing on the beach on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Charlotte Winemiller asks her father Jim to name the sea life swimming in the tank.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • June 4, 2016
Mote dives into World Oceans Day

Families spend the day at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium learning about marine conservation.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By H. Terrell Griffin
  • June 4, 2016
Chapter 3: Trouble in Paradise

If dogs get beach access, will camels follow? Ask the mob at Town Hall.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Niki Muller submitted this photo of a Longboat Key flag at sunrise.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2016
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 2

Niki Muller submitted this photo of a Longboat Key flag at sunrise.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2016
Congratulations to this month's winners of our photo contest!

Jeannie Sparks, Ricky Perrone and Donna Harrison have won the Observer's photo contest for May.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Author H. Terrell Griffin presents Trouble In Paradise.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 1, 2016
H. Terrell Griffin presents Trouble in Paradise

The Longboat Key author takes readers through another zany adventure on the island — this time featuring protestors, pot and a peacock killer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • June 1, 2016
LBK firefighters light up

The town’s previous contract with its firefighters union was a model for Florida cities. It capped pension costs. The new contract, if approved, regresses on pensions and raises.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Exterior
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • June 1, 2016
Aria welcomes residents

Longboat Key's newest condominium complex is nearing completion, and residents have begun moving in.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Jake Pettingell
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • June 1, 2016
Caps off to class of 2016

From elementary to college graduation, residents of Longboat, Lido, Bird and St. Armands keys are starting new chapters in their lives.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By H. Terrell Griffin
  • June 1, 2016
Chapter 2: Trouble in Paradise

Mayhem is brewing at Town Hall as protesters gather. Their demands? No one seems to know.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Danny Frank, 32, prepares to water ski.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • June 1, 2016
Local charities sponsor adaptive water skiing

On May 22, several local non-profits collaborated for an adaptive clinic for 20 people with disabilities to learn to water ski.

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  • News
Shelley Barker took this photo near the Longboat Key Post Office.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 26, 2016
Longboat Key weather page photo: May 26

Shelley Barker took this photo near the Longboat Key Post Office.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
David Novak places Lefty and Bubba at Harbourside May 1. (Courtesy Photo)
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 25, 2016
Longboat an empty nester this year

For the first time in since 2006, Longboat Key will be without any newborn swans this summer.

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  • Neighbors
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