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Longboat Key | Neighbors

Petar Sibinkic
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 11, 2016
Longboat Key Fitness pumps support to All Faiths

Longboat Key Fitness owner Petar Sibinkic hosted a party that raised more than $4,000 for All Faiths Food Bank's Campaign Against Summer Hunger

  • Longboat Key
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  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 11, 2016
Longboat Key: Your Calendar

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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 8, 2016
Longboat Island Chapel honors local students

Longboat Island Chapel members celebrated Mother’s Day with the church’s annual Scholarship Sunday May 8.

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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 7, 2016
InStride goes Out of the Gates, into the Winner’s Circle

InStride Therapy, Inc. held its Derby Day 2016 fundraiser, Out of the Gates into the Winner’s Circle, May 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 6, 2016
Bird Key Yacht Club gets artsy

Bird Key Yacht Club hosted its May art opening May 5.

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Paul Meese, of Longboat Key, captured this shot of a jogger near New Pass Bridge about an hour after sunrise.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 5, 2016
Longboat Key weather page photo: May 5

Paul Meese, of Longboat Key, captured this shot of a jogger near New Pass Bridge about an hour after sunrise.

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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 4, 2016
Lou Newman takes flight

Lou Newman hosted his 10th annual wildlife photography exhibit, “A Focus on Birds,” May 3, at Plymouth Harbor.

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  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 4, 2016
Longboat Key: Your Calendar

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 4, 2016
Longboat Key: Obituaries

Patricia Cassady Castell, Charles McKinney and Anne Stovall Timm died.

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Phillis Black and her husband, Jack, pull up for a good seat for the show.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • April 30, 2016
Longboat Key clubs ride in for Butch Cassidy

The Garden and Kiwanis clubs held its second Dinner and a Movie night.

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Jack Garner, Susan DeVictor and Neil Oldham have won the Observer's photo contest for April.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2016
Congratulations to this month's winners of our photo contest!

Jack Garner, Susan DeVictor and Neil Oldham have won the Observer's photo contest for April.

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Donna Harrison submitted this photo of a peaceful evening at Beer Can Island.
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 28, 2016
Longboat Key weather page photo: April 28

Donna Harrison submitted this photo of a peaceful evening at Beer Can Island.

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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 27, 2016
Longboat Key: Your Calendar

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Susan Phillips, event chairwoman and Garden Club president, at last year's Dinner and a Movie.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 27, 2016
Clubs saddle up for Dinner and a Movie

The Longboat Key Garden and Kiwanis clubs will hold their second Dinner and a Movie April 30.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 27, 2016
OBITUARY: Charlotte Fortunato

Charlotte Fortunato, 78, of Longboat Key, died March 28.

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