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Longboat Key | Neighbors

    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 8, 2016
All Angels holds annual meeting

All Angels by the Sea, Episcopal Church held its annual meeting and brunch Feb. 7, at Bird Key Yacht Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 7, 2016
Longboat Island Chapel celebrates Super Sunday

Longboat Island Chapel hosted a Super Bowl pregame party after the Feb. 7 service.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 5, 2016
St. Mary welcomes new members

The Women’s Guild of St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church hosted a luncheon and meeting for new members Feb. 4.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 5, 2016
Bird Key members show off their talent

Members of Bird Key Yacht Club displayed their own artwork at an opening Feb. 4.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Fred Bethke submitted this photo of a sunset at Spanish Main Yacht Club.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2016
Longboat Key weather page photo: Feb. 4

Fred Bethke submitted this photo of a sunset at Spanish Main Yacht Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 3, 2016
Longboat Key: Your Calendar

Check out upcoming events on Longboat Key and surrounding areas.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Alan Mitchell with Buddy Holly’s widow, Maria Elena, in 2009.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 3, 2016
Remembering the Day the Music Died

Longboat Key resident Alan Mitchell attended Buddy Holly’s last concert the night before Holly’s death in a plane crash.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 2, 2016
St. Armands residents hold annual meeting

The St. Armands Residents Association hosted its annual meeting Feb. 2, at Sarasota Yacht Club.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 2, 2016
Longboat Key Obituaries Feb. 4

Phyllis Dworkin, Richard Erickson, Fanny Grossman, and Timothy Hennigan died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 29, 2016
Glass art breaks onto Longboat Key

The Longboat Key Center for the Arts hosted a contemporary glass art weekend from Jan. 28 to 31.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 28, 2016
Chamber of Commerce pays tribute to members

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce held its 57th annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon Jan. 28, at Amore by Andrea.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 28, 2016
Congratulations to our weather and nature photo contest monthly winners

Janelle Branower, Liz Cantarine and Charles Preston Rawls have won the Observer's photo contest for January.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Cindy Leder submitted this sunset photo taken from Beachplace on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 28, 2016
Longboat Key weather page photo: Jan. 28

Cindy Leder submitted this sunset photo taken from Beachplace on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 28, 2016
Longboaters get a taste of the Keys

More than 250 people attended the Longboat Key Garden Club’s fifth annual Taste of the Keys and Fashion Show Jan. 27, at Longboat Key Club’s Harbourside Dining Room.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 27, 2016
Garden Club discovers the art of silk painting

The Longboat Key Garden Club learned about silk painting at its Jan. 27 meeting.

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