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Longboat Key | Neighbors

The supplies given to volunteers included garbage bags to collect monofilament, plastics and other trash as well as materials to reach and cut the fishing lines.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • October 6, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Bay Watch's annual fishing line cleanup

Sarasota Bay Watch hosted its sixth annual monofilament clean up.

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Kiwanis members Eric Teoh, Michael Garey, John Wild, incoming President Armando Linde, Corey Schaul, Michael Renick and outgoing President Richard Crawford. Photos by Caleb Motsinger
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • October 1, 2014
Passing the gavel

Armando Linde plans to continue the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key's growth in his new role as president.

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McKitrick, second from left
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 1, 2014
Golfer sees swinging success

Longboat Key resident Arlene McKitrick celebrated her 200th golf championship win this week at Sara Bay Country Club in an FSGA event.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 1, 2014
Mote receives NOAA grant

Mote Marine Laboratory recently received a $99,615 grand for its dolphin and whale rehabilitation efforts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Former Longboat Key resident Tana Sandefur was a philanthropic tour de force.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • October 1, 2014
Tana Sandefur: ringmaster of Sarasota

The late philanthropist dedicated her life to connecting the community.

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A year after finding the distressed sea turtle near the Old Salty Dog, Paul Waldrop and Mike Leworthy release the turtle, nicknamed C.J., back into Sarasota Bay from the north end of Longboat Key. Photo by Caleb Motsinger
  • By Caleb Motsinger
  • October 1, 2014
Mote releases green sea turtle one year after rescue

The green sea turtle that would later be nicknamed C.J. was in the right place at the right time when it became distressed near two Mote Marine employees who were fishing at a nearby dock after work.

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  • Observer Staff
  • October 1, 2014
Obituary: Lamont Dell Fogt

Lamont Dell Fogt, 92, formerly of Longboat Key, died Sept. 1.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 1, 2014
Obituary: Arthur Brock

Arthur Brock, 90, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key and New Rochelle, N.Y., died Sept. 22.

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Eric Teoh and Michael Renick. Photo by Caleb Motsinger
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 1, 2014
Business Briefs

Team Renick Real Estate to sponsor Gourmet Lawn Party; Cannons Marina to host St. Armands Boat Show; Realtor wins prize from American Bar Association

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Patricia Bond submitted this sunrise photo, taken on Coquina Beach.
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  • Observer Staff
  • October 1, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

Visit YourObserver.com to submit your local weather photos. Each weekly winner will be entered into a monthly drawing for a $25 gift card. One grand prize winner will receive a $5,000 flooring makeover.

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Tana Sandefur
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 27, 2014
In memoriam: Tana Sandefur

Tana Sandefur, 81, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key, died Sept. 24.

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Photo by Caleb Motsinger
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2014
Correction: Heitlers to net 75 years in April

In its Sept. 18 issue, the Longboat Observer featured Plymouth Harbor resident George Heitler, a lifelong tennis player who has played tennis for most of his 99 years and is a regular at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.

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Photo courtesy of Stacy White
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2014
Win big in two Observer contests

Starting in October, the Observer will now offer prizes for winners of the weather photo contest, sponsored by Manasota Flooring Inc.

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Longboat Key Education Center Executive Director (and yoga instructor) Susan Goldfarb. Photo by Robin Hartill
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • September 24, 2014
Fitness classes are only the beginning of Ed Center choices

There's a Longboat Key phenomenon that happens annually right after the tourist traffic finally fades because kids are going back to school and right before the car carriers start to unload their seasonal shipments. It is the arrival of the humble-in-appearance but ever so rich-in-content catalog from the Longboat Key Education Center.

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Ed Brickman created and forged unique pieces of metal jewelry and shared his knowledge with others at the Arts Center. Photo courtesy of the Longboat Key Center for the Arts
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 24, 2014
Brickman learned in the school of life

Ed Brickman was a jeweler, a teacher - and a lifelong learner.

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