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Observer Staff
April 9, 2014

Lacrosse players engineer spring break

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) lacrosse team members hit the beach on Longboat Key during their recent spring break.

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Observer Staff
April 9, 2014

Observer wins 20 Local Media Association awards

Local Media Association, made up of 2,000 newspapers in U.S. and Canada, announced the winners of its 2013 Editorial Contest Monday. The Observer Group won a total of 20 awards among eight of its newspapers, making it the third top company winner.

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Observer Staff
April 9, 2014

New swan pair enters nesting mode

Swans Sully and Susie paired off last spring, and now the love birds have built a nest.

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Observer Staff
April 9, 2014

Ladies team up for Daytona

The Longboat Key Public Tennis USTA 3.0 Team is Daytona-bound for the fifth year in a row.

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Observer Staff
April 9, 2014

Thanks goes out to unknown rescuer

Beachplace resident Margaret Farkas doesn't know the name of the young man who came to the rescue of her friend after a rip tide pulled him out into the Gulf.

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Observer Staff
April 9, 2014

Obituary: Beverly Van der Voort

Beverly Van der Voort, 91, of Longboat Key and formerly of Mount Prospect, Ill., died April 5.

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Observer Staff
April 9, 2014

Obituary: Florence Yvette Pini

Florence Yvette Pini, 94, of Bristol, R.I., died April 5.

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Robin Hartill
April 9, 2014

Business Briefs

La Firenza unit sells for $4.25 million; Premier Sotheby's honors top 20 teams and associates; BP station rebrands as Mobil Longboat Key

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Kelsey Grau
April 9, 2014

YOUR NEIGHBOR | Martha Miller

For Martha Miller, the love of cooking runs through her veins.

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Kelsey Grau
April 9, 2014

Key organizations prepare for turtle-nesting season

Beginning May 1, members and volunteers of Longboat Key Turtle Watch as well as Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Patrol will be out before dawn each morning, walking the sandy shores in search of nests.

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Observer Staff
April 9, 2014

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