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Longboat Key | Neighbors

Beatrice Einstein laughs with Skip Ennis and Ann Richards at Joan Michlin's jewelry booth.
    By
  • Kelsey Grau
  • April 19, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Fine Art Festival

The Longboat Key Fine Art Festival featured colorful and original works from local and national artisans on Saturday, April 19, at the Longboat Key Club's Tennis Gardens. The event was held during the Sarasota Open, offering attendees a break filled with paintings, jewelry, pottery and sculptures.

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  • Neighbors
Children under 5 search for hidden eggs in the garden at Mar Vista.
    By
  • Kelsey Grau
  • April 19, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Mar Vista Easter Egg Hunt

Longboat Key residents and visitors began their Easter celebration with Mar Vista's 26th annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 19, at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant. The children were split into two age groups to look for the colorful eggs, each containing a tasty treat or special surprise.

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Antonio Edmoundson found an egg with some help from his mother.
    By
  • Kelsey Grau
  • April 18, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Sand Cay Easter Egg Hunt

Residents and visitors enjoyed the 40th annual Easter Egg Hunt on Friday, April 18, at Sand Cay Beach Resort. Along with the hunt, attendees participated in a hula-hoop contest and many more Easter activities before eating lunch by the Gulf.

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Coral Sheridan, 5, enjoys last year’s Easter Egg Hunt at Mar Vista.
    By
  • Kelsey Grau
  • April 18, 2014
WEEKEND BEST BET: Longboat Key Easter Egg Hunts

Get your baskets ready because Longboat Key welcomes the Easter Bunny and his special eggs to the island this weekend. The fun begins at Mar Vista's 26th annual Easter Egg Hunt at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 19, and continues at Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant from 1:30 to 3 p.m on Sunday, April 20.

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    By
  • Kelsey Grau
  • April 17, 2014
Mote Marine Laboratory awarded research grant

On Wednesday, Mote Marine Laboratory received a grant that will continue a thriving partnership with Israeli researchers.

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Linda Korff submitted this photo of the halo, taken from her driveway in Bradenton.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 17, 2014
Reader-submitted photos of the sun halo

Check out these reader-submitted photos of the sun halo, which formed a rainbow-colored ring around the sun Wednesday, April 16. Clouds containing ice crystals cause the sun's light to refract, resulting in this phenomenon.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 16, 2014
A Cinderella story

A 10-week-old miniature pinscher puppy found a 'happily ever after ending' at the Celebration of Pets April 12, at the Sarasota County Fairgrounds.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 16, 2014
Pharmacy brings dose of medicine to Publix

The in-store pharmacy of Longboat Key Publix opened Monday, approximately 16 months after the completion of the new store at 525 Bay Isles Parkway, in the Shoppes of Bay Isles.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Preston
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 16, 2014
Golfer scores victory with less than a stroke

The Longboat Key Masters Golf Tournament, which took place March 28 through March 31, at the Resort at Longboat Key Club's Islandside and Harbourside golf courses came down to less than one stroke's difference between first-place winner Kevin Preston and second-place winner Michael Russell, of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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McKitrick
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 16, 2014
McKitrick scores 193rd victory

Longboat Key resident Arlene McKitrick celebrated her 193rd golf championship victory April 10, on the Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club's King Dunes course.

  • Longboat Key
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Palmer
    By
  • Kelsey Grau
  • April 16, 2014
Your Neighbor: Danny Palmer

For Danny Palmer, life in Sleepy Lagoon is anything but sleepy.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Long
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 16, 2014
Obituary: Walter Long

Walter Long, 90, of Longboat Key, died March 23.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Letts
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 16, 2014
Business Briefs

Lawson named as Australian Tourist Board representative; Key Club hires new director of event management; Dr. Pamela Letts announces retirement date next month; Tervis Tumbler store will open on St. Armands Circle

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  • News
Dick Grace submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 16, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

Dick Grace submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Ruth Engman passes the bitter herbs to Maye Lavinson.
    By
  • Kelsey Grau
  • April 14, 2014
PHOTO GALLERY: Temple Beth Israel Passover Seder

Rabbi Jonathon Katz conducted the Passover seder for his congregation and many guests on Monday, April 14, at Temple Beth Israel.

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