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Longboat Key | Neighbors

Angelo and Christine Furgiuele
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 23, 2013
Mixed Marriages

Politicians, take note. You can work together even when you disagree - as these three couples demonstrate.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Alan Moore says there's an unprecedented occurrence in his 48 years in the industry. So far, this stone-crab season he’s pulled no medium claws — all large and jumbo.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 23, 2013
Sarasota gets crabby

If stone-crab season is like Florida's Christmas, then Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant is the North Pole.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mimi Ribot submitted this sunset photo, taken on Bradenton Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 23, 2013
Weather: Longboat Key

Mimi Ribot submitted this sunset photo, taken on Bradenton Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Edith Barr-Dunn and Dora Walters
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 23, 2013
93 and counting

Edith Barr-Dunn celebrated her 93rd birthday Sunday, Oct. 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mark Meador
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 23, 2013
Meador receives sweet celebration

For Casa del Mar Beach Resort General Manager Mark Meador, another birthday was like a breath of fresh air.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 23, 2013
Buy your Fish Fry tickets

This year's Fish Fry takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at Cedars Tennis Resort, 645 Cedars Court.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Micky Derry, Jane Boehme and Sherry Lindhart
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • October 22, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Garden Club Meeting

The Longboat Key Garden Club held its first general meeting of the season Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Windward Bay Clubhouse.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Julia Becker, Andrew Vac and Victoria Jacobson
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • October 22, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Business After Hours

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce held its monthly Business After Hours meeting Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Casa Del Mar Beach Resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sgt. Keaton Clark, Sgt. Grace Gordon, First Sgt. Brandon Christensen, Pvt. Matthew Pochopien, First Lt. Jackson Stroud
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • October 20, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: SYC Welcome Back Party

In honor of the Change of Watch, Sarasota Yacht Club hosted a welcome back party on Saturday, Oct. 19. The new Board of Directors elected Pete Kujawski as it's new Commodore, Bobby Overall as Vice Commodore, and Alex Lancaster as Rear Commodore.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Damien Blumetti, Jesse Bono and Brett Hendricks
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • October 20, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Triathlon

Athletes gathered at Longboat Key Club Sunday, Oct. 20, for the Longboat Key Triathlon Race Series.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jake McDonald, Lilah Davenport and Molly Dillon at Mote's Night of Fish, Fun and Fright.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • October 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Mote's Night of Fish, Fun and Fright!

Families enjoyed a night of Halloween fun Friday, Oct. 18, at Mote Marine, for Mote's Night of Fish, Fun and Fright.

  • Longboat Key
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Louis Cabot, Michele Redwine, Sam Gibbon, Peppi Elona and Karen Geck were honored at the 5th annual Ageless Creativity Awards and Exhibition Friday, Oct. 18, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • October 19, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Ageless Creativity Awards and Exhibition

Guests gathered to honor 5 artists at the 5th annual Ageless Creativity Awards and Exhibition Friday, Oct. 18, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Rosemarie Mildred Wagstaff
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 18, 2013
OBITUARY: Rosemarie Mildred Wagstaff

Rosemarie Mildred Wagstaff, 71, of Plaistow, N.H., and formerly of Longboat Key, died Oct. 11.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
East County residents catch up on their Observer news while sightseeing at Stonehenge in the English countryside.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 17, 2013
Vote now for your favorite "It's Read Everywhere" photo!

Voting is now live for the Observer's "It's Read Everywhere" photo contest.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Fred and Jean Carleton
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 16, 2013
Key couple celebrates 65 years

Fred and Jean Carleton celebrated the anniversary of their Oct. 9, 1948 wedding in Mount Vernon, N.Y., with family and friends at a dinner party.

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