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Longboat Key | Neighbors

Casa del Mar General Manager Mark Meador
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 11, 2013
Our town: Meador celebrates 28 years at Casa del Mar

Mark Meador showed up for his first day of work Casa del Mar Sept. 4, 1985, in the aftermath of Hurricane Elena.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
George Heitler
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 11, 2013
Our town: Plymouth Harbor resident nets 98th birthday

Plymouth Harbor resident George Heitler spent his 98th birthday at one of his favorite places: a tennis court at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sean and Mary McGrath
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 11, 2013
Our town: Anniversary is gold for couple

Sean and Mary McGrath celebrated their 50th anniversary Aug. 10.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Even on a Thursday afternoon in the slow month of September, shoppers and diners filled up St. Armands Circle.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 11, 2013
Longboat Key businesses experience summer surge

Hotels and business owners aren't experiencing the summer slump that was once synonymous with the month of September.

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  • News
Michelle Benditt submitted this sunset photo, taken in the 5200 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 11, 2013
Weather photo: Longboat Key

Do you love taking photos? We want your best photos of sunrises, sunsets, rainbows, etc. Submit your local weather photos for a chance to have your photo published in the paper!

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • September 11, 2013
The Good News: Shelley Thayer of Cat Depot

Shelley Thayer has been the executive director of Cat Depot since 2009. Read more about her in this week's Good News.

  • Siesta Key
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Nichole Peal’s favorite spot in the garden – “I like this spot because it’s the brightest. This trellis took forever to paint but it’s so beautiful here and I love the dwarf pentas.”
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • September 10, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Local Girl Scout Revives Butterfly Garden

Local Girl Scout, Nichole Peal, was awarded The Gold Award Tuesday, Sept. 10, at Plymouth Harbor for her efforts with reviving its butterfly garden.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Chef Jose Martinez and his wife Victoria with Chef Emeril Lagasse. Photos by Heather Merriman.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • September 9, 2013
Emeril Lagasse gets a taste of Longboat Key

Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse stopped by Maison Blanche Monday, Sept. 9, to film for his television show, 'Emeril's Florida.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Karin Jones, Ronni Minnig and Marnie Lawrence
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • September 9, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Bird Key Yacht Club Murder Mystery Dinner

Members gathered for a Murder Mystery Dinner Saturday, Sept. 7, at Bird Key Yacht Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lissy and Randall LaFlamme
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • September 4, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Wicker Inn Labor Day Cookout

The Wicker Inn Beach Resort threw a Labor Day poolside cookout for their Labor Day weekend guests, Sunday, Sept. 1

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Marianne and Vince Moshcella
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2013
Cookout is labor of love

Wicker Inn Beach Resort staff and guests labored to create a Labor Day event that attendees would love.

  • Longboat Key
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Ian and Audrey Sharp
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2013
Couple celebrates 50 fabulous years

Longboat Key residents Ian and Audrey Sharp celebrated 50 golden years Aug. 10, at the Deerhurst Resort, in Ontario, with their family.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 4, 2013
Obituary: Marjorie G. Morris

Marjorie G. Morris, 91, of Lafayette, Ind., and Longboat Key, died Aug. 22.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 4, 2013
Obituary: Kevin C. Landry

Kevin C. Landry, 69, of Boston and Longboat Key, died Aug. 1. He was born April 18, 1944.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 4, 2013
Obituary: Margie A. Kallmeyer

Margie A. Kallmeyer, 85, of Longboat Key, died Aug. 28.

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