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Longboat Key | Neighbors

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 14, 2013
OBITUARY: Sherwin 'Sonny' Welson

Sherwin "Sonny" Welson, 84, of Longboat Key and West Hartford, Conn., died Aug. 5.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 14, 2013
OBITUARY: Jeanette Schoener

Jeanette Helen Schoener, 87, of Longboat Key and formerly of West Orange, N.J., died Aug. 5.

  • Longboat Key
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Landry
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 14, 2013
OBITUARY: Christopher Kevin Landry

Christopher Kevin Landry, 69, of Boston and Longboat Key, died Aug. 1.

  • Longboat Key
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Sergio Albuquerque submitted this sunset photo, taken on Coquina Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 14, 2013
Weather Photo: Longboat Observer 08/14/13

Sergio Albuquerque submitted this sunset photo, taken on Coquina Beach.

  • Longboat Key
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Sirlene and Jerry Bonney with Jackie and Lynn Millikin
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 11, 2013
SYC's Black & White Ball

Masked and dressed in black and white, members of the Sarasota Yacht Club enjoyed their annual Black and White Ball Saturday, Aug. 10.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Volunteers will count the number of eggs that hatched and check for stragglers at the excavation.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 8, 2013
Turtle Watch to excavate nest

Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteers will excavate a nest that hatched recently this Saturday.

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Adam Stump, 10, and Eric Hvideberg, 11, look for critters that landed in their seine net.
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • August 8, 2013
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, here I am at: SEA SLEUTHS CAMP

Children scouted for sea creatures, snorkeled, kayaked, field sampled, fished and boated Monday, July 29 to Friday Aug. 2, at Sea Sleuths Camp at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium.

  • Sarasota
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Partners in crime: Susan Phillips and Phyllis Black were 'arrested' Wednesday, Aug.7 for MDA's Lock-Up. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 7, 2013
Jailbirds for MDA Lock-Up

Susan Phillips, assistant to town manager, was 'arrested' on Wednesday, Aug. 7 to benefit Muscular Dystrophy Association.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Joanne Torlucci submitted this sunset photo, taken on Anna Maria Island.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2013
Weather photo: Longboat Key

Joanne Torlucci submitted this sunset photo, taken on Anna Maria Island.

  • Longboat Key
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Courtesy photo
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 7, 2013
Our Town: Couple celebrates 50 golden years

James and Barry Walsh, of Longboat Key, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary July 13, at St. Martha's Catholic Church in Sarasota

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David Novak rides his bicycle nightly to the Bay Isles ponds to check on the swan family.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 7, 2013
Swan keeper seeks family-planning support

Overpopulation is a real threat for the Bay Isles swan family. Caretaker David Novak hopes to curb the problem with a five-to-eight-year plan.

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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • August 7, 2013
Recommended budget is incomplete

Town staff produced a budget last week, but without pension cost numbers being produced at an Aug. 14 special meeting, the budget has numbers that need to be added in later.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 7, 2013
Obituary: Marjorie Hammer

Marjorie Hammer, 94, of Longboat Key, died July 31.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 7, 2013
Obituary: Charles Van Winfree

Charles Van Winfree, 96, of Longboat Key, died July 31.

  • Longboat Key
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The interior of Crab & Fin will receive a total transformation during two-and-a-half weeks of renovations in September. Robin Hartill
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 7, 2013
Crab & Fin seeks to raise the bar with renovations

The St. Armands Circle restaurant will close for two-and-a-half weeks in September for major renovations, including a reconfigured bar area.

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