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Longboat Key | Neighbors

Ian and Audrey Sharp
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  • 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.

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  • 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.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 4, 2013
Obituary: Thomas Bramble

Thomas Edwin Bramble, 101, of Bradenton and formerly of Longboat Key, died Aug. 17.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • September 4, 2013
Business Observer

Register for the East Meets West Regional Business Expo; Boston Proper on the Circle will open next week; Reid T. Winder completes financial planner series; Community Harvest begins next month

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Henry Adomonis submitted this sunrise photo, taken overlooking Sarasota Bay.
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2013
Weather photo: Longboat Key

Do you love taking photos? We want your best photos of sunrises, sunsets, rainbows, etc.

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Eileen and Tony Massaro
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • September 1, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Re-opening Bird Key Yacht Club Barbecue

Members gathered for a barbecue dinner Saturday, Aug.31, at the Bird Key Yacht Club re-opening.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Bryce Tone and Justin Callahan get ready to hoist their sails at the 67th Annual Labor Day Regatta
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 31, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: 67th Annual Labor Day Regatta

The Sarasota Sailing Squadron hosts the 67th Annual Labor Day Regatta Saturday, Aug. 31.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Virginia Sanders nest yields 115

A nest named for a top turtle recently hatched at 6429 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
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Eva Waldroup. Photo by Mallory Gnaegy.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Town Hall's cake connoisseur retires

Eva Waldroup, Town Hall's popular receptionist and cake-maker, officially retired this year after 10 years of service.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Commissioner is a proud new grandpa

Commissioner Jack Duncan has taken on an additional responsibility. He and his wife, Debbie, are the proud new grandparents to Liam James Webster.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2013
Obituary: Grace Douglass Marlow

Grace Douglass Marlow, 90, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key, died Aug. 12.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Stuart and Lois Scheyer
  • August 28, 2013
Energetic Travelers: Travel Tips

The Longboat Key Observer's travel editors share thoughts from their notebook midway into the 2013 travel season on how to travel easier.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Annie's Bait and Tackle
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • August 28, 2013
Destination: Cortez Fishing Village

The Cortez Historic Fishing Village offers the joys of Old Florida - as well as fresh seafood, unique shops and endless options for ways to enjoy the bay.

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