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Longboat Key | Neighbors

Wendy Walker and Nancy Moore organized the event
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • April 25, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Bird Key Yacht Club Style Show

The ladies of Bird Key Yacht Club enjoyed a luncheon and style show THursday, April 25. Members dined on shrimp kabobs and watched her peers model fashions from Dreamweavers. Les Ciseaux provided hair and make up styling.

  • Longboat Key
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Lord's Warehouse managers Cindy Kuehnel and Dee Pelton. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Chapel lets them eat cake

The Longboat Island Chapel's board of directors threw an appreciation party Tuesday, April 16, for Lord's Warehouse volunteers that included a sweet treat: a thank-you cake decorated with white frosting, spring flowers and the message, "Thank you Lord's Warehouse volunteers."

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Clean out your closet for SPARCC

Your Prada shoes are so last year ... but oh so perfect to donate to Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center's (SPARCC) Reverse Trunk Show 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at the Longboat Key Club Harbourside Dining Room.

  • Longboat Key
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Here, Mary Ahern, Bobby Reardon, Lorraine Reardon and Paul Ahern enjoy the sunset in front of Beachplace condominium.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Life's a beach for Beachplace residents

We get lots of photos of sunsets.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Library books unused campaign contributions

Longboat Key closed the books on election season last month, but campaign contributions recently added up for the Longboat Library.

  • Longboat Key
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Longboat Key Turtle Watch’s 2013 poster offers turtle-nesting season guidelines. Courtesy photo.
  • By Robin Hartill and Alex Mahadevan
  • April 24, 2013
Turtles swim the globe before returning home

A loggerhead that hatches on local beaches might swim thousands of miles before returning to nest at the place where it hatched.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 24, 2013
Fleetwood: voice for Colony rehab model

In the past year, Blake Fleetwood has disagreed with the majority of the Colony's board by arguing against a teardown and rebuild of the shuttered resort.

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    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • April 24, 2013
Local artists purchase Terry's Framing and Art Supplies

Robbie Ball and his fiancee, Emily Shaw, plan to carry on the legacy of Longboat Key framer Terry Petesch, who died last year.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 24, 2013
Lore: Longboaters got last taste of Shenkel's

On April 24, 1994, a Longboat Key institution served its final meal.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Arnie Malasky frequently wears beaver-embroidered shirts and has beavers on his business cards.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • April 24, 2013
Your Neighbor: Arnie Malasky

It started with a smiling, doe-eyed stuffed beaver Arnie Malasky spotted on a business trip to Denver, which he thought would make a perfect gift for his then-girlfriend, Ronnie.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Obituary: Theresa 'Teddie' Sinick

Theresa 'Teddie' Sinick, 98, of Longboat Key, died April 14.

  • Longboat Key
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Lewis
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Obituary: Milford 'Mel' Lewis

Milford T. "Mel" Lewis, 81, of Franklin, Mich., and Longboat Key, died April 9.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Obituary: Morris Kaplan

Morris Kaplan, 86, of Longboat Key, died April 6, just one week shy of his 87th birthday.

  • Longboat Key
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Grundy
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Obituary: Gary Randall Grundy

Gary Randall Grundy, 67, of Longboat Key, died April 3.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Obituary: Muriel C. 'Mimi' Francis

Muriel C. "Mimi" Francis, 83, of Longboat Key, died April 6.

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