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Longboat Key | Neighbors

Patti Ostroski, Andy Sawyer, Dolores Levy, Donna Schlorf and Eve Wickwire
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  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 27, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Tennis Center Captain Appreciation Party

The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center held a potluck party Wednesday, March 27, to thank team captains and celebrate a fun season on the courts.

  • Longboat Key
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Yvonne Schloss of Sunglass Express Optical, Joe Landolfi of Manson Roofing and Brian and Sol O’Neill of House Maids
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 27, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce Open House

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce held an open house Tuesday, March 26, at its new headquarters at 595 Bay Isles Road, Suite 120 F.

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Women's USTA 3.0 team to hit the courts at Daytona championship

The Younger family had a rather magnificent 24 hours two weeks ago. On Tuesday, March 12, Longboat Key voters re-elected Phill Younger for another term on the Town Commission. The day before, his wife, Fanny, had her own big news: Her tennis team advanced to the sectionals championship in May in Daytona.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Longboat resident gets schooled with dolphins while on vacation

Mary Lou Moeller made new friends on a recent Caribbean cruise during a stop at the island of Curacao.

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Library books Election Day sale

It's time to close the books on another local election.

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  • Neighbors
Early this week, the birds built a nest atop a telephone pole 371 feet south of Tangerine Bay, 360 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 27, 2013
Osprey family nests near Tangerine Bay

While the Eagles of Florida Gulf Coast University savor the national limelight as the Cinderella story of the 2013 NCAA tournament, a family of osprey have captured the attention of locals.

  • Longboat Key
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Courtesy photo
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • March 27, 2013
Lido residents could partner with county to remove Australian pines

Sarasota County has undertaken similar partnerships in which residents contribute one-to-one matching funds.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 27, 2013
Film has familiar wing for couple

Longboaters Wayne and Toni Lashway will savor the flavor of their nephew's documentary, 'The Great Chicken Wing Hunt.'

  • Longboat Key
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Before joining the Atlanta City Council, Richard Guthman served as president of the Fulton County Republican Club. For 40 years, he's collected elephant statues and paintings and now has more than 100. Photo by Katie Hendrick.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 27, 2013
Your Neighbor: Richard Guthman

As a little boy in the 1930s, Richard Guthman rode with his parents to watch planes take off from the Atlanta airport, then known as Candler Field, a 3.5-acre property that serviced 16 incoming and outgoing flights per day.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 27, 2013
Lore: April 1: fooling Longboaters for 14 years and counting

Love it or hate it, we know from your phone calls that you read our annual April Fools' edition that debuted April 1, 1999.

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Gloria Schroeder
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 27, 2013
Looking for things to do? Concierges list their top picks

These hotel concierges on Longboat Key and in Sarasota list their top recommendations for the area.

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David Eskin submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Weather Photo: Painterly Picture

David Eskin submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2013
Obituary: Susan Pagano Jack

Susan Pagano Jack, 58, of Longboat Key and Santa Fe, N.M., died March 15.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2013
Obituary: Robert Gephart

Robert I. Gephart, 79, of Sarasota, died March 16.

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  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2013
Obituary: James Fischley

James H. Fischley, 70, of Longboat Key, died March 20.

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