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Longboat Key | Neighbors

Claudia Benz and Sheree Cade paint a bench.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 27, 2013
Parrot Heads Paint Save Our Seabirds

Members of the Sarasota Bay Parrot Head Club gave Save Our Seabirds a tropical makeover, Saturday, Jan. 26. The group painted benches and walls in bright colors.

  • Longboat Key
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Eric Widitz sculpted a sand alligator.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 24, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Portobello sand sculptures

Eric Widitz did a little sand-scaping while visiting his grandparents, Amo and Lois Widitz, at their Portobello condominium. Among his sand sculptures: an alligator, a panther and a bust of Elvis Presley.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Helen Glaser, Sherrie Handelman, Hedria Saltzman, Hannah Weinberg and Bunny Skirboll
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 24, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Gathering Time Concert

Gathering Time, a folk-rock trio from Long Island, performed songs from the 1960s Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Temple Beth Israel.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Billy Firestone and Jerry Hamovit
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 23, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: The Beaches Dinner Party

About 40 people gathered in The Beaches clubroom Tuesday, Jan. 22, for a dinner featuring antipasto, pizza and cheesecake.

  • Longboat Key
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Gianna Sparks and Zac Smith. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2013
Longboaters race to first place

Three Longboat residents clearly live life in the fast lane, taking home first place awards in the Anna Maria Elementary Dolphin Dash 5K race Saturday, Jan. 12.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2013
Oh, rats. They're back!

There's a rat at Longboat Key Town Hall.

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Virginia Sanders
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2013
Virginia Sanders remembers Penny Rosenthal during Arbor Day celebration

A downpour just minutes before the 11 a.m. start of the Longboat Key Garden Club's annual Arbor Day celebration Thursday, Jan. 17, in Bicentennial Park, necessitated a quick change of venue, but it didn't dampen participants' spirits.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2013
Matt Royal makes friends on Facebook

Between solving murders and late nights at Tiny's of Longboat, Matt Royal has found time to get on Facebook.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2013
Cross-country child's play

Isabel Crimaldi traded the snow-capped foothills of her hometown of Boulder, Colo., for the coastal views of Longboat Key, where she visited her grandfather, John, for the holidays.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2013
90th birthday bash is close to home for Seaplace resident Bob Chalphin

Longboater Bob Chalphin didn't have to go far to celebrate his 90th birthday.

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Professor Gary Mormino speaks to the Longboat Key Historical Society. Photo by Robin Hartill.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 23, 2013
Historical Society recalls Florida's World War II past

USF Professor Gary Mormino spoke to the Historical Society about the Sunshine State during World War II.

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Christine Killeen primarily teaches the Sun-style of tai chi, in which one foot advances to the ground before the other one follows.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 23, 2013
Strike a balance: Christine Killeen

Christine Killeen teaches students to incorporate principles of tai chi into their everyday lives.

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Longboat Key Vice Mayor Chuck Brown, U.S. Attorney Robert Genzman, Police Chief Wayne McCammon and Town Manager Al Cox celebrate the arrests at a press conference at Town Hall. File photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 23, 2013
Lore: Operation yielded 1,600 pounds of cocaine

A Key couple was arrested in January 1989 as part of 'Operation Longboat,' which targeted a smuggling ring that used an Emerald Harbor home as a drop-off point.

  • Longboat Key
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Roger Pettingell is the top Coldwell Banker agent in Florida for the third time. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 23, 2013
Star seller: Roger Pettingell

Roger Pettingell was the top-ranked agent in 2012 on the Sarasota-Manatee Multiple Listing Service in total volume and the top-ranked Coldwell Banker agent in Florida.

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Cathy Cartier submitted this sunset photo, taken overlooking Sarasota Bay.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2013
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Cathy Cartier submitted this sunset photo, taken overlooking Sarasota Bay.

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