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Longboat Key | Neighbors

The Longboat Key Garden Club's Home & Garden Tour offers an inside look of a handful of the key's finest abodes
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 1, 2013
WEEKEND BEST BET: Longboat Key events

Longboat Key weekend best bets include a rummage sale, Longboat Key Garden Club's Home & Garden Tour and the Sarasota Wildlife Art Festival.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Judy Williams, Chuck Fuller and Ruth Strauss
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • February 28, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Christ Church Dinner

Christ Church of Longboat Key held its semimonthly dinner Wednesday, Feb. 27. Parishioners enjoyed a lasagna dinner followed by a presentation titled, "My life in the theater: From ingenue to character woman," starring Carolyn Michel, an actress with the Asolo Repertory Theatre.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Roger Goldstein and Barry Bakal
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • February 27, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Opera Night at Temple Beth Israel

The Temple Beth Israel's men's organization hosted studio artists of the Sarasota Opera Association Tuesday, Feb. 27.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Barbara Kerwin and Carol Peschel
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • February 27, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Garden Club Meeting

Longboat Key contractor Rusty Chinnis spoke to members of the Longboat Key Garden Club about the Sister Key Conservancy, the Sarasota Bay Watch and scallop restoration during the club's monthly meeting Tuesday, Feb. 26, at Windward Bay.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Donna Pettinato, event chairwoman, and Arleen Klein, For the Cure treasurer
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • February 27, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Sports Day For the Cure

The ladies of the Longboat Key Club enjoyed a brief morning of tennis and golf (cut short by inclement weather), Tuesday, Feb. 26, followed by a luncheon in the club's Harbourside Dining Room. The event raised money for Breast Health Sarasota.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 27, 2013
Obituary: Helen 'Sissy' Glennon Malloy

Helen "Sissy" Glennon Malloy, 75, of Manasquan, N.J., and Longboat Key, died Dec. 30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Pirate Ransom Webster, Buccaneer Inn founder Herb Field and Longboat Key Mayor Will Le Page. File photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • February 27, 2013
Lore: Buccaneer Inn brought pirate's life to Key

The pirate-themed resort and restaurant were the creation of developer Herb Field, who purchased an old dive bar in 1957.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • February 27, 2013
Top 10 2013 attractions

Here's our guide to the top 10 can't-miss activities and destinations on Longboat and its surrounding keys.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Claire Marsh with Arlene and Retired Brigadier Gen. John Casey
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • February 27, 2013
50 and fabulous: Longboat Island Chapel reaches 50 years old

Five decades after establishing its new home, chapel members celebrate their church.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Judy Green, president and CEO of Premier Sotheby's International Realty, says she’s scouting locations in the Tampa Bay area. Nancy DeNike.
  • By Jean Gruss
  • February 27, 2013
Tampa to Marco

Naples-based Premier Sotheby's International Realty, fresh off a banner year in 2012, moves into South Tampa's luxury market with its first office there.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The main residence at 7012 Riverview Blvd., in Bradenton, was built in 2007. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • February 27, 2013
REAL ESTATE REPORTS

Four Coldwell associates named to Legends Society; Michael Saunders & Co. launches quarterly magazine; Sale is the largest in Manatee County since May 2011; SAR reports 22% increase in January YTD sales

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
John Pan submitted this sunrise photo, taken over the eighth hole at the Longboat Key Club golf course.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 27, 2013
Weather Photo: SUNRISE SHOT

John Pan submitted this sunrise photo, taken over the eighth hole at the Longboat Key Club golf course.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Penny Auch and Millie Citti
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • February 27, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: All Angels Fashion Show

The ladies of All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church held a fashion show to benefit several local charities Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the Sarasota Yacht Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Ellis home on Jewfish Key is featured on this year's tour. Katie Hendrick.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 27, 2013
Get a sneak peek at H&G Tour

It's that time of year when six homeowners open their doors to the community for the Longboat Key Garden Club's Home & Garden Tour.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 27, 2013
Even at 6'6", Fiat is perfect fit

Blue Dolphin Cafe owner Robbie Ball stands at 6 feet, 6 inches, but his car - a Fiat 500 - is just the right size.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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