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Longboat Key | Neighbors

Terri Baker and Barbara Harrison discuss a seashore painting.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 21, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Highwaymen Exhibit Opening

Art admirers packed the Longboat Key Center for the Arts Friday, Jan. 18, for the opening of The Highwaymen exhibit, featuring 50 paintings from Siesta Key resident Larry Helmuth's collection. The exhibit runs through March 1 in the art center's Durante Gallery.

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Mary Ahern and Tony Mazziotti
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 18, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Beachplace Welcome Back Party

The Beachplace Condo Association held a Welcome Back party Thursday, Jan. 17, in its clubhouse.

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Cooks included, front, Lenny Distefano, Tom Vitro, Joe Sever and, back, Jim McGuire and Dennis McIvor.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 18, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Men's Guild Meeting

Sean McGrath, a former member of the White House Communications Agency, spoke at the St. Mary's, Star of the Sea, Men's Guild Welcome Back Meeting Thursday, Jan. 17.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Noah Waddell, 11, was featured on PBS' "Curious Kids."
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 18, 2013
WEEKEND BEST BET: Noah Waddell in Concert

Noah Waddell started playing the piano at age 7 and has already amassed several accolades, including first prize in the Justine Lebaron Young Artist Competition and first place in his age division at the Southwest Florida Jillian Prescott Music Awards.

  • Longboat Key
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Kiwanis President Jim Burmeister and Bill Sadlo, CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 17, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Kiwanis Donations

The Longboat Key Kiwanis Club awarded donations to several community groups at its weekly meeting, Thursday, Jan. 17, at the Longboat Key Club Tavern. Recipients included Children First, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota County, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee, and Child Protection Center. Funds came from the Gourmet Lawn Party last November.

  • Longboat Key
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Robert and Betty Lou Miccio with Pat Ricciardi
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • January 17, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Seaplace Dinner Dance

Seaplace residents had an Italian-themed dinner and dance Wednesday, Jan. 16, in their clubhouse.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 16, 2013
Obituary: John Edwin 'Jack' Woodward Jr.

John Woodward Jr., 92, of Coon Key, died Jan. 7.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 16, 2013
Obituary: Lee Jaffe Swartz

Lee Jaffe Swartz, 88, of Longboat Key, died Dec. 23.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 16, 2013
Obituary: Robert Rosenthal

Robert Rosenthal, 96, resident of Plymouth Harbor, died Jan. 8.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 16, 2013
Obituary: Mary-Elizabeth 'Betty' McCoun Monroe

Mary-Elizabeth "Betty" McCoun Monroe, 85, of Plymouth Harbor, died Jan. 13.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 16, 2013
Obituary: Rudy Karmus Meiselman

Rudy Karmus Meiselman, 86, of Longboat Key, died Dec. 27.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 16, 2013
Obituary: Madeline Libby

Madeline Libby, 90, of Bradenton, died Dec. 29.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 16, 2013
Obituary: Charles Rupert Jamison

Charles Rupert Jamison, 91, of Longboat Key, died Dec. 29.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 16, 2013
Obituary: Edna Marguerite Burke

Edna Burke, 91, formerly of Longboat Key and Boston, died Jan. 2.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 16, 2013
Sin Circle: Male dancers stripped on St. Armands

In January 1980, six male dancers began weekly performances at the old Ruby Tuesday's that drove the ladies to near hysteria.

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