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Longboat Key | Neighbors

Susan Phillips and Steve Branham
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • May 30, 2012
Longboat Key couple celebrates engagement

It's official! Susan Phillips and Steve Branham are engaged and are planning a beach wedding for this summer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
File photo.
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 30, 2012
Fundraiser dedicated to restoring the bay

Scallopalooza is a night of fun that also does a lot of good.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Kelly Rockett-Safford submitted this sunset photo, taken on Holmes Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 30, 2012
Cool Today Weather Photo Contest Winner

Kelly Rockett-Safford submitted this sunset photo, taken on Holmes Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 29, 2012
Obituary: Edith M. Rosenthal

Edith M. Rosenthal, of Longboat Key, died May 18. She was 86.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Leslie Harris-Senac with Visions Unlimited Video Productions, Robert Dinan with TRVST, Susan Tower with Company Peas Design and real estate agent Howard Rooks
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 29, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: LLSA Chamber's Thirsty Thursday

Thursday, May 24, the Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce hosted a small gathering of local business representatives at Lido's Helmsley Sandcastle. The group enjoyed appetizers and drinks while they got to know each other.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Monique Bell and Marcia Hupp
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 29, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Bird Key Yacht Club style show

The Style Show May 24 at Bird Key Yacht Club was just another day at the beach, sans the beach. Men and women danced the runway in Tommy Bahama. It was unhurried, relaxed and everything one could expect from Tommy Bahama's island luxury wear. Monique Bell and Marcia Hupp celebrated birthdays at the style show, and fit the theme with blue beach leis. Tommy Bahama, 300 John Ringling Blvd, is open 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Eleanor Golden and Lucille Ovzach
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 24, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Bert Spiegel's Birthday

Bert Spiegel does not look 90. He hardly looks 80 with snakeskin boots and long grey rock star hair. Number aside, Windward Bay residents threw him a party May 22 in the clubhouse. It just so happened that Rosalyne Weiner was celebrating a birthday, too. And Spiegel insisted on sharing his day with all of the May birthdays. Birthday songs were sung, candles were blown, wishes were made and plenty of cake was eaten. Happy Birthday, Mr. Spiegel.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 23, 2012
'Ciao!' baby Sharapova wins

Maria Sharapova, who was defending her title, topped Li Na in the Italian Open Sunday, May 20, in Rome.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Stuart and Lois Scheyer’s grandson, Jon Scheyer, plays professional basketball in Israel for Maccabi Tel Aviv, one of the best professional teams in Europe. Courtesy photo.
  • By Stuart and Lois Scheyer
  • May 23, 2012
Israel revisited: A view from the courts and streets

This is a most unusual report from the Energetic Travelers, because we had a unique personal reason to re-visit Israel: Our grandson, Jon Scheyer, was playing professional basketball in Israel for Maccabi Tel Aviv, one of the best professional teams in Europe.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2012
Obituary: Ethel H. Young

Ethel H. Young, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key and Chicago, died May 11. She was 100.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2012
Obituary: Penny Rosenthal

Penny Rosenthal, of Longboat Key and formerly of St. Louis, died May 19. She was 93.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2012
Obituary: Janet Kaplan

Janet Kaplan, of Longboat Key and formerly of Sarasota, died May 8.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2012
Obituary: Walter Hess Jr.

Walter Hess Jr., of Longboat Key and formerly of Rockville, Md., died May 8. He was 89.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2012
Obituary: Douglas Raymond Bruce

Douglas Raymond Bruce, of Longboat Key and formerly of Norwich, Conn., died May 12. He was 71.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Patty Kuemmel, Ty Smith and Joe Correll representing Dana Tyler
    By
  • Mallory Gnaegy
  • May 21, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: St. Armands Circle Association Annual Meeting

The St. Armands Circle Association got fancy with the group's annual meeting at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Sarasota on May 15. Attendees got down to more than just business by enjoying a sunny happy hour on the hotel's lawn before the meeting. Executive Director Diana Corrigan summarized the past year's accomplishments on the circle: median landscape and improvement, additional parking spaces, the most successful Fright Night and new Buskers on St. Armands events, to name a few.

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