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Longboat Key | Neighbors

James Smith submitted this sunset photo, taken on the Fourth of July on Holmes Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2011
Weekly Winner: Purple Haze

James Smith submitted this sunset photo, taken on the Fourth of July on Holmes Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mike and Cyndi Seamon, Bill and Meike Dooley and Chris and Patty Sileo dressed up in sombreros and mustaches Friday, July 22 for the Interactive Mexico dinner at Pattigeorge’s.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 23, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Interactive Dinner at Pattigeorge's

Pattigeorge's held a Mexican themed interactive dinner Friday, July 22 at their restaurant on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Ximena Fernandez painted hearts on Nicole Norwine's face at last year's Fish Fry.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 22, 2011
WEEKEND BEST BET: Save Our Seabirds Fish Fry

Venture out to City Island for this weekend's fishiest fundraiser.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
People enjoyed themselves at the Longboat Key Chamber event Thursday, July 21 at the Sports Page.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 21, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: LBK Chamber at Sports Page

The Longboat Key, Lido Key, and St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce held a get together Thursday, July 21 at the Sports Page Bar & Grille in downtown Sarasota.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Terry O'Hara says choosing the right club and making small adjustments to your stroke and shave several strokes off your score.
  • By Terry OHara
  • July 21, 2011
COMMUNITY SPORTS TIPS: The Short Game

This week, Longboat Key Club and Resort Director of Golf Terry O'Hara shares tips on improving your short game.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Matt Binkley, a deputy with the Sheriff’s department, jumps from the helicopter into the water from about 10-feet up in the air in order to save a mannequin during the mock marine search and rescue mission.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 21, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Mock marine search and rescue mission

The Sheriff's Underwater Recovery Force (SURF) conducted a mock marine search and rescue mission from 1 -3 p.m. Thursday, July 21 at Ken Thompson Park Boat Ramp. The main exercise involved divers dropping from the agency helicopter into the water below, saving a mannequin and dragging the mannequin to a rescue boat. All members of SURF were required to do the mock mission twice.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The club's entrance will be permanently rerouted to East Flamingo Drive.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 21, 2011
BKYC to begin facade project

BKYC, which typically closes for three weeks during the month of August, will close Aug. 1 and re-open Sept. 5 for the project.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Nathan Skiles poses in front of a few of his pieces featured in the exhibit.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 21, 2011
Today is last day for Arts Center exhibit

The Ringling College of Art and Design Creatives exhibit closes today after two months at the Arts Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mel Goldsmith, Larry Goldsmith, Jack Goldsmith and Betty Ng
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 20, 2011
Longboat's longest standing July 4?

"We wouldn't know what to do if we weren't here," said Kristi Goldsmith, referring to the traditional Fourth of July bash held at the bayfront home of her father-in-law, Jack Goldsmith.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 20, 2011
Turtle nest scheduled for excavation

A turtle nest hatched on Longboat Key and is scheduled for excavation.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Bonnie Schneider, middle, brought her visiting daughter-in-law, Norma, and son, Chris, to see the measuring of the cotton plant.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 20, 2011
Casa del Mar plants seed of excitement on the Key

Bonnie Schneider, of Pelican Harbor, has attended the Casa del Mar cotton plant measuring ceremony for the Guinness World Book of Records two times in the past, and this year brought her visiting son, Chris, daughter-in-law, Norma, and grandson, Sean, to the July 15 ceremony.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 20, 2011
Longboat Key Club and Resort is 'en vogue'

The Longboat Key Club and Resort is in Vogue - literally. The Key Club was chosen as the place for a Vogue magazine photo shoot July 11, which took place at both the Tennis Gardens at the Longboat Key Club and on the beach at sunset.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 20, 2011
Just another day at the beach on Longboat Key

On Saturday, July 16, staff photographer Rachel O'Hara spent the day on Longboat Key photographing spectacular summer scenes.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unit B-704 at the Sanctuary, 535 Sanctuary Drive, sold for $1,075,000.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 20, 2011
Sanctuary unit sells for $1,075,000

Steven and Susan Freedman, of Lutz, sold Unit B-704 at 535 Sanctuary Drive in Unit IV of the 186-unit Sanctuary to Melvyn and Eleanor Glickman, 585 Sanctuary Drive, for $1,075,000. Built in 1990, the 2,590-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms. It last sold for $1,425,000 in June 2003.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Debbie Snow submitted this sunset photo, taken on Anna Maria Island.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 20, 2011
Weekly Winner: Waiting Patiently

Debbie Snow submitted this sunset photo, taken on Anna Maria Island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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