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Longboat Key | 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
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 19, 2011
OBITUARY: Shirley Jean Schneider-Behrendt

Shirley Jean Schneider-Behrendt, 82, was a Longboat Key resident.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Volunteers excavate loggerhead turtle nests by digging out and counting eggs.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 19, 2011
Two turtle nests scheduled for excavation

The public is invited to the opening of two turtle nests that have recently hatched on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 19, 2011
Obituary: Shirley Jean Schneider-Behrendt

Shirley Jean Schneider-Behrendt, 82, of Longboat Key, died July 14.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mark Huber and George Rauch pose in the kitchen while they cooked the 35 fish they caught for the Saturday, July 16 Christ Church and Spanish Main fish fry.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 16, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Fish Fry

Members of Christ Church and residents of Spanish Main had a fish fry Saturday, July 16 at Spanish Main.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jason Berzowski of Longboat Key Fire and Rescue prepares to drop the tape measure from the top of the cotton plant down to the ground Friday, July 15 at Casa del Mar.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 15, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: Casa del Mar's cotton plant ceremony

The famous cotton plant at Casa del Mar had its annual height measuring event Friday, July 15 by the tennis courts at Casa del Mar where the plant is located. The cotton plant's new height is 32 feet.

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  • News
Corrie Williams, 21, feeds the stingrays bait fish Tuesday, July 12 at Mote. Williams recently graduated from Santa Fe College in Gainesville, FL with a degree in zoo science and will be an intern at Mote for 6 months.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • July 13, 2011
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Hungry, Hungry Stingrays!

With all the animals at Mote someone has to feed them, right? Take a look at this Mote intern feeding the stringrays yesterday.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 13, 2011
60 years and still going strong

David and Sally Daneman celebrated their 60th anniversary with family and friends June 25, at Spanish Main Yacht Club.

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