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Longboat Key | Neighbors

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 1, 2011
All Angels by the Sea is now on summer time

All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church, 563 Bay Isles Road, is now on its summer schedule.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 1, 2011
Anonymous donors pledge $1 million

Two anonymous donors have pledged $1 million to Mote Marine Laboratory to fund various initiatives over the next four years.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 1, 2011
Hope for lots of calm ... and no storms

Hurricane season is here. The six-month season began Wednesday, June 1 and continues through November.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jacob Byers
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 1, 2011
Class of 2011

Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the Class of 2011. These Longboat, Lido and Bird key graduates will soon start a new chapter in their lives as they pursue their goals for higher education. But, before they could say goodbye to high school, we gave them one final quiz about their past accomplishments and plans for the future.

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James Monnig submitted this sunset photo, taken at The Diplomat Resort, 3155 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 1, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: Shining Example

James Monnig submitted this sunset photo, taken at The Diplomat Resort, 3155 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Karel Beck and Sally Wright
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • May 28, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: BKYC Memorial Day party

The members of Bird Key Yacht club celebrated Memorial Day and the long weekend with a buffet style dinner and lots of red, white and blue Saturday, May 28 at the clubhouse.

  • Longboat Key
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Barbara Pressman, Bob Berns, Bonnie Zeamon and Douglas Pressman pose together at the Longboat Key Club's BBQ and Movie night Saturday, May 28 at the Longboat Key Club hotel poolside.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • May 28, 2011
PHOTO GALLERY: LBKC BBQ and Movie

Longboat Key Club celebrated Memorial Day and the long weekend with a BBQ and movie Saturday, May 28 by the pool at the hotel.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
Turtle Tracks

Turtle Tracks

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This beach bunny was spotted swimming at the sand spit near Jewfish Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
Some bunny wants to cool off

This beach bunny was spotted swimming at the sand spit near Jewfish Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
Longboaters fill up food bank

The third annual Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key Food Drive was again a success.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
Visiting ladies tip their hats to Save Our Seabirds

The Red Hattitude ladies of Sun City received the royal treatment May 13 during a visit to Save Our Seabirds.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
Sharapova shines at Italian Open, readies for French Open

Hideaway Bay resident and former No. 1 tennis player Maria Sharapova clinched a victory at the Italian Open May 15 beating Australian Sam Stosur 6-2, 6-4 for the title.

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Longboat Key photographer Mary Lou Johnson snapped this beak-iful picture: a trio of pelicans enjoying a day on the water.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
Photographer snaps picture-perfect pelicans on Longboat's waters

Longboat Key photographer Mary Lou Johnson snapped this beak-iful picture: a trio of pelicans enjoying a day on the water.

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Key resident Matt Callihan snapped these photos of the birds that we'll assume are Mother and Father Goose, along with their goslings, at Hole No. 5 on the Blue Course.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
Longboat Key Club golf course geese hatch their golden eggs

Technically, these geese are more gray than golden. But we think the newly hatched goslings at the Harbourside golf course look as good as gold.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
Enjoy a day (or three) at the beach

Memorial Day weekend is one of the most popular times to enjoy some fun in the sun. Longboat Key has plenty of public beach accesses, although some are tough to spot.

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