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Longboat Key | Neighbors

    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 1, 2010
Beth Israel holidays offer illuminating experience

This year's high holiday events will begin with a Selichot service at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, at Temple Beth Israel.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 1, 2010
Rusty Chinnis snaps up four outdoor writing awards

Rusty Chinnis snaps up four outdoor writing awards

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 1, 2010
Residents hit high note with bucket list

Longboat Key residents Marlene Companaro and Sally Keyes fulfilled a dream when they recorded their album, 'Diamonds in the Rough.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 1, 2010
Harry's restaurant/deli closed for vacation

Harry's Continental Kitchens restaurant and deli closed starting Monday, Aug. 30 for a summer break.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • September 1, 2010
Food for thought

Independent restaurateurs in one part of the Gulf Coast have captured marketing successes by banding together. The concept is now spreading across the region.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 1, 2010
WB Plaza tenants open but wonder what's in store

Whitney Beach Plaza business owners continue to operate despite the pending foreclosure of the shopping center.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Donna Swan
  • September 1, 2010
Deal Us In: Learn How to Count

Good bridge players play as though they can see through the cards. Actually, they are doing nothing more than counting.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 1, 2010
Shipshape Sunset

Lawrence Wild submitted this sunset photo, taken at Marina Jack in downtown Sarasota. Please send your sunset (or sunrise) photos to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228, or e-mail them to [email protected].

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 31, 2010
OBITUARY: James 'Jimmy' Krohn

James 'Jimmy' Krohn, 85, was a decorated World War II veteran.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Roy
  • August 26, 2010
Twice-weekly trash collection seen as wasteful

Starting in September, the city of Sarasota will change its garbage-collection schedule to once-per-week. The move will save the city $700,000 and save residents $36 per year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 25, 2010
Rabbi Eisenstat makes a return trip to Israel

Michael Eisenstat, rabbi emeritus at Temple Beth Israel, spent three weeks volunteering in late June/early July on an Israeli military base outside of Tel Aviv, followed by two weeks at the Shalom Hartman Institute, in Jerusalem.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • August 25, 2010
Aerobic grandma: How to successfully recondition yourself

Starting up an exercise program can be easier than you think. Use these tips from a local trainer to jump start your routine.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 25, 2010
Sunset Swirls

Ronald Johnson submitted this sunset photo, taken on the north end of the Key. Please send your sunset (or sunrise) photos to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228, or e-mail them to [email protected].

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Donna Swan
  • August 25, 2010
Deal Us In: What to lead

Opening leads often determine the outcome of a bridge hand. North has a good hand. He forced the game and then made a slow raise, showing extra values. His response to Roman Key Card Blackwood showed zero or three key cards. You have a few seconds to decide on your lead.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • August 22, 2010
Sarasota Bay Watch volunteers search for scallops

More than 150 volunteers gathered for the Third Annual Sarasota Bay Watch Scallop Search.

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