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Longboat Key | Neighbors

    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2010
New Shabbat service time

Shabbat services at Temple Beth Israel, 567 Bay Isles Road, will be held at 8 p.m. Fridays.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort longtime President and General Manager Katie Moulton and her father, longtime owner and CEO Dr. Murray "Murf" Klauber, reminisce about the Colony's history.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 22, 2010
Through the years

A look back at the early years of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort's history from 1968 to 1995.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2010
Our View

About that 25.8% tax hike ...

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The world’s largest picnic table blocks the Autobahn for a day.
  • By Stuart and Lois Scheyer
  • September 22, 2010
Three cities/One capital

The European Capital of Culture featured three city sites: Pecs, Hungary; Essen and the Ruhr Valley, Germany; and Istanbul, Turkey. Essen was elegant; Istanbul was a turkey.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Unit 1002 at the Water Club sold in August for $2.35 million, making it the top Longboat Key transaction for the month.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 22, 2010
Key Real Estate: August sales summary

The following is a summary of key real-estate sales recorded for the month of August, at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses. Data from August 2009 is also listed for comparison.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Tokyo Steak House will open this winter where Cork restaurant formerly was located.
  • By Jessica Luck and Robin Hartill
  • September 22, 2010
St. Armands gets taste of new restaurants

At least three new restaurants will open soon on the Circle, including The Daiquiri Deck, La Malinche and Tokyo Steak House.

  • Longboat Key
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Longboaters Suzan and Keith Bickel read The Longboat Observer at Othello's Castle in Famagusta, Cyprus. The trip was part of a longer one that took place this past summer and included Turkey, Greece, and the Greek islands.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2010
It's Read Everywhere

Longboaters Suzan and Keith Bickel read The Longboat Observer at Othello's Castle in Famagusta, Cyprus. The trip was part of a longer one that took place this past summer and included Turkey, Greece, and the Greek islands.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Longboaters Dr. Sid Katz and Elaine Keating read their Longboat Observer while overlooking the Pacific Ocean on Channel Drive in Montecito, California.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2010
It's Read Everywhere

Longboaters Dr. Sid Katz and Elaine Keating read their Longboat Observer while overlooking the Pacific Ocean on Channel Drive in Montecito, California.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2010
Weather: City Sunrise

Charles Preston Rawls submitted this sunrise 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
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Jack Peffley, owner of Taffy's Menswear, and Diana Corrigan, Executive Director of St. Armands Circle Association
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • September 21, 2010
Circle Association heads downtown

The St. Armands Circle Association met for their September General Membership Meeting on Tuesday, September 21, at the Hotel Indigo. Approximately 30 members of the association turned out to discuss new business and upcoming events in the circle.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 21, 2010
OBITUARY: Lawrence Harold Weiss

Lawrence Harold Weiss, 84, was a Longboat Key resident.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The fishermen: Gordon Lyons, Mark Huber, John E. Anderson, George Rauch, with Ginny Porter
  • By Jessica Luck
  • September 17, 2010
Christ Church has bigger fish to fry

There were definitely plenty for this potluck. Even though season has yet to hit the island, Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian USA welcomed more than 40 of its members for a fish fry/potluck Friday, Sept. 17, at Islands West.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Edgar gets a birthday sash from trainer Holly West.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • September 15, 2010
At 18, Edgar takes the (squid) cake (WITH VIDEO)

Edgar, a permanent sea-turtle resident at Mote Marine Aquarium, celebrated her 18th birthday Wednesday with a squid cake and party.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Photo courtesy of Holly West/Mote Marine Laboratory
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2010
Mote hatches plan to help hatchlings

After 33 loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings became disoriented recently after emerging from their nests in Venice and near Palma Sola Bay, in Manatee County, Mote Marine Laboratory released them Thursday, Sept. 9 about 8 miles from shore in seaweed called sargassum.

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The Rev. Edward Pick
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2010
Father Pick gets corny on vacation

The Rev. Emeritus Edward Pick, of St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church, made a recent visit to the Michigan home of Tim and Susan Clarke.

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