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Longboat Key | Neighbors

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 21, 2010
WEATHER: Vibrant Vista

Charles Preston Rawls submitted this sunrise photo, taken at Island Park, 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
  • July 19, 2010
OBITUARY: Rolliston Linscott Jr.

Rolliston Linscott Jr., 94, was a 19-year resident of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 16, 2010
Store Around the Corner: McCarver & Moser Jewelers

McCarver & Moser Jewelers has operated on St. Armands Circle for 30 years.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Stephanie Hannum
  • July 15, 2010
RECIPE AND A RESERVATION: Columbia Restaurant

Columbia Restaurant owners Richard and Casey Gonzmart share an exclusive recipe with YourObserver.com readers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 14, 2010
OBITUARY: Dr. Samuel Hannah

Dr. Samuel Hannah, 72, was a physician and founding member of St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 14, 2010
Key resident receptive to cell tower

A Spanish Main Yacht Club resident suggested placing a cell tower on the neighborhood's property to achieve better cell-phone reception on the north end of the island.

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2010
Turtle Tracks

Turtle Tracks

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2010
Season's first turtle nest hatches

The first turtle nest of the season in Longboat Key Turtle Watch's patrolling area of the Manatee County portion of Longboat Key has hatched, and the public is invited to watch as volunteers excavate the nest.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2010
Couple welcomes bundle of joy

Robert Charles Jodat, weighing 6 pounds, 2 ounces and measuring 18-and-three-fourths-inches long was born July 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 14, 2010
Dentist to provide service with a smile

Dr. Lawrence Kassouf will open Longboat Key Dental in August, in the Mediterranean Plaza.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 14, 2010
OBITUARY: Anna Theresa Hlywa

Anna Theresa Hlywa, 90, of Clifton, N.J., and Longboat Key, died July 9.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 14, 2010
OBITUARY: Marilou Dickerson

Marilou Dickerson, 86, of Longboat Key and Hamburg, N.Y., died July 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Judy Stanford
  • July 14, 2010
Energetic Traveler: Magic moments

Through photographs and in memories, Bird Key residents Bill and Judy Stanford recently captured the beauty of their dream safari in Botswana and Zambia.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2010
Building Permits 07.15.10

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of July 2 through July 8, in order of dollar amounts.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2010
Key Real Estate: Country Club Shores home sells for $1.8 million

The total number of sales for the week, which included 12 on Longboat Key, one on St. Armands Key and one on Bird Key, represented a slight increase from the prior week, during which 10 sales were recorded. Three sales exceeded the $1 million mark this week.

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