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Longboat Key | Neighbors

    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • October 11, 2010
VIDEO: Black Tie Bash 'Season Shaker'

The Observer's Black Tie Bash 'Season Shaker' 2010-2011 chairwomen and chairmen shake things up during the fashion show finale.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mote Public Relations Specialist Hayley Rutger and intern Kassie Movsesian release Hayley off of City Island. Courtesy of Mote Marine Laboratory.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 11, 2010
Mote releases two turtles, including final cold-stunning patient

The juvenile green sea turtles were released Friday morning.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sally and Fred Brumbaugh, Karen Cogbill and Barb and Lou Sanandres
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • October 9, 2010
BKYC Oktoberfest on the beach

Bird Key Yacht Club members took their annual Oktoberfest celebration out of the clubhouse and onto the beach this year on Saturday, Oct. 9, at the Bay Isles Beach Club.

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  • News
Tom Beckett and Jean and Bill Buckley
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • October 9, 2010
Christ Church members sing for their supper

Christ Church members gathered to sing some of their favorite tunes at their Sunset Soiree and Sing-along on Saturday, Oct. 9 at Islands West.

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  • Neighbors
Thyrza Jacocks and Pat Kaufman with 'Ageless Creativity' artist Eleanor Merritt
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 7, 2010
Arts Center doubles up for opening reception

The Longboat Key Center for the Arts held the opening for its "Common Grounds" and "Ageless Creativity" exhibits.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 7, 2010
OBITUARY: Kenneth Holmok

Kenneth Holmok, 83, owned commercial heating-and-cooling and awning companies in Cleveland.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 7, 2010
Key bald eagles return in nesting mode

Longboat Key photographer Mary Lou Johnson recently snapped photos of a pair of bald eagles that returned to the island last month.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
One man used the groin near The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort as a place to exercise.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • October 7, 2010
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Exercise enthusiast

Although Makepeace groins are known as popular spots for fishermen and birds to gather, there appears to be another use for them: as a place to do your morning exercises.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Duane and Karen Compton
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 6, 2010
Villagers hold season's first social

The Longbeach Village Association met for its first meeting/social of the 2010-11 season.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 6, 2010
Volunteers clean up on Key beaches

Volunteers collected 312 pounds of trash along a 4.75-mile stretch of Longboat Key's Manatee County beach Saturday, Oct. 2.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Rachel O'Hara and Maria Amodio
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 6, 2010
The Longboat Observer welcomes new staff

This season, you might observe at least one new face and a familiar face around town.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Firefighter/paramedics Alan Jenkins and Jason Coats flow a stream of water from a firehose into Sarasota Bay.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 6, 2010
Firefighters hold training days near Sarasota Bay

From Sept. 28 through Sept. 30, Longboat Key firefighter/paramedics could be seen in the bay area around Longboat Key on Marine-9, the department's Advanced Life Support medical and fire-suppression rescue boat.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 6, 2010
Observer debuts new section title

Debuting this week is our "Diversions" section, which combines both arts and entertainment and society coverage each week.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 6, 2010
Suspense is over: Gussin releases new novel

Longboat Key author Patricia Gussin's latest novel, "And Then There Was One," was released Oct. 4 by Gussin's Oceanview Publishing.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
GHANA. Longboat Key resident and global marathoner John Wallace reads The Longboat Observer while visiting the Kwame Nkrumah memorial in Accra, Ghana. Wallace was in Ghana for his 335th marathon in his 105th country, a new world record.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 6, 2010
It's Read Everywhere

Longboat Key resident and global marathoner John Wallace reads The Longboat Observer while visiting the Kwame Nkrumah memorial in Accra, Ghana; Betsy Smith enjoys The Longboat Observer's trek each week up to Anna Maria Island.

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