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Longboat Key | Neighbors

    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 9, 2010
Spot of Color

Anne Mckinnon submitted this sunset photo taken near the North Shore Road beach access. 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
  • June 8, 2010
Cail: a teacher of life's lessons

Anne-Marie 'Andy' Cail, of Longboat Key, died Monday, June 7. She was 73.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 7, 2010
OBITUARY: Dan Lee Baumann

Dan Lee Baumann, 58, of Sarasota, was assistant manager at the Longboat Key 7-Eleven.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 4, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Mote World Ocean Day

This year's event will feature activities and a Dr. Seuss theme.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 2, 2010
OBITUARY: Goldie Swartz

Goldie Swartz, 79, was a retired teacher and avid cyclist.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2010
Resident endows Harvard chair

Longboat Key resident Ruth Kreindler and her family recently endowed a professorial chair at Harvard Law School.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2010
Resident's cat remains missing since last week

Max, a 5-year-old gray tabby cat, was lost Tuesday, May 25, near Joan M. Durante Park and The Longboat Observer office.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2010
Green recognized for her United Way volunteer work

Longboat Key resident Lois Green donated her time to the United Way for many years without expecting anything in return, so she was surprised to learn she had received the organization's Alexis de Toqueville award for outstanding leadership and being an inspiration to others.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2010
Griffin to be featured contributor in new read

Longboat Key novelist H. Terrell "Terry" Griffin is a featured contributor in the upcoming release from Oceanview Publishing, "Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads."

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2010
Town manager St. Denis requests sand input

The town of Longboat Key is urging its residents to tell commissioners what kind of sand they want for the town's island-wide beach project, which will begin in November 2011.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 2, 2010
Scarlet starboard

Neil Blume submitted this sunset photo taken at Whitney Beach. 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
  • May 27, 2010
OBITUARY: Jerome Lavin

Jerome Lavin, 65, was a Longboat Key resident.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 26, 2010
65 years and still going strong

65 years after their wedding in Gallup, N.M., Milton and Florence Harr, of Longboat Harbour, are still going strong.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 26, 2010
Dora the Explorer records experiences

Longboat Observer senior editor Dora Walters recently underwent knee-replacement surgery and is currently undergoing rehabilitation. And she's writing about the experience on her "Dora the Explorer" blog at YourObserver.com.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jessica Luck
  • May 26, 2010
Ringling engages community in creative solutions

Ringling College of Art and Design hosted a Creativity@Work Retreat May 13 and May 14, at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a Division of Ringling College of Art and Design.

  • Longboat Key
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