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Longboat Key | Neighbors

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  • Robin Hartill
  • April 27, 2010
OBITUARY: Vonda Clayton

Vonda Clayton, 95, loved Longboat Key's beaches.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 26, 2010
OBITUARY: Michael Townsend Martin

Michael Townsend Martin, 68, became the youngest general manager in professional sports.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Robin Hartill
  • April 26, 2010
OBITUARY: Martin Rettinger

Martin Rettinger, 80, died April 18.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 26, 2010
OBITUARY: Virginia Criblez Withington

Virginia Criblez Withington, 77, was active in many Longboat Key organizations.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Jessica Luck
  • April 23, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BET: Smooth Jazz on St. Armands

Smooth Jazz on St. Armands - Fourth Fridays with Style takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 23, at St. Armands Circle. Les Sabler & City Heat will perform.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • April 22, 2010
Recipe and a Reservation: Moore's Stone Crab

Moore's Stone Crab co-owner Alan Moore shares an exclusive recipe for yourobserver.com readers.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • April 22, 2010
Gussin to release fourth novel in October

'And Then There Was One' will be available Oct. 4 at bookstores throughout the area.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2010
After recovery, eagle takes flight

A bald eagle became stranded in the waters of Longboat Key recently and needed help before she could spread her wings again.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2010
Euphemia Haye walks for a cure

Team Euphemia Haye participated for its eighth year in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's (JDRF) "Walk to Cure Diabetes" event March 20, on Siesta Key, and raised more than $14,000.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2010
Historic real-estate office building still stands

One of the first real-estate offices on Longboat Key was started by Luther Garaux in the 1940s and was located in a two-story building at 5144 Gulf of Mexico Drive. The building still stands and is now, fittingly, an apartment complex.

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  • April 21, 2010
Beachplace enjoys a day at the races

Beachplace has gone to the dogs. Residents attended their annual "Night at the Dogs" event April 8, at the Sarasota Kennel Club.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2010
Publix employees help save our local seabirds

Approximately 35 Longboat Key Publix employees were hard at work on Saturday, April 10, but they weren't behind the store's counters. Instead, they were volunteering at Save Our Seabirds.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2010
Holy mackerel:Resident catches 32-pound fish

Longboat Key resident Paul Geck recently reeled in quite the catch: a 50-inch, 32-pound king mackerel that he caught 1.5 miles west of Longboat Pass.

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  • April 21, 2010
Longboat Key swans go into nesting mode

Spring is in the air, and that means the Harbour Links swans are in nesting mode.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 21, 2010
Kiwanis Club still hungry for more food donations

The collection effort has been extended through April 30.

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