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Longboat Key | Neighbors

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  • Dora Walters
  • April 14, 2010
Bevy of blooms

Longboat Key is currently ablaze with color as spring buds, long dormant from the cool winter, burst into bloom.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 14, 2010
Orange Opulence

Lawrence Glantz submitted this sunset photo taken at The Diplomat, 3155 Gulf of Mexico Drive. 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
  • April 13, 2010
OBITUARY: Dorothy Fischer Packard

Dorothy Fischer Packard, 85, enjoyed bridge and golf.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 12, 2010
OBITUARY: Elizabeth 'Beth' Wipperfurth Aeling

Elizabeth Wipperfurth Aeling was a Spring Lake, Mich., resident and former Longboat Key resident.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 12, 2010
Mote honors volunteers at ceremony

An awards ceremony honored 293 of Mote's volunteers April 8.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • April 9, 2010
Store Around the Corner: Universal Window Solutions

Universal Window Solutions has a large selection of windows, doors and hurricane protection products.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 9, 2010
Registration open for LLSA Chamber golf tournament

The tournament is scheduled for May 28, at the Longboat Key Club Islandside Golf Course.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Robin Roy
  • April 9, 2010
WEEKEND BEST BEST: The Diamonds You Are Fundraiser

A luncheon at Re Federico will benefit the organization's new initiative.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • April 8, 2010
Recipe and a Reservation: Cafe L'Europe

Cafe L'Europe Catering Director Terri Herlihy shares an exclusive recipe for yourobserver.com readers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 7, 2010
Latest books come hot off the press

The Longboat Key Historical Society has reprinted 750 copies of "From Calusas to Condominiums" by Ralph Hunter, founder of The Longboat Observer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 7, 2010
USF to hold fishery talk at Mote Marine

The University of South Florida will present "Environmental Economics: Sustaining the Fishery" from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, at Mote Marine Laboratory.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 7, 2010
Tennis Center honors its captains of the year

Kent McCreight and Joan Kelly were honored March 23, at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center's Friends of Tennis annual potluck party.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 7, 2010
Key resident hosts benefit for humane cause

Longboat Key resident Lillian Sands will host a benefit for the Humane Society of Manatee County from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at her home.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 7, 2010
Turtle supporters race down Siesta Key beach

Mote Marine held its Run for the Turtles Saturday, April 3, at Siesta Key Beach. More than 1,000 joggers and walkers turned out for the event.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 7, 2010
Fishing provides day of fun for Longboat family

It was fun day of fishing in March for Laurin and Nelson Goldner and their family, who went fishing with Capt. Warren Girle.

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