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Longboat Key | Neighbors

    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 25, 2010
Recipe and a Reservation: Hemingway's

Hemingway's Retreat co-owner Perry Tennell shares an exclusive recipe for YourObserver.com readers.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2010
Karl Rove to speak at Lincoln Day dinner

Karl Rove to speak at Lincoln Day dinner

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2010
Tiny's to hold giant last-call celebration

Tiny's to hold giant last-call celebration

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2010
Rummage sale a success

Rummage sale a success

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2010
Early birthday wishes go out to Ralph Hunter

Early birthday wishes go out to Ralph Hunter

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2010
Turtle Watch T-shirts now on sale

Turtle Watch T-shirts now on sale

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2010
We won't demand a final count

We won't demand a final count

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2010
Holy Week Worship Services

A listing of Holy Week worship services on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2010
Obituary: Audrey Tompkins Ziesemer

Audrey Tompkins Ziesemer, 62, of Longboat Key, died March 18.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 24, 2010
SYC unveils new $14.5 million facility

The Sarasota Yacht Club has been busier than ever as members and the general public continue to seek out their first glimpses of the new building-even though the grand opening is more than a month away, scheduled for April 23 through April 25.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 24, 2010
Longboat Key Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of March 12 through March 18, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 24, 2010
Country Club Shores home sells for $1,175,000

Stephen and Susan Hoffmann, of Anchorage, Ky., sold their home at 573 Cutter Lane in Unit IV of Country Club Shores to Steven Fraser, as trustee of the Fraser Family Trust, of Wheaton, Ill., for $1,175,000.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 24, 2010
Peaceful peekaboo

Bennett Adler submitted this sunset photo taken at Seaplace, 2045 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
  • March 23, 2010
Obituary: Audrey Tompkins Ziesemer

Audrey Tompkins Ziesemer, 62, was a Longboat Key resident.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • March 22, 2010
Man on the street: Spring Awakening

We asked Longboaters how they spent the first day of spring, which was Saturday, March 20.

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