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Longboat Key | Neighbors

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  • Observer Staff
  • July 29, 2009
Garden Club's pizza garden delivers

On the pizza-topping menu: eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, basil and oregano.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 29, 2009
Cafe on the Bay closes

A new restaurant will open in the restaurant's Centre Shops location this fall.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 28, 2009
Signs point to recovery for injured toddler

Susan Pressly, the grandmother of injured 20-month-old Libby Claire McGarity, removed a sign from her yard after the child was airlifted to a Charlotte, N.C., hospital July 24.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Maggie Pahos
  • July 28, 2009
Man on the street: What a treat

We patrolled St. Armands Circle to ask visitors what is their most sought after treat when visiting the shopping district.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Maggie Pahos
  • July 27, 2009
Man on the street: All business

We asked residents and business owners what new businesses they would like to see on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Maggie Pahos
  • July 24, 2009
Man on the street: Key beach reads

We hit Circle Books, on St. Armands Circle, and the nearby beach to ask people what is on their bookshelf this summer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2009
Weather

To see the weather page and the Observer Crossword, click on the following link to download the pdf.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Donna Swan
  • July 22, 2009
Deal us in: Giveaway double

Sitting West, your double will surely give your side a top result. How can it lose?

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2009
IT'S READ EVERYWHERE

IT'S READ EVERYWHERE

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 22, 2009
A general mystery

For 20 years, the Bradley GT sat in the garage of Helen Holt's historic home in the Village. Soon, the car will motor the streets once again.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2009
Worship Services

Worship Services

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2009
Obituaries

Obituaries

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 22, 2009
St. Armands Key Lutheran announces official pastor

The Rev. Mark Bernthal will become pastor of the church Sept. 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2009
Meet Maggie, The Observer Group's summer intern

Maggie Pahos is a junior at Elon University, in Elon, N.C., where she is studying creative writing, art history and African/African-American studies.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2009
LB Harbour celebrates Fourth of July with style

About 70 Longboat Harbour residents gathered Saturday, July 4, for a holiday celebration.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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