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Longboat Key | Neighbors

The Grinch himself joins the 2021 Village Holiday Parade on Siesta Key.
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  • Observer Staff
  • November 3, 2022
The best things to do this season on Siesta, Lido, Longboat keys

The don’t-miss events from around the keys in November, December and January.

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    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • October 31, 2022
Preparing for Halloween on St. Armands Circle

The shop owners agree: No matter how much candy they buy, they always run out.

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  • Neighbors
Brooke Welch shows off her underwater pumpkin carving skills. (Photo by Lesley Dwyer)
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • October 31, 2022
Scuba divers carve pumpkins in Mote shark tank

Two volunteer scuba divers carved pumpkins instead of cleaning the tank on Halloween.

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  • Neighbors
Solar panels in 2019 on the roof of Longboat Key residents Rusty Chinnis and Chris Killeen's house. Rooftop solar panels are a relatively rare sight on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • October 31, 2022
Solar power users have different experiences during a storm

Battery backup power kept one Longboat household lit up during Hurricane Ian.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • October 31, 2022
Operation Oktoberfest is a success for St. Armand's church

More than 150 people attended the seasonal event on Saturday.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 27, 2022
Longboat Key weather page photo: October 27

Sergio Albuquerque captured the sunset’s reflections on Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • October 27, 2022
Longboat Key church welcomes back members

The guest speakers were a mother and daughter from the Beauty Bridge Foundation of Sarasota.

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  • Neighbors
O'Lyn Callahan with her purse painting. She used this painting as a study to learn how to get an object to come off the page. (Photo by Lesley Dwyer)
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • October 26, 2022
Former organist's paintings featured at Longboat Key's All Angels Church

O'Lyn Callahan spent most of her life devoted to music until she brought a friend to an art class.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • October 23, 2022
Longboat Key church transforms into a hofbrauhaus for Oktoberfest

About 100 church members attended, many dressed in lederhosen.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • October 23, 2022
Second annual satellite walk makes strides against breast cancer

About 60 walkers skipped the drive to Nathan Benderson Park and showed their support for breast cancer on Longboat Key instead.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Far back: Stephanie Janney and Julie Anderson From left: Trish Shinkle, Lisa Silvertooth, Lynn Curreli, Ronica Jackson, Carolyn Brown, Sue Smith, Eileen Panza Front: Kari Kennedy (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • October 23, 2022
Longboat Key town staff snap a selfie for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Staff members from different departments posed in pink to support breast cancer.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • October 23, 2022
Pet blessing proceeds purrfectly at the Longboat Island Chapel

Over two dozens dog and Max the cat were blessed on Saturday by Reverend Brock Patterson.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2022
Longboat Key weather page photo: October 20

Sergio Albuquerque captured this photo of a railroad vine in bloom along Longboat Key.

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  • Neighbors
This year's co-chairs of the annual Christmas Bazaar: JoAnn Sifuentes, Diane Monaghan and Chris Gooderham. (Lesley Dwyer)
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • October 20, 2022
St. Mary's annual Christmas Bazaar is Nov. 5

Church members start making sale items in May for their annual Christmas Bazaar.

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  • Neighbors
Dr. Michael O'Neil in front of the POD in the Publix parking lot on Bay Isles Road. (courtesy photo)
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • October 18, 2022
Longboat Key trio launch a community-wide hurricane relief effort

The PODS storage unit put in the Publix parking lot on Bay Isles Road was filled with supplies in under two days.

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