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Longboat Key | Neighbors

  • By Observer Staff
  • February 7, 2023
Top nature photos from around Sarasota, Longboat Key, East County in 2022-23

Readers from across the region submit their photos to the Observer's 2022-23 Weather and Nature Photo Contest.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Walter and Gale Frank in the Grand Bay clubhouse where they got married.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • February 7, 2023
Longboat couple finds love after loss

Walter and Gale Frank are in their 80s and celebrated their first wedding anniversary last month.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Residents and tourists, young and old, found something to enjoy at the Lido Casino.
    By
  • Marty Fugate
  • February 4, 2023
The legendary local hot spots of the past

Before the condos and traffic, Lido, Siesta and Longboat keys housed a whole host of haunts.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The lanai overlooks a pool and a small grove of mangroves and sea grape lining the bayou.
  • By Robert Plunket
  • February 3, 2023
1950s ranch transforms into the epitome of Sarasota style

Dan Denton transformed an ordinary Lido Shores ranch home with midcentury bones into a spectacular, modern glass pavilion set in a garden.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sam Ramey fell fast and furious in love with the life aquatic. For him, the experience was so life-changing that he finished his schooling while living aboard a sailboat.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • February 3, 2023
A guide to get your Sarasota fishing adventures started

As the saying goes, a bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work. Or, as outdoorsman and angler Fennel Hudson puts it: “Having a fishing rod in your hand is merely an excuse to explore out-of-sight depths and reveal mysteries that previously only existed in dreams.”

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Yesterdayze is performing at the Town Center Green for the Savor the Sounds concert series.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • February 1, 2023
Savor the Sounds returns to Longboat and the 1960s

Yesterdayze will perform at Town Center Green on Saturday night at the first Savor the Sounds concert of the year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Carol Swed hits a "hole in one."
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • January 31, 2023
New members ace their debut

The 18-hole Women's Golf Association welcomed 23 new members on Tuesday.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Braden River High School Chorus performs at Christ Church.
  • By Marc Fors
  • January 31, 2023
Braden River High choir performs at Christ Church

The high school chorus is competing in the Smoky Mountain Spring Choral Festival held in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, this year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The clubhouse at Gulfshore filled up quickly on Saturday morning for the community's annual Trash to Treasure sale.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • January 30, 2023
Trash to Treasure sale is a Longboat Key tradition

The annual Trash to Treasure Sale was held in the clubhouse of the Gulfshore mobile home park on Saturday.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Past and present Seaplace residents pose for a picture to add to the time capsule.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • January 30, 2023
Residents celebrate 50 years at Seaplace

The Longboat Key condominium complex celebrated its 50th anniversary on Jan. 25.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Chef David Stone shows Karen Pashkow how to butter the phyllo dough for the spanakopita.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • January 29, 2023
Longboat Chapel chef reveals 5 quick-bite secrets

Former Longboat Key Club Chef David Stone held a cooking demonstration at the Longboat Island Chapel.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • January 29, 2023
Longboat 'Shark Guy' gives the ABC’s of shark fishing

Rob Metz has learned just about everything there is to know about catching sharks. And he’s not afraid to show you.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
An exam room at The Paradise Center's medical suite, which opened in 2020.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • January 26, 2023
Medical pros meet potential patients at The Paradise Center

The Paradise Center on Longboat Key is hosting a four-day open house from 1-2 p.m. Jan. 31 through Feb. 3 for residents to meet doctors in a variety of specialties.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Ralph Hughes holds the first of two spy novels he wrote based on his time with the CIA.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • January 26, 2023
Former CIA chief writes truth-based fiction

After 27 years in the CIA, Longboat retiree Ralph Hughes couldn't tell his own story. So he wrote two spy novels instead.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
About 50 people attend FIt Fest at The Paradise Center on Tuesday.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • January 25, 2023
Longboat's Paradise Center lets people sample new ways to sweat

Fit Fest was a chance for the community to try out TPC's various fitness programs.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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