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Longboat Key | Neighbors

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  • June 23, 2022
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 23

Sergio Albuquerque took this snapshot of a calm, sunny day on Longboat Key.

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  • Neighbors
Avid anglers, Dawn Milstead and Laura Groppo, spend a lot of time on the water.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 23, 2022
Pair of boaters help save tangled turtle near Longboat Key

A fishing trip turned into a successful rescue operation.

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    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 23, 2022
Rotary Club passes the gavel to new president

Bo Fuller passed the gavel to Jeff Driver at the club's annual ceremony.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
John Harkness takes the majority of his pictures from this dock behind his Longboat Harbour condominium. (Photo by Lesley Dwyer)
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 20, 2022
Longboat Harbour resident, retired firefighter shifts to up-and-coming photographer

John Harkness retired on Longboat Key in 2018 from a firefighter career and began photography with his iPhone two-and-a-half years ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Marion Levine and David Gorin are the new co-presidents of Temple Beth Israel.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 18, 2022
Temple Beth Israel has announced first co-presidents in its 43 years

Marion Levine and David Gorin, who took the helm in early June, agree that the job is simply too much work for one person.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Maika Arnold won the Town Manager Award.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 17, 2022
Hard work recognized at town hall

Maika Arnold won the Town Manager Award and, unofficially, the quickest commuter award.

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  • Observer Staff
  • June 16, 2022
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 16

Gary Wise captured this photo of a black skimmer bird nesting on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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David and Brianna Sobotka are thrilled to be raising their little girl on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 16, 2022
The Beach Harbor Club welcomes its first baby

Blair Marie Sobotka is the first newborn to live at the Beach Harbor Club since it opened in 1970.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Patrick Engle removed the chair this sea turtle was stuck under. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 16, 2022
Turtle gets trapped under a beach chair

Patrick Engle was vacationing from Pennsylvania when he found a turtle trapped under a beach chair.

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Susanne Arbhey and Ashley Watts
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 15, 2022
Local businesses network and lunch at Cafe L'Europe

The Players Centre for Performing Arts is asking for help writing letters to the City Commission.

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The author would like you to know that no people were given food poisoning from his cooking. (Photo: Jim Hendry)
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • June 15, 2022
Writing is easy, but cooking is hard

How does a journalist with very few cooking skills get by when he's dropped into a Publix cooking class? He burns the bread.

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Penelope Hagen loves living on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 13, 2022
School-aged children account for only 1% of Longboat's population

Children make up almost a quarter of the population nationally.

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  • Neighbors
Officer Jeremy Christie rescued a baby mockingbird near Lido Beach.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 13, 2022
Police officer rescues a mockingbird

Sarasota Officer Jeremy Christie transported the mockingbird to Save Our Seabirds.

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Keira, Xiamara, Alana and Celena Eberly had their faces painted.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 11, 2022
Mote celebrates World Oceans Day with interactive education

Games, experiments and painted faces filled the courtyard at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 9, 2022
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 9

Jenelle Alber captured this white ibis walking in the waves along Longboat Key.

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