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Anni and Tori Walter with Lucinda Hathaway
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 27, 2011
Turtle Watchers come out of their shells

Turtle-nesting season is still a couple weeks away, but, already, Turtle Watchers are coming out of their shells.

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  • April 27, 2011
Tennis Center team secures win

The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center's Men's 75 Division 1 team is the 2010-2011 champion in its division.

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Laura, J.T. and John Lapcyzk, with June Haberle and Bailey Olbur
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  • April 27, 2011
Sand Cay carves out fun

Easter weekend festivities at Sand Cay.

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Hill
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  • Observer Staff
  • April 27, 2011
TBI soloist to perform in collaborative recital

Rebecca Hill, Temple Beth Israel cantorial soloist, will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 1 in a recital with friends at the Church of the Redeemer, in Sarasota.

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File photo
  • By Virginia Sanders
  • April 27, 2011
Turtle nest season comes ashore on Longboat Key

Turtle-nesting season is almost upon us and just in time for Mother's Day!

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Kathleen Neudorfer and Rita Lynch
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  • Dora Walters
  • April 27, 2011
St. Mary Guild reflects on past season

The St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Guild's final luncheon meeting of the year took place April 12.

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Ilsa and Curtis Hecht
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  • Dora Walters
  • April 27, 2011
TBI barbecue is a glowing success

The annual Temple Beth Israel Men's Club barbecue drew 87 temple members and their guests April 17 to Bay Isles Beach Club.

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  • By Donna Swan
  • April 27, 2011
Deal Us In

Bidding after a double sees expert move

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Longboat Key Historical Society President Tom Mayers with speaker David Miller
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 27, 2011
Miller tells of rising tides at Cannons Marina

Last week, David Miller broke down Cannons' history on Longboat Key by decade and shared historic photos and the marina's milestones.

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  • April 27, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

Enjoy a classic Cops Corner entry from our archives.

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  • April 27, 2011
Cops Corner

April 13, 2011, 4:41 p.m. -- 500 block of Bay Isles Road. Suspicious Circumstance. A woman told police she saw someone enter a vacant restaurant.

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A view of Sarasota Bay from the town dock shows off one of the north end's assets.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • April 27, 2011
Northern Exposure

The north end of Longboat Key is home to many of the island's attractive amenities - and much of the island's history.

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Unit 2607 at Inn on the Beach, 210 Sands Point Road, has 1,644 square feet. It sold for $1.01 million.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 27, 2011
Queens Harbour home sells for $2 million

Franklin and Lorraine St. John, of Wallingford, Conn., sold their home at 3628 Fair Oaks Place in Queens Harbour to Barry and Jane Weinman for $2 million.

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Kerrie Ann Lehnert and Robert Dinan
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 27, 2011
Business Observer

Kitchens by Kerrie holds open house at new studio; Key Club receives 28th AAA Four-Diamond Award

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Neil Blume submitted this sunset photo, taken at Whitney Beach.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • April 27, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: Robin's egg blue

Neil Blume submitted this sunset photo, taken at Whitney Beach.

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