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  • March 7, 2021
Tangerine Bay Club artists showcase recent works

Several homeowners at Tangerine Bay Club work in various mediums and showcase their work once a year.

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 7, 2021
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church hosts garden concert

The church celebrated good weather with a returning favorite.

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 7, 2021
Longboat Library hosts first book sale of 2021

The library welcomed borrowers back after nearly a year with its doors closed due to the pandemic.

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Northern mockingbirds are fiercely territorial, and will attack intruders many times their size, including hawks, domestic pets, and people. (Photo by Miri Hardy)
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  • March 5, 2021
Bird of the Week: Northern mockingbird

This state bird of Florida can mimic the songs of more than 50 Southern birds.

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Zach Schield won the Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department's "most fit" award in February.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • March 4, 2021
Longboat Key firefighter explains fitness regimen

Zach Schield completed the Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department's annual agility test in less than seven minutes.

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Howard Tessler
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 4, 2021
Bicycling for better

Longboat Key Bicycle Association founder gets advocacy award.

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  • March 4, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: March 4

Gordon Silver captured a photo of this white ibis and white wader in Sarasota Bay.

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 4, 2021
Longboat Key resident helps sister with COVID-19 ribbon memorial

Judy Tobias helped sister Cathy Tobias tie nearly 30,000 ribbons to represent every Floridian life lost to the pandemic.

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The limpkin's unique, piercing cry was used as the call of the magical creature Hippogriff in Harry Potter movies. (Miri Hardy)
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  • Miri Hardy
  • March 4, 2021
Bird of the week: Limpkin

Aquatic bird enjoys apple snails as its preferred food.

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Tropical Storm Eta brought flooding to many parts of Longboat Key. Here Longbeach Village neighbors John DeVito (left) and Fred Kagi (right) chat outside their homes in November 2020.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • March 3, 2021
Longboat Key makes changes to reserve funding criteria

The town of Longboat Key is making the changes ahead of the next fiscal year.3

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  • Eric Garwood
  • March 2, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Whoa!

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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People eat at the Cha Cha Coconuts in St. Armands Circle.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • March 2, 2021
One year later, Longboat businesses see a glimmer of better things

Season has looked slightly different compared to previous years, but businesses have found ways to cope.

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Prices for sand for the town's beach projects are coming in lower than anticipated.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • March 1, 2021
Projections show cheaper sand for beach projects

Estimates show a cost of $37,094,730 for 1,023,000 cubic yards.

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Ed Zunz served on the Longboat Key Town Commission from 2016-2021.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • March 1, 2021
Zunz announces resignation from commission

Zunz served on the Longboat Key Town Commission from 2016-2021.

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Barb Torrence
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  • March 1, 2021
Longboat Key readers dive into historical fiction

Across the board, these Longboat Library volunteers recommend fictional takes on various periods in history.

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