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845 Longboat Club Road
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  • December 28, 2020
2020: Top 10 real estate transactions on Longboat

It was a busy year for property sales on Longboat Key.

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  • December 24, 2020
Longboat Key Turtle Watch sets out on December cleanup

The club saw warm weather for their first winter beach cleanup on Longboat Key.

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • December 24, 2020
St. Mary, Star of the Sea hosts Christmas concert

There was plenty of social distancing and almost no socializing, but the members upheld their tradition.

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Painting by Truman Adams
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • December 24, 2020
Open-air Christmas

St. Armands Key Lutheran Church went a different way with their display this year.

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Photo courtesy of Cyndi Seamon.
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • December 24, 2020
And to all a good night

Christmas on Longboat Key has a certain glow.

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    By
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  • December 24, 2020
Bird Key Yacht Club hosts annual Blessing of the Fleet

The evening serves as the club's holiday party every year.

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When they moved to Florida, Chris and Tammy Sachs downsized a lot of things — including their Christmas tree.
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • December 24, 2020
Holidays past and present on Longboat Key

No holiday season has ever quite been like 2020, and many hope there's never another one.

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The Longboat Key Historical Society accepted bids until Nov. 11 on the larger L-shaped cottage.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • December 23, 2020
Longboat Key historic cottages planning to move in 2021

The cottages currently sit at 521 Broadway St. in the Longbeach Village neighborhood.

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Joe McElmeel and Scott Gray stand in front of gifts donated by the Republican Club of Longboat Key.
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  • December 23, 2020
The nice list: Longboat groups turn up the cheer

Your friends and neighbors helped out a lot during this holiday season.

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The home at 845 Longboat Club Road was built in 2005 with six bedrooms, six full baths and two half baths, a pool and 17,714 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • December 23, 2020
Regents Court home sells for $16.5 million

Longboat Key residential real estate transactions for Dec. 7-11.

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The new truck features a mid-mount, 75-foot ladder. The design allows the new truck to be more maneuverable.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • December 22, 2020
Longboat's new ladder truck is a step up

The Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department plans to begin using the new truck in January 2021.

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Father Robert Dziedziak
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • December 22, 2020
Longboat Key pastor getting to know his parish

Father Robert Dziedziak came to Longboat Key's St. Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Church as the pandemic started.

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Red-shouldered hawks have a very distinct call, which blue jays often imitate to frighten other song-birds birds away from feeding stations.
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  • Miri Hardy
  • December 21, 2020
Bird of the week: Red-shouldered hawk

The most abundant of the hawks, the birds of prey swoop down on unsuspecting victims.

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Longboat Key project manager James Linkogle demonstrates how homes in the Country Club Shores IV North neighborhood will use the undergrounding work for utilities. FPL is scheduled to remove its poles in January 2021.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • December 18, 2020
Underground electricity coming to south end of Longboat Key by January 2021

Longboat Key plans is to have its underground utilities project finished by the end of 2022.

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Adult male anhingas are black with silvery to white streaks on the back and wings. Females and immatures have a light brown head, neck, and breast. (Miri Hardy)
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  • Miri Hardy
  • December 18, 2020
Bird of the week: Anhinga

Like the double-crested cormorant, the anhinga can dive deep into the water.

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Longboat Key Turtle Watch members presented a nearly $12,000 donation to Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium to support rehabilitating sea turtles like Ellie, one of the current residents.
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