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Longboat Key

Longboat Key photographer Mary Lou Johnson snapped this beak-iful picture: a trio of pelicans enjoying a day on the water.
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
Photographer snaps picture-perfect pelicans on Longboat's waters

Longboat Key photographer Mary Lou Johnson snapped this beak-iful picture: a trio of pelicans enjoying a day on the water.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Key resident Matt Callihan snapped these photos of the birds that we'll assume are Mother and Father Goose, along with their goslings, at Hole No. 5 on the Blue Course.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
Longboat Key Club golf course geese hatch their golden eggs

Technically, these geese are more gray than golden. But we think the newly hatched goslings at the Harbourside golf course look as good as gold.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
Enjoy a day (or three) at the beach

Memorial Day weekend is one of the most popular times to enjoy some fun in the sun. Longboat Key has plenty of public beach accesses, although some are tough to spot.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
Cops Corner

200 bock of Gulf of Mexico Drive (GMD). Civil Disturbance. A resort employee told police that a tree-trimming service was cutting down tree limbs in a parking lot and causing sawdust to cover three cars.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Dr. Suzy Steelman makes Italian mozaics by using tiny pieces of glass. She said her surgery skills serve her well in her hobby.
    By
  • Dora Walters
  • May 25, 2011
Surgeon undertakes heartfelt work

Dr. Suzy Steelman, retired general surgeon and Bird Key resident, volunteered to spend a week in March, in the Dominican Republic, working with Hearts Afire, a Christian medical volunteer organization.

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Hurricane Elena caused extensive seawall damage during Labor Day weekend in 1985.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 25, 2011
Center of the storm

As a barrier island, Longboat Key is vulnerable to hurricanes, but historically the island has avoided major storm damage.

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  • Neighbors
Unit B904 at Orchid Beach Residences, 2050 Benjamin Franklin Drive, has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,936 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.65 million.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 25, 2011
Orchid Beach unit sells for $1.65 million

Allen and Christine Ottoson, of Neddick, Maine, sold Unit B904 at the Orchid Beach Residences, 2050 Benjamin Franklin Drive on Lido Key, to Mark and Kathy Morrison, of Monroe, Conn., for $1.6 million.

  • Longboat Key
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The home at 825 Longboat Club Road sold for a Longboat Key record of $12.5 million in April.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 25, 2011
April real estate sales summary

The following is a summary of key residential real-estate sales recorded last month at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses. Sales data from April 2010 is also listed for comparison.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 25, 2011
Business Observer

Touche De L'Afrique opens on the Circle; and Harry's Continental Kitchens now open for summer hours.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • May 25, 2011
Real Estate Reports

Re/Max announces strong year-to-date sales; and Michael Saunders & Co., Signature Sotheby's make list.

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  • By Donna Swan
  • May 25, 2011
Deal Us In

To jump-shift or not to jump-shift?

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Susan Feulner submitted this sunset photo, taken in the 5500 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
WEEKLY WINNER: Moment of Reflection

Susan Feulner submitted this sunset photo, taken in the 5500 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
OUR VIEW: Keep the Promise for Israel

To understand why the Observer Group newspapers have always been strong supporters of Israel - and find deep fault with President Obama's Middle East speech last week - we have to go as far back into the written record of history as possible.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
Classic Cops of the Day

Enjoy this classic Cops Corner entry from our Longboat Observer archives.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 25, 2011
Calling all Key graduates

If you are graduating this spring and would like to be featured in the story, please call Community Editor Robin Hartill at 383-5509, Ext. 303, or email her at [email protected].

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