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Longboat Key

This five-bedroom home at 825 Longboat Club Rd. is listed at $17.5 million.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 13, 2010
Price of Paradise

The high end of Longboat Key real estate remains pricey, with the most expensive property priced at $17.5 million. But the low end of the market offers affordable options.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
This home at 3556 Fair Oaks Lane in Queens Harbour has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half bathrooms, a pool and 5,007 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.18 million.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 13, 2010
Key Real Estate: Sales soar to 14 during final week of September

Key real-estate transactions jumped to 14 during the week of Sept. 27 through Oct. 1, more than double the previous week's total of six.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 13, 2010
Building Permits

These are the largest building permits issued by the Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Department for the week of Oct. 1 through Oct. 7, in order of dollar amounts. (GMD = Gulf of Mexico Drive)

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The $840,000 sale of the home at 345 Madison Drive was the sole single-family home sale in September on St. Armands Key.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 13, 2010
September Sales Snapshot

The following data is a summary of Key residential real-estate sales recorded during September at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses. Data from September 2009 is also listed for comparison.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 13, 2010
Sunset Strut

Tom Norton submitted this sunset photo, taken across from Bayfront Park, 4052 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Please send your sunset (or sunrise) photos to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228, or e-mail them to [email protected].

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • October 11, 2010
VIDEO: Black Tie Bash 'Season Shaker'

The Observer's Black Tie Bash 'Season Shaker' 2010-2011 chairwomen and chairmen shake things up during the fashion show finale.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mote Public Relations Specialist Hayley Rutger and intern Kassie Movsesian release Hayley off of City Island. Courtesy of Mote Marine Laboratory.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 11, 2010
Mote releases two turtles, including final cold-stunning patient

The juvenile green sea turtles were released Friday morning.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Sally and Fred Brumbaugh, Karen Cogbill and Barb and Lou Sanandres
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • October 9, 2010
BKYC Oktoberfest on the beach

Bird Key Yacht Club members took their annual Oktoberfest celebration out of the clubhouse and onto the beach this year on Saturday, Oct. 9, at the Bay Isles Beach Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Tom Beckett and Jean and Bill Buckley
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • October 9, 2010
Christ Church members sing for their supper

Christ Church members gathered to sing some of their favorite tunes at their Sunset Soiree and Sing-along on Saturday, Oct. 9 at Islands West.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Vern Buchanan and Jack Black
    By
  • Maria Amodio
  • October 8, 2010
LBK Republican Club meets with candidates

The Republican Club of Longboat Key met Friday, Oct. 8 at The Sarasota Yacht Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Thyrza Jacocks and Pat Kaufman with 'Ageless Creativity' artist Eleanor Merritt
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 7, 2010
Arts Center doubles up for opening reception

The Longboat Key Center for the Arts held the opening for its "Common Grounds" and "Ageless Creativity" exhibits.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 7, 2010
OBITUARY: Kenneth Holmok

Kenneth Holmok, 83, owned commercial heating-and-cooling and awning companies in Cleveland.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Manatee County Commission has agreed to hold off discontinuing its portion of the funding of the Longboat Key trolley route until the end of the year.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • October 7, 2010
New trolley meeting scheduled

Three bodies of government will meet next month to figure out a way to preserve Longboat Key's trolley route.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • October 7, 2010
Key bald eagles return in nesting mode

Longboat Key photographer Mary Lou Johnson recently snapped photos of a pair of bald eagles that returned to the island last month.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
One man used the groin near The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort as a place to exercise.
    By
  • Rachel S. OHara
  • October 7, 2010
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Exercise enthusiast

Although Makepeace groins are known as popular spots for fishermen and birds to gather, there appears to be another use for them: as a place to do your morning exercises.

  • Longboat Key
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