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Longboat Key

Sophie and Lucy won the most patriotic prize in 2019.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • June 7, 2021
Freedom Fest celebration and parade is on in Longboat Key

The COVID-19 pandemic forced the town of Longboat Key to cancel its 2020 Fourth of July festivities.

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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • June 7, 2021
Rotary Club of Longboat Key plants tree at new fire station

The Longboat Key Fire Department will now be looked over by a "shady lady."

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • June 7, 2021
Lord's Warehouse volunteers dive deep into buried treasure

Longboat Key's Lord's Warehouse thrift store always gets treasures, but this year donation season is lasting longer.

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  • Neighbors
Built in 1997, the home at 6161 Gulf of Mexico Drive has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,224 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 6, 2021
Sleepy Hollow home sells for $6.4 million

Residential real estate transactions for May 24-28.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • June 4, 2021
Longboat home listed at $12.9 million features a rooftop waterslide

Beachfront property priced near the top of the market for Sarasota-Bradenton area.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • June 3, 2021
Songs of the Circle launches on St. Armands

About a dozen musicians set the soundtrack for the early summer night on June 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The town of Longboat Key has several signs along Broadway, which show where permits are required to legally. park
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • June 3, 2021
Holiday brings new calls for stepped-up parking enforcement

The Longboat Key Police Department initially gave warnings when the Longbeach Village parking permit program started in January. Officers now issue citations when a car is illegally parked.

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    In Memoriam |
  • June 3, 2021
Martha Ellen “Miss Marty” Macallister

Martha Ellen “Miss Marty” Macallister passed away peacefully on Monday, May 24, 2021 in Wayne, PA.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • June 3, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 3

Sherry Packard captured this image of a seagull flying on a nearly clear day over Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • June 3, 2021
$10.15 million home sale is tops on Longboat in 2021

Custom home offers 150 feet of gulf-front on 1.64 acres.

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    A time to celebrate |
  • June 3, 2021
Celebrating the Class of 2021

Congratulations Class of 2021!

  • East County
  • Celebrations
    By
  • Adrian Moore
  • June 3, 2021
The replacement for gas taxes

Mileage-based user fees offer multiple benefits to consumers and governments compared to gas taxes, but a big concern is making them replace gas taxes, not become just another new tax.

  • Sarasota
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Fire department employees and Publix employees chatted when the cakes were dropped off. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • June 1, 2021
A slice of thanks

Publix sent their usual thank-you cakes to Longboat's first responders.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • June 1, 2021
You Observed: Longboat Key Club tennis gets patriotic

The tennis players of the club came dressed in their Memorial Day best.

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Barry Gaines has seen enough film festivals to know what he likes and what he wants to leave out of GainesCon.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 31, 2021
Longboat Key IT specialist Barry Gaines launching sci-fi and fantasy film festival

Gaines hopes to give small sci-fi filmmakers and actors a chance to show themselves with GainesCon in November.

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Keera Herbst, Donn Githens, Kim Verreault and Alexa Olivas help celebrate the opening of the new Longboat Key Goodwill bookstore and donation site on Dec. 18.
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Artist JC Wayne hangs the ninth and final piece in her series "Atomic Universe," the latest installation at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church. The display will be up throughout the holiday season.
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Locations of the new St. Armands speed tables are marked in red.
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St. Armands speed humps will be replaced with permanent speed tables
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