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Longboat Key

Henry the Heron. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 7, 2021
Heron about town

A blue heron has captured Longboat Key's attention.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Roger Pettingell ranked as the number-one individual sales associate in Sarasota County in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, according to Coldwell Banker Realty.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • January 7, 2021
Pettingell again the top Sarasota-area Realtor in 2020

The Sarasota-Coldwell Banker realtor finished last year with more than $175 million in closed sales.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 7, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: January 7

Bonnie Lashin captured this great blue heron in silhouette against a Longboat Key sunset.

  • Longboat Key
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Predation by domestic cats is the number-one human-caused threat to birds, including Northern Cardinals, in the United States and Canada. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • January 7, 2021
Bird of the week: Northern cardinal

Familiar red bird is the only cardinal native to North America.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lauren-Taylor Nock and Easton Nock wait for the school bus on the first day of school in August.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 7, 2021
70 students in Longboat

Town seeks number of public school-enrolled children.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Signs at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center remind players to keep their distance on and off the courts.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 7, 2021
Observer Challenge canceled, but tennis community swings on

While organized competitions are still off the table, tennis players on Longboat Key still get their practice in.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 7, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Bike, car, collision course

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Lynn Larson, Svetlana Kaminsky and Bob Gault at a Kiwanis meeting.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 7, 2021
Kiwanis Club launches match challenge with Children’s Guardian Fund

The club will match all donations made in their name up to a total of $10,000.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: December 24

John Gangloff captured these American oystercatchers walking the beach on Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • January 6, 2021
We’ll probably never know

For the 74 million who voted for Trump, they want one thing for sure: to know the truth.

  • Longboat Key
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Commissioner George Spoll said the move to reduce the age requirement for vaccines makes it harder for older residents.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • January 5, 2021
Longboat aims for COVID-19 vaccine site

The town of Longboat Key does not yet have a COVID-19 vaccination site.

  • Longboat Key
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Traffic flows at the intersection of U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • January 5, 2021
Sarasota roundabout construction set to begin in February 2021

Longboat Key leaders have expressed their concerns about how mainland traffic impacts the barrier islands.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • January 4, 2021
Longboat Key's new fire truck is officially in use

The town of Longboat Key paid $850,000 for the new fire truck.

  • Longboat Key
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Tito Vitorino
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 4, 2021
Amore Restaurant to reopen in downtown Sarasota

Tito Vitorino and wife Liana, showrunners since Amore's beginnings on Longboat Key, now own the restaurant.

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Unit 1203 at 1300 Benjamin Franklin Drive was built in 2005. It has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,872 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 3, 2021
Lido Key condo sells for $4.8 million

Longboat Key residential real estate transactions for Dec. 14-18.

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