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Longboat Key

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

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

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
When they moved to Florida, Chris and Tammy Sachs downsized a lot of things — including their Christmas tree.
    By
  • 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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  • News
The Longboat Key Historical Society accepted bids until Nov. 11 on the larger L-shaped cottage.
    By
  • 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.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 23, 2020
The nice list: Longboat groups turn up the cheer

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

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    In Memoriam |
  • December 23, 2020
Ian Willis

Ian Willis, 86, passed away on December 18, 2020 at his home on Longboat Key, Florida after a long illness.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
A time to keep our perspective
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • December 23, 2020
A time to keep our perspective

Caesar Augustus and Herod were all about self-centered status, power and ego. Mary and Joseph were the antithesis: humble, not materially wealthy, ordinary in all appearances. And yet they were extraordinary.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The new truck features a mid-mount, 75-foot ladder. The design allows the new truck to be more maneuverable.
    By
  • 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.

  • Longboat Key
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Father Robert Dziedziak
    By
  • 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.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Red-shouldered hawks have a very distinct call, which blue jays often imitate to frighten other song-birds birds away from feeding stations.
    By
  • 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.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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.
    By
  • 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)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • December 18, 2020
Bird of the week: Anhinga

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

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Photograph of the pipe lying on its side at the Town of Longboat Key's Public Works Department. The breach was in the bottom invert of the pipe.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • December 18, 2020
Report blames underground log in Longboat sewage spill

About 14.7 million gallons of untreated sewage spilled between June 17-30.

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Chris Sachs, Police Chief Kelli Smith and Cash Register. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • December 17, 2020
New bell pit stop

The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key got new Salvation Army bells.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Longboat Key Town Commission will use a hybrid approach for meetings (four of the seven commissioners physically present) for the remainder of 2020.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • December 17, 2020
Health Department delves into COVID-19 data for town

The state's data routinely puts positive COVID-19 cases on the Manatee County side of Longboat Key's 34228 ZIP code.

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