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Longboat Key

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  • Guest Author
  • October 26, 2020
Readers respond to "Liberty or enslavement" editorial

Letters to the editor.

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  • Opinion
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 26, 2020
Longboat Key's Halloween spirit shows up in decorations

Halloween decor and happy haunts can be found on our island, even though the weather makes it hard to believe fall is here.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key Historical Society President Michael Drake is looking for a new home for two historic cottages that currently sit at 521 Broadway St.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 26, 2020
Longboat Key Historical Society seeks new home for cottages

The town of Longboat Key is looking into the possibility of adding one of the historic cottages to the Town Center Green site.

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Peggy Lammers
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 26, 2020
Longboat Key author builds home anew in novel

Peggy Lammers returns to small town Iowa with debut novel 'Onansburg, Iowa."

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The barge is on Halyard Lane.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 25, 2020
Barge in residential canal attracts complaints

The construction barge has been in a Country Club Shores canal since Sept. 11.

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  • News
462 Bowdoin Circle was built in 1952, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,028 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • October 25, 2020
Lido home sells for $2.1 million

Residential real estate transactions for Oct. 12-16.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Cinnamon brown when hatched, turning gray as they mature, crane chicks are called colts because of their long legs. (Photo by Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • October 25, 2020
Bird of the week: Sandhill crane

These distinctive — and large — birds mate for life and life in Florida year-round.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A Wilco Electrical LLC employee works on the town's underground utilities project along Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 23, 2020
Underground electricity coming soon to Longboat

The project is projected to cost about $49.1 million.

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    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 23, 2020
Longboat honors retiring police chief

Pete Cumming has worked for the Longboat Key Police Department since March 2008.

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  • News
Sidney Turner. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 23, 2020
Rotary Club of Longboat Key provides Resilient Retreat care packages

Rotarian Sidney Turner, the Resilient Retreat founder, got a surprise from her fellow club members.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Bradenton-based ET MacKenzie completed repair work after the town of Longboat Key's June's sewage break. Photo courtesy of the town of Longboat Key.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 23, 2020
FDEP grants Longboat Key extension on sewage break penalties

The FDEP's new deadline for the town of Longboat Key is Dec. 15.

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    In Memoriam |
  • October 23, 2020
Marilyn Miller Lami

Marilyn Lami, longtime Seaplace resident on Longboat Key, FL died on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at Village on the Isle in Venice.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 22, 2020
Longboat Island Chapel resumes garden lunches

Outdoor lunches provide a safer way for friends to gather during the pandemic.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 22, 2020
Longboat Key weather page photo: October 22

Karin Shillus captured this great blue heron fishing on Longboat Key.

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Vice Chair and Planning and Zoning board member Ken Marsh submitted his letter of resignation on Oct. 14.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 22, 2020
Ken Marsh resigns from Planning and Zoning Board

Ken Marsh submitted his resignation letter on Oct. 14.

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