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Longboat Key

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  • Observer Staff
  • February 7, 2019
Longboat Key weather page photo: Feb. 7

Michael Cohen photographed this pelican eating a fish in Sarasota Bay near Big Pass.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Front yards have been dug up for new piping
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • February 6, 2019
Emerald Harbor utilities and roads project at halfway point

Despite inconvenience, Emerald Harbor residents are pleased

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jim Brown plans to meet with representatives of the Sarasota Ballet and the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall this month.
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • February 6, 2019
Brown plans to look into details of black box theater

Ringling says it makes sense to remove black box theater

  • Longboat Key
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As tropical storm Debby drew close in 2012, the sea at North Shore Road looked a lot different than a placid day in 2019.
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • February 6, 2019
Longboat lands millions six years after Tropical Storm Debby

Longboat stands to receive even more money from past hurricanes and storms

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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 6, 2019
Longboat Key Club games for a cure

The annual game day on Feb. 6 benefited Breast Health Sarasota, Inc.

  • Longboat Key
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A home in Sleepy Lagoon at 6568 Gulfside Road recently sold for $775,000. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,620 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $485,000 in 2013.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 6, 2019
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $775,000

Residential real estate transactions for Jan. 21-25.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 6, 2019
Cops Corner: Have we got a deal for you . . .

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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Senate President Bill Galvano
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • February 6, 2019
Galvano has it right

Senate President Bill Galvano wants the state to build three major highway projects. Given the strong economy, for once the state should be in front of the state’s inevitable growth and not play catch-up.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • February 6, 2019
Coyote incident in Lakewood Ranch sends cautionary message

Walkers beware: They are out there.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Sam DiGiammarino plays a teaching game with Booker fifth graders.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 6, 2019
Booker students flip for turtles

During the third, fourth and fifth-grade science classes at Booker Elementary School, students learned all about turtles courtesy of the Longboat Key Turtle Watch.

  • Longboat Key
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Laura and Robert Dutton
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 6, 2019
Happy Birthday, Robert Dutton!

The longtime Longboat Key resident turned 90 on Feb. 4.

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Carol Erker; Susan McGuire; Janet Shapiro; Jack Rozance and Sherri Mills. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 6, 2019
Words of wisdom

The Rotary Club handed out more than 150 dictionaries to Tuttle Elementary School fourth-grade students on Jan. 25.

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Nathalie McCulloch and Dr. Lou Bertha McKenzie-Wharton at a Lilly Pulitzer Fashion Show in 2014.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 6, 2019
Nathalie McCulloch volunteered way through life

The longtime Selby Gardens volunteered, 98, died Jan. 30.

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Harry and Lynn Christensen happened upon Longboat Key while visiting a friend in Sarasota. They were on their way to Naples but never made it there.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 6, 2019
Christensens reflect on 40 years of Harry's Continental Kitchens

In February 1979, Harry's Continental Kitchens started its takeout business. Forty years later, that service has expanded to including a deli, bakery and restaurant.

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    By
  • David Conway
  • February 5, 2019
Work on St. Armand Circle bathroom progresses

Despite concerns about costs, a St. Armands group is pushing forward with its planned restroom project.

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