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Longboat Key

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  • Observer Staff
  • May 24, 2018
Longboat Key weather page photo: May 24

Michael Cohen photographed this group of birds flying after feeding on South Lido Beach in the late afternoon.

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  • Neighbors
Hazel Steskal and the canal that separates Bayfront Park from Longboat Key estates.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • May 23, 2018
Longboat canal is cause for concern

The border between Bayfront Park and Longboat Key estates is worn, but it's unclear who is responsible for fixing it.

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  • News
The home at 113 Seagull Lane on Longboat Key recently sold for $1,775,000.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 23, 2018
Seagull Lane home sells for $1,775,000

Longboat Key real estate sells

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Sandy Loevner and Jan Crudele, with the Florida Winefest & Auction.
    By
  • Kat Wingert
  • May 23, 2018
Follow the money

The Winefest awarded $187,300. Over its 28 years, it has donated more than $8.5 million to charities that help children — and this is just one small organization in Sarasota’s huge philanthropy scene.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 23, 2018
They chose liberty over enslavement

Monday is Memorial Day

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • May 23, 2018
Cops Corner: This bridge is not for jumping

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Christine and Ben Rothberg Photo courtesy of Kimberly Dyer Photography
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • May 23, 2018
Wedding bells

Christine and Ben Rothberg were married May 12 at Roser Memorial Community Church on Anna Maria Island.

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Sam Gibbon worked on children's television shows including "The Voyage of the Mimi" and "Sesame Street."
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • May 23, 2018
Longboater looks back on tele-visionary career

Sam Gibbon worked on shows such as "Captain Kangaroo" and "Sesame Street" to continue his interest in children's education.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Local businessed closed to prepare for Hurricane Irma in 2017.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • May 23, 2018
Disaster seminar employs lessons from Irma to discuss preparedness

Elizabeth Cuevas Neunder, a Puerto Rican chamber official, will be this year’s keynote speaker.

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  • Neighbors
The building that contains the sauna where Lori Martin's body was found.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • May 23, 2018
Evidence leads to suicide conclusion

A four-month Longboat Key Police Department investigation led to a determination that Lori Martin, 54, took her own life.

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The Resort at Longboat Key Club plans to have Longboat Club Road moved by Thanksgiving.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • May 23, 2018
Longboat P&Z Board approves new Key Club driving range

The Islandside resort has plans to construct a more shallow and narrow driving range, a new cart barn and a new pro shop — a project that follows in the wake of a another to move Longboat Club Road.

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    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • May 23, 2018
New beach access law won't affect Longboat, officials say

New rules established by the Florida legislature revoking public access to private beaches "does not appear" to affect Longboat Key.

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  • News
A beachfront unit at the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort is in bad shape.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • May 23, 2018
Beachfront units can be fixed, owner says

Blake Fleetwood, a beachfront unit owner at the site of the former Colony Beach and Tennis Resort, said that a property appraiser valued his property at a price that gives the investor authority to fix his property.

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Dr. Kristie Skoglund addresses the club at its May 17 meeting.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • May 22, 2018
Kiwanis Club discusses opioid crisis

Dr. Kristie Skoglund of The Florida Center for Early Childhood addressed the crowd on how the center is working to keep families together that have been affected by the opioid crisis.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • May 22, 2018
Mote and SciGirls team up to peak STEM interest

An all-girls camp will run at Mote from July 2 to July 6.

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