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Longboat Key

The otters enjoy both a land and aquatic area of the exhibit.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 25, 2016
Meet Mote’s otterly endearing new animals

Mote Marine Aquarium's newest exhibit "Otters and Their Waters," will debut tomorrow, Feb. 26.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Jack Short
  • February 25, 2016
FDOT announces crosswalk improvements

Additional flashing signs and pavement markers will be placed to alert motorists to upcoming crosswalks.

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John Caviglia, of Longboat Key, captured this shot of a vessel heading out at sunrise near the Longboat Key Club.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 25, 2016
Longboat Key weather page photo: Feb. 25

John Caviglia, of Longboat Key, captured this shot of a vessel heading out at sunrise near the Longboat Key Club.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 24, 2016
Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour: Hoover Home

The home is at 344 Firehouse Lane.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Nancy Jacobson, Fran Orbach and Steffi Gold
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • February 24, 2016
Breast Health Sarasota 'Games Day'

Breast Health Sarasota hosted "Games Day" on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at Longboat Key Club Harbourside Dining Room.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Longboat Harbourettes hosted a Breakfast at Tiffany's themed luncheon on Wednesday, Feb. 24.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • February 24, 2016
Longboat Harbour's 'Luncheon at Tiffany's'

Longboat Harbourettes hosted "Luncheon at Tiffany's" on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at Longboat Harbour.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 24, 2016
Mary Lou Johnson visits Garden Club

Photographer Mary Lou Johnson stopped by the Longboat Key Garden Club’s monthly meeting Feb. 23, at Windward Bay.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • February 24, 2016
An election about legacy

The referendum on underground utility lines in Longboat’s neighborhoods is more than a 30-year assessment. It’s a vote on how we’ll leave the Key: better or worse off.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Susan and Josh Braunstein at the Wounded Warrior Project ride Feb. 13, in St. Petersburg.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • February 24, 2016
Fit couple share admirably active lifestyle

Longboat Harbour residents Josh and Susan Braunstein fit physical activity into their daily routines.

  • Health
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 24, 2016
Longboat Key: Your Calendar

Check out upcoming events on Longboat Key and surrounding areas.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Max Morrison still uses his 1948 Gibson banjo.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 24, 2016
Banjo still strikes a chord for World War II vet

Max Morrison, aka "Mr. Banjo," lost his right index finger in World War II, but that doesn’t stop him from finding joy in the banjo.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Huck will be one of the three otters featured at Mote.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 24, 2016
Mote's "Otters and Their Waters" to open Friday.

Mote Marine Aquarium’s newest temporary exhibit, Otters & Their Waters, will open to the public Feb. 26.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 24, 2016
Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour: Anderson/Chillura Home

The home is at 6526 Bayou Hammock Road.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 24, 2016
Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour: Hanna Home

The home is at 749 Hideaway Bay.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 24, 2016
Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour: King Home

The home is at 6832 Pine St.

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