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Longboat Key

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  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 1, 2016
Tangerine Bay has a quadrennial celebration

Tangerine Bay Club residents leaped into March with a Leap Day party Monday, Feb. 29.

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  • Neighbors
Dr. Matt Nessetti, Dr. Doris Ramirez Nessetti, Dr. Irv Becker and Physician Assistant Anne Marie Dozier
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • March 1, 2016
Longboat Key medical center sets opening date

The Longboat Key Center for Healthy Living will open March 31, at the Centre Shops.

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New Pass
    By
  • Jack Short
  • February 29, 2016
U.S. Coast Guard rules New Pass unsafe

Until dredging is complete, the Coast Guard said too much of New Pass is too shallow to navigate safely.

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  • News
The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort has been closed since 2010.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • February 29, 2016
Unicorp, Colony owners consider plan that could end litigation

Colony unit owners will consider pursuing a $46 million offer from Unicorp that includes a global settlement of litigation.

  • Longboat Key
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Gene Jaleski
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  • Jack Short
  • February 26, 2016
Elections Commission dismisses final Jaleski claim

The commission cleared the town of any violation of elections laws when it removed public information from its website about a referendum.

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  • News
Ralph Hunter owned the Longboat Observer for 17 years with his wife, Claire.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • February 26, 2016
Longboat Observer founder Ralph Hunter dies at 95

Ralph Hunter founded the Longboat Observer in 1978 in part because he was bored with retirement.

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Jolanta Sobolewski, Dan Wiseman and Tim Smalley have won the Observer's photo contest for February.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 26, 2016
Congratulations to this month's winners of our photo contest!

Jolanta Sobolewski, Dan Wiseman and Tim Smalley have won the Observer's photo contest for February.

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  • Neighbors
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.
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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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
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    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.

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    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.

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