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  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 25, 2015
39th annual Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour: Ivy league

A Mediterranean estate with three structures has humble beginnings.

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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 25, 2015
39th annual Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour: Tickled pink

The British West Indies-style home is infused with blasts from the past.

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  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 25, 2015
39th annual Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour: Hedge fun

An arched hedge offers a warm welcome to this tropical oasis.

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  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 25, 2015
39th annual Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour: The French connection

This Country Club Shores home blends old France elegance with whimsy through a personalized art collection.

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  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 25, 2015
39th annual Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour: A sight to sea

Who needs a boat when you have a cruise ship-inspired home on Sarasota Bay?

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This week’s FYI Friday features news about a new Whole Foods, another Siesta Key beach distinction and more!
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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • February 19, 2015
FYI Friday - Your weekly news roundup

Catch up on the week's most important and most interesting news stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County with FYI Friday.

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Ham Jones, pictured in 2007. (File photo)
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  • Robin Hartill
  • February 19, 2015
Former Seafood Shack owner Ham Jones dies at 81

The Longboat Key resident founded the Cortez restaurant more than 40 years ago.

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These two homes at 359 W. Royal Flamingo Drive sold for $2,247,500. The first home has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,171 square feet of living area. The second home has two bedrooms, two baths and 2,531 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 18, 2015
Two Bird Key properties sell for $2,247,500

These two homes at 359 W. Royal Flamingo Drive sold for $2,247,500. The first home has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,171 square feet of living area. The second home has two bedrooms, two baths and 2,531 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
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Speaker Matthew Woodside and Historical Society President Pam Coleman
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 18, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY: Historical Society lecture

The Longboat Key Historical Society held its monthly lecture on Feb. 19. Matthew Woodside, chief curator and director of exhibitions of the South Florida Museum in Bradenton, spoke about the history of the Gulf Coast of Florida and how we got where we are today.

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Leonardo Distefano, firefighter and paramedic Matt Taylor and Joe Zampino
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • February 18, 2015
PHOTO GALLERY: St. Mary Men's Club roast beef dinner

St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church Men's Club held a roast beef dinner on Feb. 19. Before the dinner, Longboat Key firefighters showed club members the technology and apparatuses of the fire trucks.

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Police and firefighters were at the crash scenes in the 4400 and 4600 blocks of Gulf of Mexico Drive this afternoon.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • February 17, 2015
Police officer, fire chief involved in separate crashes

Police Officer Dennis Silverio sustained minor injuries. Fire Rescue Chief Paul Dezzi and two other drivers were not injured.

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  • February 17, 2015
Obituary: Nora Mae Dillon Murphy

Nora Mae Dillon Murphy, 78, of Venice and formerly of Longboat Key, died Feb. 5.

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  • Observer Staff
  • February 17, 2015
Obituary: Matilda Bicknell Fontaine

Matilda Bicknell Fontaine, 100, of Plymouth Harbor and formerly of Longboat Key, died Jan. 31.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 17, 2015
Obituary: James Richard Allen

James Richard Allen, 79, of Longboat Key and formerly of Pittsburgh, died Feb. 10.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 17, 2015
Lovebirds: 75 years fly

Charles 'Buzz' and Jane Walker celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary on Valentine's Day with 40 family members and friends at Moore's Stonecrab Restaurant.

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