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Courtesy photo Peter and Sherry Tracy, Paul Reamer and Dean Congbalay
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  • January 22, 2014
Key residents make fearsome foursome

A foursome from Longboat Key came from behind to win a three-session knockout match Friday, Jan. 17, at the Sarasota Sectional Bridge Tournament.

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  • January 22, 2014
Longo set free

Manatee County's resident manatee, Snooty, bid farewell to the last of his two roommates Jan.16.

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  • January 22, 2014
Horses need home

Napier's Log Cabin Horse and Animal Sanctuary is seeking new homes for several companion horses - horses too small to be considered full-size horses and too large to be called ponies.

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  • January 22, 2014
Funding families

The Lakewood Ranch-based Payton Wright Foundation assisted 600 families of children affected by brain cancer last year, with bills such as mortgages and transportation needs.

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File photo Cheryl Loeffler participated in last year's fashion show.
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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 22, 2014
Taste of the Keys offers new flavors in 2014

The Longboat Key Garden Club event brings fashion, food and fun to the Key for the fourth year in a row.

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  • January 22, 2014
Obituary: Robert Neher

Robert Neher, 92, of Longboat Key, died Jan. 8.

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  • January 22, 2014
Obituary: Doris Lytle

Doris Lytle, 88, of Naples and formerly of Longboat Key and Andover, Mass., died Jan. 10.

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Amanda Sebastiano Nine-year-old Zoey Lipton cares for fruits and vegetables located inside EarthBoxes at B.D. Gullett Elementary School.
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  • Amanda Sebastiano
  • January 22, 2014
Students use green thumbs

Gullett students learn to care for plants using EarthBoxes.

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Josh Siegel Andy Ameres, with his mother, Popi, will run the family's Lakewood Ranch location, which has a unique, rustic feel but the same family-oriented atmosphere.
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  • Josh Siegel
  • January 22, 2014
Doing Business: Popi's Place on the Ranch

The Amerese family's latest project and eighth family-run restaurant, Popi's Place on the Ranch, opens the week of Jan. 27, next to the Walmart in Ranch Lake Plaza.

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RIVER RENDEZVOUS. East County residents Chic and Robin Hansen read their East County Observer in front of the Melk Abbey along the Danube River in Austria. The couple enjoyed a riverboat cruise from Nuremberg, Germany, to Vienna.
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  • January 22, 2014
It's Read Everywhere

RIVER RENDEZVOUS. East County residents Chic and Robin Hansen read their East County Observer in front of the Melk Abbey along the Danube River in Austria. The couple enjoyed a riverboat cruise from Nuremberg, Germany, to Vienna.

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  • January 22, 2014
Health Calendar

To submit a listing for next month's health calendar, email Robin Hartill by Thursday, Jan. 30. Please include the time, date, location, cost and any other relevant information.

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Longboat Key Commissioner Jack Duncan, Vice Mayor David Brenner, Commissioners Pat Zunz and Terry Gans, Virginia Sanders, Mayor Jim Brown, Jean White and Commissioner Lynn Larson. Submitted by Susan Phillips
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  • January 22, 2014
You Observed

Here's a roundup of reader-submitted photos from events around the Key. To submit photos for this weekly feature, email News Editor Robin Hartill at [email protected].

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Stan Singer submitted this sunset photo, taken during a cool, windy evening at Beachplace.
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  • January 22, 2014
Weather: Longboat Key

Stan Singer submitted this sunset photo, taken during a cool, windy evening at Beachplace.

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Pam Eubanks Sammy Hyatt, Beth Ciemniecki and Katie Ciemniecki love participating in the annual fair pageant together. This year, all three girls placed in their respective competitions.
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  • Pam Eubanks
  • January 22, 2014
Pageant winners share special bond

Beth and Katie Ciemniecki and their cousin Sammy Hyatt have competed in the Miss Manatee Fair pageant together since elementary school.

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  • Nick Friedman
  • January 22, 2014
The Good News: Adell Erozer

Adell Erozer and Turning Points in Manatee use compassion to change the lives of the homeless.

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