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Early this week, the birds built a nest atop a telephone pole 371 feet south of Tangerine Bay, 360 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 27, 2013
Osprey family nests near Tangerine Bay

While the Eagles of Florida Gulf Coast University savor the national limelight as the Cinderella story of the 2013 NCAA tournament, a family of osprey have captured the attention of locals.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Dwight and Jacqueline Bissonette love living in Esplanade, where they regularly play pickelball, a miniature-tennis-like game.
    By
  • Josh Siegel
  • March 27, 2013
Your Neighbor: Dwight Bissonette

In their quest to buy a home in Florida, Dwight and Jacqueline Bissonette, snowbirds from Williston, Vt., had one unique requirement: The community had to have a pickelball court.

  • East County
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Courtesy photo
    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • March 27, 2013
Lido residents could partner with county to remove Australian pines

Sarasota County has undertaken similar partnerships in which residents contribute one-to-one matching funds.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 27, 2013
Film has familiar wing for couple

Longboaters Wayne and Toni Lashway will savor the flavor of their nephew's documentary, 'The Great Chicken Wing Hunt.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Before joining the Atlanta City Council, Richard Guthman served as president of the Fulton County Republican Club. For 40 years, he's collected elephant statues and paintings and now has more than 100. Photo by Katie Hendrick.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 27, 2013
Your Neighbor: Richard Guthman

As a little boy in the 1930s, Richard Guthman rode with his parents to watch planes take off from the Atlanta airport, then known as Candler Field, a 3.5-acre property that serviced 16 incoming and outgoing flights per day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 27, 2013
Lore: April 1: fooling Longboaters for 14 years and counting

Love it or hate it, we know from your phone calls that you read our annual April Fools' edition that debuted April 1, 1999.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Gloria Schroeder
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 27, 2013
Looking for things to do? Concierges list their top picks

These hotel concierges on Longboat Key and in Sarasota list their top recommendations for the area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Art Association of Palm-Aire members Donna Vasko and Nancie Shellenbaum are eager to highlight the work of Palm-Aire’s artists, especially as the club celebrates its 30th anniversary year.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • March 27, 2013
Art association celebrates 30 years

What started as a small outdoor art display has become an annual exhibit that attracts hundreds of art lovers to the Palm-Aire Country Club.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
East County resident Robert Francisco submitted this photo of a sunset through the sea oats at Siesta Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Weather Photo: PEEKING THROUGH

East County resident Robert Francisco submitted this photo of a sunset through the sea oats at Siesta Key.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
David Eskin submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2013
Weather Photo: Painterly Picture

David Eskin submitted this sunset photo, taken on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2013
Obituary: Susan Pagano Jack

Susan Pagano Jack, 58, of Longboat Key and Santa Fe, N.M., died March 15.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2013
Obituary: Robert Gephart

Robert I. Gephart, 79, of Sarasota, died March 16.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2013
Obituary: James Fischley

James H. Fischley, 70, of Longboat Key, died March 20.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2013
Obituary: Hilton Hampton Brown

Hilton Hampton Brown, 68, of Longboat Key, died March 20, after a dignified adjustment to a slow, degenerative disease.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Roz Goldberg and Alan Bandler led the Seder.
    By
  • Katie Hendrick
  • March 25, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Longboat Key Club Seder

Roz Goldberg and Alan Bandler led a Seder dinner Monday, March 25, at the Longboat Key Club & Resort's Harbourside Dining Room.

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