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Longboat Key | Neighbors

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  • June 3, 2015
Longboat key photo contest winner: June 4

Boris Gozhansky submitted this photo of a brown anole lizard, taken on Leffis Key near Coquina Beach.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 3, 2015
OBITUARY | Louise Weil

Louise Weil, 74, of Longboat Key, died May 30 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 3, 2015
OBITUARY | Emil Robert “Bob” Havel

Bob Havel, 90, of Longboat Key and formerly of South Bend, Ind., and Lake Geneva, Wis., died May 22.

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • June 3, 2015
Ten things to do on Longboat Key this summer

If you’re looking to fill those summer days and nights, check off these summer must-dos from your bucket list.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • June 2, 2015
Jim Larson receives his 'new baby'

Jim Larson receives new 2013 Corvette

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  • Neighbors
  • By Nancy Schwartz
  • June 1, 2015
Photo contest winners: May

Congratulations to this month's winners of our photo contest.

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  • By Nancy Schwartz
  • May 29, 2015
Take the Observer on your summer travels!

Participate in our "It's Read Everywhere" contest for a chance to win prizes!

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • May 28, 2015
Bird Key Yacht Club hits the runway

The women of Bird Key Yacht Club enjoyed the final fashion show of the season on May 28.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2015
Longboat Key photo contest winner: May 28

Longboat Key photo contest winner: May 28

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2015
We want your stories for our Fourth of July tribute!

The Observer is preparing a tribute to the Greatest Generation for the Fourth of July in observance of the 70-year anniversary of the end of World War II.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2015
Branham falls in love with his new cadet

Steve Branham might be a two-star retired U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral, but his new granddaughter Emerson Whitney Branham of Virginia Beach, Va., already outranks him.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2015
Act of kindness prevails at Longboat Harbour

On May 23, Sheila Weiser fell while walking on the beach outside her Longboat Harbour residence, and a man and his wife came to her aid.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2015
Gans celebrates anniversary...with commission date

Longboat Key Vice Mayor Terry Gans celebrated his 46th wedding anniversary May 18 — at a commission workshop. But he gave his wife, Diane, a shout-out from the dais.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2015
OBITUARY | Jean Foley McGillis

Jean Foley McGillis, 81, of Longboat Key, died May 20.

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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • May 27, 2015
OBITUARY | Madelyn Humpert

Madelyn Humpert, 93, of Longboat Key and Lakeside Park, Ky., died May 17.

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