LONGBOAT
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YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 43, NO. 1
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YOUR TOWN
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2020
Digging up changes Citizen group lists beach problems it hopes town can solve. PAGE 3
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Jere and Joanne Sheehan celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a party.
Longboat couple celebrates 60 years
MAJOR MILESTONE
Joanne and Jere Sheehan of Beach Harbor Club recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Making the date all the more special, their daughter, Gail Macey, organized and hosted a small surprise party in their honor.
Friends and family wish Loftis many happy returns. SEE PAGE 24
Celebrations packed in It’s obvious birthdays, anniversaries and friendly get-togethers are different this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. So perhaps it makes sense to combine as many social and celebratory experiences as possible into one afternoon. The folks volunteering at Christ Church of Longboat Key’s Hope Seeds packing events celebrated four birthdays and a wedding anniversary Aug. 3 — all of which actually fell on a three-day span. Kit Torchia, Karen and Duane Compton, and Phyllis Moore got their happy birthdays with friends, while Mike and Karen Gardiner celebrated 52 years together.
Nat Kaemmerer
June Sturges wishes Jimmy Loftis a happy 95th birthday during his surprise party.
Not that ‘White House’
Turtle Tracks LONGBOAT Aug. 2-8 2020 Nests 16 False Crawls 6
Longboat’s Lighthouse Point landmark sells for nearly $8 million. SEE PAGE 5
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Total as of Aug. 8 2020 2019 Nests 1,130 1,337 False Crawls 1,297 1,517 Source: Mote Marine Laboratory
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The sale is the priciest on the Sarasota County side of Longboat Key this year.
A+E Fragile, beautiful PAGE 20