Ocean Properties, Key Club and Town putt together for new Cultural Arts Center
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Ocean Properties and the Longboat Key Club held
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09:53 pm | Nothing has died more slowly and with more waves of litigation than the once world-famous Colony Resort....
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09:44 pm | The property is currently zoned commercial and has no assigned residential density....
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09:40 pm | The majority of the condos will cost between $4 million and $7 million and penthouses about $10 million....
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09:27 pm | “In the interview she tied herself verbally into knots and said she didn’t do anything. After we showed pictures of her taken from video of her pawning items, she ended up confessing.”...
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09:23 pm | Sarasota blesses plan to allow Mote land for aquarium along I-75 at Nathan Benderson Park....
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09:06 pm | The issue of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), particularly hits home on Longboat Key with First Responders within the Fire and Police Departments....
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08:55 pm | The ‘hot spot’ of beach erosion in front of Longbeach Condominiums and 360 North Condominiums has long been a challenge for Longboat Key beach engineers....
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08:13 pm | “The code was written in the 1970s before the collapse of Lehman Brothers and changes in lending rules. It will accelerate the reconstruction of the Colony site by 12 months.” ...
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08:07 pm | Mark Walsh offers to donate $175,000 to the City if the City maintains control of the park and simply renovates the existing facility to standards the community can embrace....
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02:51 pm | Roger Pettingell reaches the top-tier of the real estate market. How does he do it?...
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10:38 am | The opposition to the Lido Beach Pool & Pavilion plan continues to mount with more than 5,000 signing a petition opposed to the City allowing the public beach site be transformed into a...
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10:30 am | Judge Hunter Carroll denied the request by Andy Adams, who owns about 25 percent of the original Colony units, to dismiss Unicorp’s plan. Case is on “expedited” schedule....
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10:25 am | “I do want to sit on the commission and plan to run but I do not see the wisdom in opposing someone who, in my view, seems to be bringing merit to the...
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10:10 am | Clerk offered 90 days pay if she agrees not to litigate. ...
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10:00 am | Unicorp owner Chuck Whittall hopes to terminate once and for all the Association of Unit Owners and compel the sale of the remaining units....
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09:29 am | It’s a vote that will shape both the atmosphere and experience of the Lido Beach Pool, Pavilion and surrounding neighborhood for the next three decades....
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09:24 pm | The Lido Beach Public Pool and Pavilion was the focus of community consternation throughout 2018. The City of Sarasota, which operates the publicly-owned facility that sits on an expanse of beach in the...
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09:17 pm | For years, it appeared as if the legal battles between the ownership interests of the former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort were eclipsing any real progress toward redevelopment. This situation changed dramatically in...
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09:13 pm | The Sarasota County Commission unanimously approved this year a term sheet for a lease and eventual transfer of public property to Mote Marine Laboratory. The approval is to assist Mote in establishing a...
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Major Headlines
Final battle over Colony ownership rages in court »
09:53 pm | Nothing has died more slowly and with more waves of litigation than the once world-famous Colony Resort....
Mote to ask LBK voters for new density »
09:44 pm | The property is currently zoned commercial and has no assigned residential density....
Town says ‘yes’ to sales office for future St. Regis residences »
09:40 pm | The majority of the condos will cost between $4 million and $7 million and penthouses about $10 million....
Longboat housekeeper steals Prada wallet, pawns 90 items »
09:27 pm | “In the interview she tied herself verbally into knots and said she didn’t do anything. After we showed pictures of her taken from video of her pawning items,...
Mote cinches deal with County »
09:23 pm | Sarasota blesses plan to allow Mote land for aquarium along I-75 at Nathan Benderson Park....
LBK Beach plan moves forward But will it be enough? »
08:55 pm | The ‘hot spot’ of beach erosion in front of Longbeach Condominiums and 360 North Condominiums has long been a challenge for Longboat Key beach engineers....
St. Regis sales office meets approval from Longboat Planning Board »
08:13 pm | “The code was written in the 1970s before the collapse of Lehman Brothers and changes in lending rules. It will accelerate the reconstruction of the Colony site by...
Applicant seeks to end Lido pool plan »
08:07 pm | Mark Walsh offers to donate $175,000 to the City if the City maintains control of the park and simply renovates the existing facility to standards the community can...
Reaching the pinnacle of real estate success »
02:51 pm | Roger Pettingell reaches the top-tier of the real estate market. How does he do it?...
Opposition mounts as Lido Pool/Pavilion plan vote looms Monday in Sarasota City Hall »
10:38 am | The opposition to the Lido Beach Pool & Pavilion plan continues to mount with more than 5,000 signing a petition opposed to the City allowing the public beach...
Judge sides with Unicorp in Colony case Round One »
10:30 am | Judge Hunter Carroll denied the request by Andy Adams, who owns about 25 percent of the original Colony units, to dismiss Unicorp’s plan. Case is on “expedited” schedule....
Langley withdraws from Town Commission election run »
10:25 am | “I do want to sit on the commission and plan to run but I do not see the wisdom in opposing someone who, in my view, seems to...
Sarasota City Clerk Nadalini asked to resign »
10:10 am | Clerk offered 90 days pay if she agrees not to litigate. ...
Colony ownership showdown heads to court »
10:00 am | Unicorp owner Chuck Whittall hopes to terminate once and for all the Association of Unit Owners and compel the sale of the remaining units....
Divisive Lido Pool plan vote Jan. 14 in City Hall »
09:29 am | It’s a vote that will shape both the atmosphere and experience of the Lido Beach Pool, Pavilion and surrounding neighborhood for the next three decades....
Lido Pool & Pavilion Plan stirs Sarasota community throughout 2018; final vote next »
09:24 pm | The Lido Beach Public Pool and Pavilion was the focus of community consternation throughout 2018. The City of Sarasota, which operates the publicly-owned facility that sits on an...
Colony demolished, St. Regis approved as ownership battle continues into 2019 »
09:17 pm | For years, it appeared as if the legal battles between the ownership interests of the former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort were eclipsing any real progress toward redevelopment....
Mote to move aquarium to I-75 »
09:13 pm | The Sarasota County Commission unanimously approved this year a term sheet for a lease and eventual transfer of public property to Mote Marine Laboratory. The approval is to...
Red tide plagues beaches »
09:10 pm | Red tide was persistent starting in the summer of 2018 in Southwest Florida, from Collier County up through Pinellas County. Longboat Key and Sarasota were no exception. The...
St. Armands parking garage built, meters to start charging in 2019 »
09:08 pm | While finding precious parking on St. Armands Circle is nearly always a difficult task, parking a few minutes away will soon get a major boost as a new,...
Coyotes prowl Longboat, Sarasota »
09:04 pm | Longboat’s and Sarasota’s newest residents, coyotes, continue wandering neighborhoods....
Longboat plans to bolster north-end beach »
08:59 pm | Town of Longboat Key Commissioners in 2018 directed town staff and Olsen Associates, the town’s beach engineering firm, to progress forward with the permitting of five groins at...
Sarasota Bayfront redevelopment plan underway »
08:56 pm | City favors plan to redevelop 53 acres along waterfront in Downtown....
Three contested seats made for heated 2018 election on LBK »
08:49 pm | Incumbent Ed Zunz narrowly held on to his District 5 seat in 2018 against challenger Randy Langley with a vote of 1,409 to 1,297 in the March Commission...
LBK power lines heading underground »
09:24 am | Longboat Key’s undergrounding of the island’s utilities began staging this month, and will begin no later than the first quarter of 2019. Also in December 2018, the commission...
Langley, Haycock vie for Longboat Commission seat »
02:54 pm | Longboat Key residents Randy Langley and Mike Haycock will soon be appealing to voters to replace incumbent Commissioner Jim Brown....
Get ready to pay for privilege to park on St. Armands Circle »
02:38 pm | The meters are an integral part of the City Commission’s funding plan to pay for the parking garage, which is costing $12 million. Downtown meters are next....
Tourism taxes decline for third straight month in Sarasota »
02:34 pm | The numbers are the empirical indication of the direct fiscal toll red tide has had on the tourism industry and area economy in general.
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Town says ‘No’ to sales office at Colony site with 4-3 vote »
09:40 am | “If you deny this, I will not be able to start until Spring of next year. If you delay this, and your code is unlike hundreds of other...
Sarasota plans more roundabouts and St. Armands traffic calming »
09:34 am | Spoll referred to the raised devices as traffic calming speed tables and encourages residents to cut through the residential neighborhoods around the Circle to show an element of...
Murf Klauber: Building a legacy through family, passion and fun »
09:11 pm | The energy, passion and imagination of Murf Klauber made an impression on generations of Longboaters. All along, he worked with the family he loved....
Opinion
The path forward in the Lido Pool plan »
09:57 pm | The path forward in the Lido debacle is rife with wrong turns. We need to pay the...
February 11, 2019 / No comment / Read More »Your wireless world is about to change »
09:30 pm | It’s like oxygen: You take it for granted until it’s gone –and panic sets in....
February 11, 2019 / No comment / Read More »U.S. Ship sails near disputed islands »
08:19 pm | The U.S. has responded by stepping up its patrols in the area and encouraging allies to...
February 11, 2019 / No comment / Read More »Baseball teams up with Castro »
09:52 am | Cuba says the deal blocks players from signing with major-league teams if they defect. They remain the...
January 14, 2019 / No comment / Read More »Reflections on impeachment, 20 years later »
09:30 pm | PETER O’CONNOR Staff Columnist oconnor@lbknews.com Declarations, By Peggy Noonan The Wall Street Journal (Saturday/Sunday, December 1-2, 2018) “A tragedy...
January 13, 2019 / No comment / Read More »The cat who terrorized Christmas »
02:46 pm | I should have seen the foreshadowing when Mickey, our troublesome cat, started drinking the funky water from...
January 1, 2019 / No comment / Read More »Congress gets tough on the Saudis »
02:30 pm | It is wrong to suggest that maintaining U.S. alliances consists of mutually exclusive choices between choices between...
January 1, 2019 / No comment / Read More »The Flynn entrapment »
01:50 pm | Mr. McCabe and FBI officials ‘decided the agents would not warn Flynn that it was a...
January 1, 2019 / No comment / Read More »Klauber was our driving force in so many ways »
09:47 pm | Dr. Murray Klauber and his early decisions and astute leadership made our area the great restaurant and...
December 2, 2018 / No comment / Read More »The toxic turkey that threatened our family »
03:32 pm | The home filled with an acrid and nauseating odor. I asked my father why it was so...
December 2, 2018 / No comment / Read More »Notable and quotable Dems »
03:31 pm | But a closer examination of the data tells a different different story. Ocasio-Cortez’s best precincts were highly educated, whiter...
December 2, 2018 / No comment / Read More »Exploring the joys of parking meters, Donald Trump, Xanax and the media »
02:36 pm | The fact is, big personalities win in an environment of mass media. Think Clinton, JFK, Trump, Eminem,...
November 11, 2018 / 1 comment / Read More »The risks of failing to see the sea »
02:32 pm | ‘Precisely because we depend on the oceans, we should pay closer attention to their security.’...
November 11, 2018 / No comment / Read More »Can addiction start in the ER? »
02:06 pm | Physicians treat the chart rather than the patient (some estimates put 44% of ER physician time as...
November 11, 2018 / No comment / Read More »What Is Elizabeth Warren? »
11:39 am | The conventional wisdom is that the DNA report backfired and may damage Ms. Warren’s standing as a...
November 11, 2018 / No comment / Read More »Trump’s California water relief »
01:54 am | A major water storage and delivery project hasn’t been completed in California’s north for decades. The President’s...
November 10, 2018 / No comment / Read More »Elections matter and justice issues should count »
09:57 am | It is a sad fact that our justice system is accessible primarily by those with enough money...
October 26, 2018 / 1 comment / Read More »Why Central American stays poor »
08:47 am | A sad tale to show us how our Latin American friends can often be victims of their...
October 26, 2018 / 1 comment / Read More »Now — you must use drugs »
10:02 am | In a clinical world discovering a new mania for guidelines, it’s important to ask about the “standard...
October 16, 2018 / No comment / Read More »Destroying Brett Kavanaugh »
09:59 am | ‘This is the kind of thing Democrats do when they think Roe v. Wade is at stake.’...
October 16, 2018 / No comment / Read More »To Dig or Not to Dig – That is my question »
09:55 am | Does a small affluent seasonal community, of mostly retirees, require two super high capacity fiber optic networks?...
October 16, 2018 / 2 comments / Read More »Will Florida take a left turn? »
09:27 am | A Gillum victory would reshape the debate undermining the claim that a progressive candidate can’t develop broad...
October 16, 2018 / No comment / Read More »Five years on (now eight) »
09:26 am | Something about learning from the past, eh?...
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New York Times Headlines
- In a Divided Washington, Congress Averted a Shutdown — but at a Price
- National Emergency, Amazon, Kashmir: Your Friday Briefing
- F.B.I. Opens Inquiry Into Ryan Adams’s Explicit Communications With an Underage Fan
- Bill Weld Will Challenge Trump for 2020 Republican Nomination
- Trump Will Declare a National Emergency. What Happens Next?
- Watch Live: Trump Makes Announcement at White House
- Key Takeaways from Trump’s Decision to Use a National Emergency to Build the Border Wall
- California Today: Why is the San Diego Sheriff’s Department Is Charging $350,000 for Records?
- Saturdays in the Bronx With Bach
- A New Law Made Him a ‘Free Man on Paper,’ but He Died Behind Bars
- On Washington: In Wielding Emergency Powers, Trump Paves a Dangerous Path Forward
- On Politics: Trump Plans Emergency Declaration to Build Wall
- The Federal Debt Is Rising. Concern Is Not.
- Travis Kauffman Is No Chuck Norris, but He Did Kill a Mountain Lion
- Border Wall Deal, Amazon, Valentine’s Day: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
- As Refunds Shrink, Treasury Dept. Reminds Workers of Bigger Paychecks
- Trump’s Face-Saving Way Out of Crisis Raises Fears Over Rule of Law
