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01:22 pm | Developers Larry Lieberman and Medallion Homes' Carlos Beruff want to build a mixed-use development on 463.2 acres that includes single and multi-family units, hotel, marina, office and commercial space and a conference center....

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01:16 pm | Sarasota attorney Mike Furen asked why the Town has not hired a telecommunications expert in developing its code. Furen said staff had admitted it does not have the expertise to evaluate applications....

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01:05 pm | ‘We were unable to bring in a reasonably priced contract. The question we have is what level of protection of upland structure do we provide?’...

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12:16 pm | The town commission hopes the results will provide implementable solutions to everything from zoning and land use policy to whether we need a community center. ...

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10:54 am | Below are the final questions the Town Commission agreed on Monday to send to the Urban Land Institute in an attmpt to develop long-range planning strategies. The ULI will come to Longboat Key...

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04:42 pm | The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce gained permission at Monday’s workshop from the Town Commission to close Bay Isles Road to hold its annual Fourth of July Freedom Fest Parade. The event, dubbed...

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03:51 pm | The following homes were under contract or sold on Longboat Key, Lido Key and Bird Key from May. 30 through June 5....

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03:48 pm | The following are actual police reports as written by Longboat Key Police Officers. They are edited for length, punctuation and to protect privacy. June 5 Trespassing 11:54 p.m. While patrolling the beach access...

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03:45 pm | Longboat Key News encourages Letters to the Editor on timely issues. Please email to: letters@lbknews.com or mail to 5350 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Ste. 201B, Longboat Key, FL 34228. We also print letters...

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03:30 pm | Chef Dylan’s critical influences come from his Moroccan traditions, and his household has always revolved around dining. His desire to create fragrant food started at the age of six....

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03:19 pm | The new code proposes to allow a cell tower of up to 110 feet on all sites on Longboat Key, except for town owned property which will have a limit of 100 feet....

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03:13 pm | On Friday, June 7, 2013 Longboat Key Fire Rescue promoted Firefighter/Paramedic Jason Berzowski to the rank of Fire Lieutenant. Lieutenant Berzowski has been with Longboat Key Fire Rescue for over five years coming...

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03:10 pm | Over the next few weeks beachgoers will be seeing LBKFR personnel training in Gulf waters.  This training is in preparation for the implementation of a new water rescue vehicle the department received through...

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03:06 pm | Harry’s Summer Solstice Soirée – Last Wine Tasting of the season to benefit the Anna Maria Island Community Center will be held Wednesday, June 19, 2013  from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at...

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02:52 pm | Commissioner Terry Gans at a May 20 meeting requested the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort’s developer, JHM Financial Group LLC, provide financial information to show that they are capable of completing the Colony...

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02:43 pm | Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant owner Ed Chiles this week rescinded his application to restore the historic Rufus P. Jordan House, but will proceed with building a tree house and adding 11 seats to...

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02:09 pm | The Players Theatre announces it’s Summer Sizzler Series in repertory beginning June 13 with the Neil Simon play The Sunshine Boys starring Bob Trisolini and Dan Higgs, running June 13, 14, 15, 16,...

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12:48 pm | Rip currents account for nearly 80% of near drownings....

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04:24 am | The following are actual police reports as written by Longboat Key Police Officers. They are edited for length, punctuation and to protect privacy. May 30 Parking after hours 12:08 a.m. While patrolling the...

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04:23 am | Longboat Key News encourages Letters to the Editor on timely issues. Please email to: letters@lbknews.com or mail to 5350 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Ste. 201B, Longboat Key, FL 34228. We also print letters...

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03:45 am | The following homes were under contract or sold on Longboat Key, Lido Key and Bird Key from May. 30 through June 5....

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Major Headlines

Manatee County sets stage for massive Sarasota Bay development and marina; Longboat concerned »

Manatee County sets stage for massive Sarasota Bay development and marina; Longboat concerned 01:22 pm | Developers Larry Lieberman and Medallion Homes' Carlos Beruff want to build a mixed-use development on 463.2 acres that includes single and multi-family units, hotel, marina, office and commercial...

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Commission tells manager to pursue telecommunication hierarchy approach »

Commission tells manager to pursue telecommunication hierarchy approach 01:16 pm | Sarasota attorney Mike Furen asked why the Town has not hired a telecommunications expert in developing its code. Furen said staff had admitted it does not have the...

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High costs force Town to shift beach strategy »

High costs force Town to shift beach strategy 01:05 pm | ‘We were unable to bring in a reasonably priced contract. The question we have is what level of protection of upland structure do we provide?’...

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Commission approves final ULI questions »

Commission approves final ULI questions 12:16 pm | The town commission hopes the results will provide implementable solutions to everything from zoning and land use policy to whether we need a community center. ...

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Final Urban Land Institute questions and contract »

Final Urban Land Institute questions and contract 10:54 am | Below are the final questions the Town Commission agreed on Monday to send to the Urban Land Institute in an attmpt to develop long-range planning strategies. The ULI...

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Town tangos with telecommunications »

Town tangos with telecommunications 03:19 pm | The new code proposes to allow a cell tower of up to 110 feet on all sites on Longboat Key, except for town owned property which will have...

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Colony developer has yet to show financial means »

Colony developer has yet to show financial means 02:52 pm | Commissioner Terry Gans at a May 20 meeting requested the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort’s developer, JHM Financial Group LLC, provide financial information to show that they are...

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Mar Vista hearing canceled for attorney input »

Mar Vista hearing canceled for attorney input 02:43 pm | Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant owner Ed Chiles this week rescinded his application to restore the historic Rufus P. Jordan House, but will proceed with building a tree house...

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Knowing the waters you swim »

Knowing the waters you swim 12:48 pm | Rip currents account for nearly 80% of near drownings....

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Town removes cell tower height controls »

Town removes cell tower height controls 03:37 am | The Commission decided not to put the restrictive language in the Comprehensive Plan, but instead decided it will adopt land-use regulations down the road....

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Andrea gently touches Longboat »

Andrea gently touches Longboat 03:34 am | Florensa also said that two of the most vulnerable areas on the key, 360 North Condominiums and Longbeach Condominiums fared well through the storm. ...

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Opinion

Something wicked this way comes »

Something wicked this way comes

01:31 pm | The something evil that this way comes is a federal government with way too much knowledge about...

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Terrorists »

Terrorists

01:28 pm | ‘Reports of the terrorist group’s imminent defeat are greatly exaggerated.’...

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Knowing the waters you swim »

Knowing the waters you swim

12:48 pm | Rip currents account for nearly 80% of near drownings....

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Good grief »

Good grief

02:56 am | Yet another wake up call that we need to work on the basics of our Zoning Laws...

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Conversations about race, affirmative action, immigration »

Conversations about race, affirmative action, immigration

02:48 am | Label me what you want but I’ll bet a whole lot of money that no social-welfare state...

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Summah revisited »

Summah revisited

02:45 am | I always marvel at how much the parishoners have aged since we moved away. Some of...

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The Mar Vista Controversy »

The Mar Vista Controversy

02:47 pm | I give no credence to the Commissioners’ claim that what they did was all within the Town’s...

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Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest? »

Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?

02:39 pm | Please don’t tell us the IRS campaign against conservative groups was ordered by minor IRS functionaries. ...

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Body dumpers beware »

02:20 am | Waste Management’s Rose Quin-Bare told the Longboat Key Commission at Monday’s Workshop that Waste Management not only picks up garbage, but also looks for suspicious and illegal activity and anomalies thrown in the dumpsters. She spoke of arrests made in Venice based on such monitoring. Enter your email below to receive occasional Longboat Key breaking...

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On Patrol – Week ending June 14, 2013 »

03:48 pm | The following are actual police reports as written by Longboat Key Police Officers. They are edited for length, punctuation and to protect privacy. June 5 Trespassing 11:54 p.m. While patrolling the beach access located in the 3400 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive, Officer Nagell observed a vehicle parked after hours at the access parking...

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On Patrol – Week ending June 14, 2013

Longboat Key Arts Center Board Member Bruce Evans dies at age 72 »

10:14 am | Bruce Haselton Evans, who served as Advisory Board Member for the Longboat Key Arts Center and the director of the Dayton Art Institute from 1974 to 1991, died Tuesday, May 14, in Brevard, N.C., at the age of 72. Evans, who began his Dayton career as a curator at the museum in 1965, is credited...

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Longboat Key Arts Center Board Member Bruce Evans dies at age 72

Moziac serves up intense, fragrant cuisine »

03:30 pm | Chef Dylan’s critical influences come from his Moroccan traditions, and his household has always revolved around dining. His desire to create fragrant food started at the age of six....

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Moziac serves up intense, fragrant cuisine

Secrets of statins »

02:24 am | Statins are portrayed as the “wonder drugs” of the last two decades. Officially HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, their ability to decrease heart attack and stroke was originally laid down to their ability to decrease cholesterol synthesis....

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Secrets of statins

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Longboat Key latest sales, contracts — June 6, 2013 through June 12, 2013

Longboat Key latest sales, contracts — June 6, 2013 through June 12, 2013 »

03:51 pm | The following homes were under contract or sold on Longboat Key, Lido Key and Bird Key from May. 30 through June 5....

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Longboat Key latest sales, contracts — May 30, 2013 through June 5, 2013

Longboat Key latest sales, contracts — May 30, 2013 through June 5, 2013 »

03:45 am | The following homes were under contract or sold on Longboat Key, Lido Key and Bird Key from May. 30 through June 5....

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Ritz Carlton Managed Beach Residences »

Ritz Carlton Managed Beach Residences

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Selling creatively — Gulfside Longboat Key »

Selling creatively — Gulfside Longboat Key

02:27 am | Ian Addy, Gail Wittig and Jonathan Abrams joined together to hold a listing party and presentation at 6001 Gulf of Mexico Drive...

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Longboat Key latest sales, contracts — May 23, 2013 through May 29, 2013 »

Longboat Key latest sales, contracts — May 23, 2013 through May 29, 2013

05:07 pm | The following homes were under contract or sold on Longboat Key, Lido Key and Bird Key from May. 2 through May. 8....

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Colony cleared of ‘nuisance’ status »

Colony cleared of ‘nuisance’ status

04:08 pm | Katie Moulton, long-time former general manager of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, was true to her word. Moulton told the Longboat...

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Longboat home sells for $2.9 million »

Longboat home sells for $2.9 million

03:49 pm | A home at the north end of Longboat Key sold Tuesday for $2.9 million to an international buyer from the Czech Republic....

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Key Life

Longboaters enjoy lush waterfront gardens »

Longboaters enjoy lush waterfront gardens

02:31 am | Longboat Key Gardent Club toured the lush grounds of the home of an exceptional waterfront garden in NW Bradenton.This garden has been...

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Former Jacksonville Symphony director Ridenour hired by Sarasota Opera »

Former Jacksonville Symphony director Ridenour hired by Sarasota Opera

03:44 pm | Former Executive Director of Jacksonville Symphony Association Stacy Ridenour, who had been serving since March as the association’s vice president of development,...

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Sarasota gets crafty »

Sarasota gets crafty

10:49 am | Downtown Sarasota was home to a little craft fair along Gulfstream Avenue last week, with so many new one-of-a-kind crafts — the...

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Crowning St. Mary »

Crowning St. Mary

09:54 am | On Sunday, March 12, a crowning of the statue of St. Mary located in the St. Mary Star of the Sea Church...

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Yummy House a treat at Temple Beth Israel »

Yummy House a treat at Temple Beth Israel

09:21 am | Due to the popularity of the still relatively new Yummy House Chinese restaurant in Sarasota patrons often have to wait a while to...

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Players Theatre summer performances announced

Players Theatre summer performances announced »

02:09 pm | The Players Theatre announces it’s Summer Sizzler Series in repertory beginning June 13 with the Neil Simon play The Sunshine Boys starring Bob Trisolini and Dan Higgs, running June 13,...

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Learn About Sea Turtles on Free Walks

Learn About Sea Turtles on Free Walks »

03:12 am | Florida’s Gulf Coast is a hotspot for nesting sea turtles, but how much does anyone know about sea turtles? Everyone can learn the tale behind the turtle tracks and scout...

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