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08:00 pm | The Longboat Key Town Commission is considering an $8 million park and community center but wants to be sure in its approach.The board has formed a committee to...
02:50 pm | Many of the flags at residences and businesses along Gulf of Mexico Drive flew at half-staff on Tuesday, in memory of Longboat key Police Chief Al Hogle, 63,...
08:26 am | I was reading the latest edition of Sarasota Magazine when I looked up and looked out at the waves crashing and saw a mud-like substance coming to the...
03:05 pm | ‘This plaza is something I want to hold onto for the rest of my life.’...
02:27 pm | The redevelopment of Longboat Key’s Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is in the midst of yet another setback with the Association of unit owners and the chosen developer...
03:09 pm | In the face of spiraling unfunded liability costs, Manager Bullock proposes to freeze all employee pensions and convert to defined contribution model....
02:17 pm | Mayor Brown asks for residents’ to allow the plantings and vegetative buffer to be completely installed before residents’ jump to conclusions.
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02:06 pm | With the new Longboat Pass inlet management plan, Longboat Key, Manatee County and the West Coast Inlet Navigation District are all now facing opposition from Siesta Key residents...
12:23 pm | The French spray-paint artist known as MTO who painted the “Fast Life” mural on the building owned by Scott Gerber and his ‘Tube Dude’ business, has now painted...
08:24 am | Meanwhile, back in Washington the dysfunctional government continues to dysfunction. Even the most simple, the most obvious,...
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08:21 am | As the summer approaches we are about to begin the political season again. That’s the real big-time...
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08:19 am | The time has come for the town to work with the taxpayers to create a solution that...
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04:47 pm | While Mr. Obama is busy spiking the Osama bin Laden ball in the end zone — while...
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04:38 pm | I find several items in my mind of late. Each might be worthy of note... So I’ll...
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04:28 pm | The Town Commission is passing an amendment to the zoning codes that not only emasculate the Planning...
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11:56 am | Why, you ask, do the progressive elites want to stuff the middle class into high-density housing and...
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10:57 am | These trips are my anchors, anchors to the past and the familiar. I see Dr. Marks because...
April 29, 2012 / No comment / Read More »Nik Wallenda to perform Niagara Falls tightrope walk
Commission to appoint board members
Florida Studio Theatre lays cornerstone for Hegner wing
Luffing Lassies hosts 80 ladies at Rainbow Regatta
Holmes Beach collects most resort taxes, Longboat second
Cortez Bridge is structurally deficient
02:23 pm | Sarasota’s landmark statue that was hit by a car last week, ‘Unconditional Surrender’ was placed on two semi-trucks and hauled away this week...
May 5, 2012 / No comment / Read More »07:18 pm | I responded in reference to someone operating a backhoe in violation of town code. Upon arrival, I observed the resident operating the backhoe clearing his property. He was unaware that no operation of heavy equipment was allowed on LBK during the entire day of Sunday. He advised that he would discontinue use of the backhoe...
May 10, 2012 / No comment / Read More »05:26 pm | Nathan Benderson, 94, died April 7, 2012....
April 19, 2012 / No comment / Read More »02:28 am | Longboat Key resident Sheldon Wolf, founder and CEO of Spellex Corp., was named the 2012 Boardman Entrepreneur of Year. Wolf’s Tampa-based Spellex Corp. is a leading worldwide provider of specialized dictionary enhancement software solutions for the healthcare, legal and scientific communities. Wolf is a 1972 graduate of Southern Miss with a bachelor’s degree in music...
April 27, 2012 / No comment / Read More »07:31 pm | Now that “Healthy Without Health Insurance” is out on Kindle, people keep asking me what it’s about. I tell them it’s about getting healthy simply, cheaply and effectively. I also tell them it has a new paradigm for real health and well being — that if you give your body the right information, it can...
May 10, 2012 / No comment / Read More »12:09 am | The following homes were under contract or sold on Longboat Key, Lido Key and Bird Key from May 3-9...
May 14, 2012 / No comment / Read More »07:38 pm | From the moment you arrive into your private foyer and step into this stunning, 2BR/3.5BA-plus-den Sabal residence, you will know you are home. Situated Gulf front, what your eye beholds...
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05:52 pm | The following homes were under contract or sold on Longboat Key, Lido Key and Bird Key from April 26 through May 2...
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02:58 pm | Looking to change the view during your workout on the treadmill or elliptical trainer? If you’re a resident of one of the...
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06:21 am | During the 1970s Longboat Key’s hottest venue was the Far Horizons, a resort hotel with some of its suites as little villas...
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11:20 am | The following homes were under contract or sold on Longboat Key, Lido Key and Bird Key from April 19-25...
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08:34 pm | The following homes were under contract or sold on Longboat Key, Lido Key and Bird Key from April 12-18...
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01:40 pm | The Longbeach Village we know today has a long and storied history that brings to light the Old Florida way of life. ...
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06:08 am | Sawyer Welch Michel caught a 28-inch snook last Saturday off the bridge on Harbourside Drive near the Winding Oaks subdivision. Proud to...
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11:15 am | The Longboat Key Library will begin its summer schedule May 1 and continue through Oct. 31. The library will be open...
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11:12 am | A ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new elevator was held at the Longboat Island Chapel Sunday, April 22 in their Fellowship Hall. It...
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02:33 am | Myakka River State Park is one of the state’s oldest and largest parks at 37,000 acres. It has enough to do all...
April 27, 2012 / No comment / Read More »07:48 pm | It’s the last full day on LBK for my wife and me this winter. Hoping for some last-minute bird pictures, I take my camera. On Whitney Beach there are a...
May 10, 2012 / No comment / Read More »07:36 pm | Hal Christensen of Harry’s Continental Kitchens on Longboat Key and his daughter, Ella, hooked some good ones while kayaking in Sarasota Bay....
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