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11:55 am | ‘These guests basically utilize the beach at night as their own personal entertainment venue.’...
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09:54 am | At the pinnacle of Longboat luxury properties stands the Ohana Estate priced at $19.9 million....
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09:45 am | The building provides a base of operations for collaborating scientists from around the world....
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09:31 am | Longboat Key News encourages Letters to the Editor on timely issues. Please email to: letters@lbknews.com or mail to PO Box 8001, Longboat Key, FL 34228. We also print letters sent to Town Hall...
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09:30 am | Longboat Key latest sales, contracts — May 18, 2016 through May 24, 2017...
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09:28 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 11 Suspicious person 9:14 p.m. Officer Bidwell was dispatched...
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01:05 am | Officer says video taping of the suspects apparently angered them, causing the incident to intensify....
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01:00 am | “Mr. Mayor, I think you are totally out of order. This has not been noticed,” said Spoll....
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12:55 am | There have been 46 commission races for seats in the five town districts since 2000. Of those, 72 percent, or 33 of them, having only a single candidate,...
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12:51 am | Town Manager Dave Bullock found the next Public Works Director for Longboat Key close to home....
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12:36 am | The Longboat Key Rotary Club awarded two $350 scholarship awards for each of 2 categories: one from students in grades 6 through 9, and one from students in grades 10 and higher. They...
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12:32 am | Longboat Key latest sales, contracts — May 11, 2016 through May 17, 2017...
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12:24 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 8 Power-tool noise Officer Houchin was dispatched to 3600...
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12:23 am | Longboat Key News encourages Letters to the Editor on timely issues. Please email to: letters@lbknews.com or mail to PO Box 8001, Longboat Key, FL 34228. We also print letters sent to Town Hall...
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12:02 am | Rotary Club honors those who protect and serve our island as residents and families show support....
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11:51 pm | More stringent ordinance enacted due to LBK having highest number of disorientations in area....
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11:48 pm | ‘The Unstoppable Wasp’ is about females in science working together for a common cause....
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11:36 pm | Longboat Key News encourages Letters to the Editor on timely issues. Please email to: letters@lbknews.com or mail to PO Box 8001, Longboat Key, FL 34228. We also print letters sent to Town Hall...
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11:34 pm | The following are actual police reports as written by Longboat Key Police Officers. They are edited for length, punctuation and to protect privacy. April 28 Suspicious vehicle 9:19 p.m. Officer Schoepfer responded to...
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11:31 pm | “There is no better place I’ve run across where residents are as smart, rationally informed and care so much about where they live.”...
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11:28 pm | “I’m not sure we’ve thought through the ramifications,” said Commissioner Randy Clair....
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11:25 pm | Mote Marine Laboratory documented the first three local sea turtle nests of 2017 — two on Sunday, April 30, and one on Monday, May 1 — in Venice, Florida. Mote scientists, interns and...
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Major Headlines
Resident says turtles suffer from out-of-control tourists »
11:55 am | ‘These guests basically utilize the beach at night as their own personal entertainment venue.’...
Marketing from the top »
09:54 am | At the pinnacle of Longboat luxury properties stands the Ohana Estate priced at $19.9 million....
Mote boosts coral research with new facility »
09:45 am | The building provides a base of operations for collaborating scientists from around the world....
Longboat Trump protester attacked; suspect at-large »
01:05 am | Officer says video taping of the suspects apparently angered them, causing the incident to intensify....
Town rebuffs Colony height inquiry »
01:00 am | “Mr. Mayor, I think you are totally out of order. This has not been noticed,” said Spoll....
Younger suggests redistricting to boost election participation »
12:55 am | There have been 46 commission races for seats in the five town districts since 2000. Of those, 72 percent, or 33 of them, having only a single...
Longboat nabs new Public Works Director from Sarasota County »
12:51 am | Town Manager Dave Bullock found the next Public Works Director for Longboat Key close to home....
Longboat Key the clear winner at Police, Fire beachside blowout »
12:02 am | Rotary Club honors those who protect and serve our island as residents and families show support....
Turtle season starts with pair of nests »
11:51 pm | More stringent ordinance enacted due to LBK having highest number of disorientations in area....
Marvel comic stars Mote scientist »
11:48 pm | ‘The Unstoppable Wasp’ is about females in science working together for a common cause....
Longboat to soon manage without Dave Bullock »
11:31 pm | “There is no better place I’ve run across where residents are as smart, rationally informed and care so much about where they live.”...
Town tables major land-use rules »
11:28 pm | “I’m not sure we’ve thought through the ramifications,” said Commissioner Randy Clair....
Mote sheds light on Turtle Nesting, Longboat revises turtle ordinance »
11:25 pm | Mote Marine Laboratory documented the first three local sea turtle nests of 2017 — two on Sunday, April 30, and one on Monday, May 1 — in Venice,...
New Longboat rules to affect Colony, building heights and rebuild rights »
01:58 pm | The stakes could not be higher. The future look of the island, the evolution of property values and the protection of development rights all intersect. ...
Shark tagging success »
01:54 pm | Mote tags 34 sharks in mission to understand habitat, patterns and populations....
Opinion
How do we fight an avalanche of stupidity on Longboat Key? »
09:42 am | It is a classic legislative bait and switch. Voters were sold the idea of allowing the reconstruction...
May 29, 2017 / 3 comments / Read More »The Gorsuch triumph »
09:39 am | Perhaps this is the first of the few early Trump victories. I don’t know. Some...
May 29, 2017 / No comment / Read More »Fixing the Longboat Key electorial process »
09:33 am | The current system does promote a sort of distributed representation across the community. ...
May 29, 2017 / No comment / Read More »Traveling — from Florida »
12:38 am | While reading The Economist in flight I learned that only Syria sends more immigrants to Quebec than...
May 28, 2017 / No comment / Read More »Longboat Key Rotary essay winners »
12:36 am | The Longboat Key Rotary Club awarded two $350 scholarship awards for each of 2 categories: one from...
May 28, 2017 / No comment / Read More »Longboat narrowly averts planning disaster »
11:45 pm | It is the low density, the reduced size and scale of the island that makes Longboat unique...
May 27, 2017 / No comment / Read More »Rotary, Police & Fire: They are what makes a community great! »
11:43 pm | The afternoon was like good lovemaking — an event you thought might last 15 minutes stretched for...
May 27, 2017 / No comment / Read More »Navy must be everywhere »
11:41 pm | “This episode is a small symptom of America’s weakened Navy. Today, as in the 1920s and...
May 27, 2017 / No comment / Read More »Sun, sand, sentinels »
11:22 pm | Few people in Okinawa think open hostilities with China are imminent, or perhaps even likely....
May 27, 2017 / No comment / Read More »The 11,000 Unit Elephant at the Edge of Town »
01:52 pm | There is no way to halt the march of time and development. Even though Longboat is built-out,...
May 16, 2017 / 1 comment / Read More »What’s the matter with Connecticut? »
01:51 pm | Connecticut’s top tax rate rate is now higher than the 5.1% flat rate in the state formerly...
May 16, 2017 / No comment / Read More »The frozen cat I buried on Good Friday »
04:21 pm | I tried to take the turn into the driveway slowly so our cat, Popsicle, who was now...
May 15, 2017 / No comment / Read More »Cuba, Stuck in the past »
04:12 pm | Cuba is a communist dictatorship in a time warp. For some, that lends it a rebellious allure....
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New York Times Headlines
- Where Trump Zigs, Tillerson Zags, Putting Him at Odds With White House
- Senate Leaders Try to Appease Members as Support for Health Bill Slips
- Bloomberg’s Next Anti-Washington Move: $200 Million Program for Mayors
- For Grieving Parents, Trump Is ‘Speaking for the Dead’ on Immigration
- In Towns Already Hit by Factory Closings, a New Casualty: Retail Jobs
- Commando Raids on ISIS Yield Vital Data in Shadowy War
- Bruce Davis, a Charles Manson Follower, Has Parole Blocked for Fifth Time
- She Was Named World’s Ugliest Dog, but ‘She’s Just Darling’
- To Make Sense of American Politics, Immigrants Find Clues From Lands They Left
- Johnny Depp Flirts With Idea of Trump Assassination, Then Apologizes
- Out of High School, Into Real Life
- Just What Was on Trial in the Bill Cosby Case?
- Pride 2017: Same-Sex Parents Still Face Legal Complications
- Pride 2017: Gay Pride’s Choice: March in Protest or Dance Worries Away
