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
03:51 pm | Sarasota Judge Hunter Carroll has decided the Colony Condominium will be terminated....
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05:30 am | If the town goes ahead with its fiber project, neighborhoods will see taller metal poles replace the present wooden street poles....
July 18, 2019 / 1 comment / Read More »
08:22 am | Fire Chief fears there could be many more to come as Longboat Key starts island-wide undergrounding...
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08:19 am | The speed humps are a temporary solution as FDOT determines the feasibility of constructing permanent, raised crosswalks and raised intersections...
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08:10 am | Paid parking will start later this week near courthouse. Main Street and Palm Avenue will soon follow....
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08:04 am | Muller is working to identify the pathogen of the disease and outline a plan for recovery. of Florida’s coral reefs....
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07:56 am | Audrey Perkins found both excitement and peace in her passion combing the beaches for shells with which she created original art and décor....
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06:28 am | The majority of studies show that officers wearing body cameras receive fewer reported complaints of Use of Force than those who do not wear body cameras....
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06:05 am | Commission opts to convert all Bayfront Park tennis courts to pickellball and add two tennis courts at the tennis center....
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05:52 am | Sarasotan John Mehne was found hiding naked with an ax in a chicken coop. That was after he killed a family dog, stole an ATV, killed some chickens and evaded police....
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05:44 am | Commission wishes to move forward following Ringling exiting Town Center plan. The debate is with what, how and with whom?...
July 17, 2019 / 1 comment / Read More »
04:49 am | “With this information, we can learn more about threats to green turtles in the ocean and get a better idea of how many green turtles are nesting on our beaches.”...
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11:06 am | “A constitutional ordinance has to have some boundaries and discretion in how it’s applied. It cannot allow you all to have a roving set of beliefs imposed on a project.”...
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11:01 am | Man found guilty of robbing two residents at gunpoint at the Islander Club parking lot in April 2018. ...
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10:32 am | The planned roundabout at the intersection of U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue was most discussed....
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10:28 am | “My parents’ favorite restaurant, besides the Columbia, was Herb Field’s The Buccaneer Inn on Longboat Key.”...
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09:39 am | After the City rejected its proposal, the Sarasota Orchestra has said it would expand its search beyond the City. The Sarasota County Fairgrounds has also re-emerged as a possible location....
June 20, 2019 / 1 comment / Read More »
09:34 am | PETER O’CONNOR Staff Columnist oconnor@lbknews.com By Mohammed Alyaha in The Wall Street Journal (Tuesday, May 28, 2019) “The U.S. plans to send 1,500 troops and other military assets to the Middle East to...
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09:10 am | The property owner says Longboat Key’s rental rules are trumped by State law. Town says they are grandfathered....
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05:59 pm | Will the Town find another partner, rekindle its relationship with Ringling, or go it alone with a community center project?...
June 17, 2019 / 1 comment / Read More »
05:54 pm | New parking restrictions to deal with the Mar Vista Restaurant waterfront dining patrons and their vehicles in roadways....
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05:24 pm | “I am disappointed by the lack of leadership on your part on this issue. You are giving us no choices.”...
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Major Headlines
Judge agrees Colony Condo will be dissolved; victory for Whittall and St. Regis Hotel plan »
03:51 pm | Sarasota Judge Hunter Carroll has decided the Colony Condominium will be terminated....
Two gas leaks spark concern »
08:22 am | Fire Chief fears there could be many more to come as Longboat Key starts island-wide undergrounding...
Speed humps at St. Armands Circle to be installed starting July 15 »
08:19 am | The speed humps are a temporary solution as FDOT determines the feasibility of constructing permanent, raised crosswalks and raised intersections...
Downtown paid parking goes ‘live’ with more to come »
08:10 am | Paid parking will start later this week near courthouse. Main Street and Palm Avenue will soon follow....
Mote scientist earns top honor for coral research »
08:04 am | Muller is working to identify the pathogen of the disease and outline a plan for recovery. of Florida’s coral reefs....
Longboat’s ‘Shell Lady’ found a life full of treasure on our shores »
07:56 am | Audrey Perkins found both excitement and peace in her passion combing the beaches for shells with which she created original art and décor....
Sarasota City Commission to consider police body cams »
06:28 am | The majority of studies show that officers wearing body cameras receive fewer reported complaints of Use of Force than those who do not wear body cameras....
Longboat to expand pickleball at park; remove Bayfront tennis »
06:05 am | Commission opts to convert all Bayfront Park tennis courts to pickellball and add two tennis courts at the tennis center....
Man who stole Audi from Lido Shores and found naked in chicken coop sits in NY jail »
05:52 am | Sarasotan John Mehne was found hiding naked with an ax in a chicken coop. That was after he killed a family dog, stole an ATV, killed some chickens...
Longboat debates cultural center »
05:44 am | Commission wishes to move forward following Ringling exiting Town Center plan. The debate is with what, how and with whom?...
Four green sea turtles tagged amid nesting increase in area »
04:49 am | “With this information, we can learn more about threats to green turtles in the ocean and get a better idea of how many green turtles are nesting on...
Epoch condo appeal sputters in City Hall »
11:06 am | “A constitutional ordinance has to have some boundaries and discretion in how it’s applied. It cannot allow you all to have a roving set of beliefs imposed on...
Longboat robber faces life sentence »
11:01 am | Man found guilty of robbing two residents at gunpoint at the Islander Club parking lot in April 2018. ...
Sarasota, Longboat debate roundabout »
10:32 am | The planned roundabout at the intersection of U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Avenue was most discussed....
Columbia Restaurant Group buys its St. Armands historic location »
10:28 am | “My parents’ favorite restaurant, besides the Columbia, was Herb Field’s The Buccaneer Inn on Longboat Key.”...
Orchestra site search continues in Sarasota »
09:39 am | After the City rejected its proposal, the Sarasota Orchestra has said it would expand its search beyond the City. The Sarasota County Fairgrounds has also re-emerged as a...
Iran has been at war for 40 years »
09:34 am | PETER O’CONNOR Staff Columnist oconnor@lbknews.com By Mohammed Alyaha in The Wall Street Journal (Tuesday, May 28, 2019) “The U.S. plans to send 1,500 troops and other military assets...
Island seeks to sue over vacation rental violation »
09:10 am | The property owner says Longboat Key’s rental rules are trumped by State law. Town says they are grandfathered....
Commission to soul seach cultural center future with walk of the site »
05:59 pm | Will the Town find another partner, rekindle its relationship with Ringling, or go it alone with a community center project?...
Stricter public parking rules in store »
05:54 pm | New parking restrictions to deal with the Mar Vista Restaurant waterfront dining patrons and their vehicles in roadways....
Orchestra not heading to Payne Park »
05:24 pm | “I am disappointed by the lack of leadership on your part on this issue. You are giving us no choices.”...
Fruitville roundabout construction starting soon »
05:20 pm | “Prepare mentally and vehicularly.”...
Town chooses taller light poles »
05:14 pm | Eventually, every power line as well as cable and telephone line will all be underground....
Staff to recommend taller light poles on Longboat »
04:40 pm | If the Town wants to install its own wireless network, taller light poles are the only ones financially viable says consultant....
Town courts pickleball expansion »
04:32 pm | For about $100,000 four pickleball courts can be built at the Public Tennis Center property....
Commissioner Brody, residents question Orchestra plan to build in Payne Park »
04:26 pm | “Mr. Barwin, the choice between losing a significant portion of Payne Park or the Sarasota Orchestra is not a choice at all.”...
Sarasota Orchestra’s Payne Park plan up for approval in City Hall »
03:58 pm | City Attorney says park deed may not preclude symphony hall as allowable use....
Longboat debates re-hatching Town Center with Ringling »
03:50 pm | “No matter how you cut it, the dialogue from this dais intervened and caused Ringling to leave."...
Trump is ‘unfit’ to govern? »
03:45 pm | ‘Exactly how fit to become president is Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren?’...
Ringling leaves Longboat at Town Center altar »
03:23 pm | “Whatever the motivation of those who effectively killed the Town Center project, they will have to live with it. But, sadly, so will all of us.”...
Sarasota homeless population drops 50% »
03:15 pm | Homeless individuals in the City of Sarasota have been reduced by 52.1 percent since 2016....
Opinion
Longboat Key undergrounding issue »
05:30 am | If the town goes ahead with its fiber project, neighborhoods will see taller metal poles replace the...
July 18, 2019 / 1 comment / Read More »A Kosher Fourth of July »
08:13 am | “Two hundred forty-three years ago, a new nation was inspired by the Old Testament.”...
July 17, 2019 / No comment / Read More »Trump militarizes Mexico »
05:23 am | Blowing up the North American economy to solve the migration crisis never made sense....
July 17, 2019 / No comment / Read More »How Democrats can avoid losing »
10:16 am | ‘Trump is beatable in 2020, but only if his opponent appeals beyond the base.’...
June 20, 2019 / No comment / Read More »Socialism vs. ‘the Person’ »
02:48 pm | ‘We are more than simply individuals, because it is in relation with one another ‘as persons’ that...
June 17, 2019 / No comment / Read More »Longboat heading down wrong path with light poles, technology »
12:29 pm | Do Longboat leaders really believe they and Waterleaf and the build-out of a defensive telecommunication network will...
April 21, 2019 / 3 comments / Read More »A Happy Easter in wake of Notre Dame »
12:25 pm | In a sense, Notre Dame was sadly victim to a general state of disrepair. It is the...
April 21, 2019 / No comment / Read More »National opinion doesn’t conform to party activists »
01:58 pm | This growth will not last forever but may continue through the 2020 electoral cycle....
April 15, 2019 / No comment / Read More »Sandra Day O’Connor’s lessons in leadership »
12:33 pm | In nearly 25 years as a justice she was the most important vote on the U.S. Supreme...
April 1, 2019 / No comment / Read More »Gas shortages give New York an early taste of the Green New Deal »
10:34 am | “The State is dependent on imports even though it sits atop the abundant Marcellus Shale.”...
March 22, 2019 / No comment / Read More »Sarasota Orchestra needs to rethink plan to develop Payne Park »
11:31 am | When I heard of the plan for the Sarasota Orchestra to move to Payne Park, I wanted...
March 9, 2019 / 6 comments / Read More »Ortasio-Cortez heralds a New Political Era »
08:52 am | ‘Socialism may not become America’s dominant ideology, but it’s likely to be around for a while.’...
March 9, 2019 / No comment / Read More »Medicare for all is a trap »
09:38 am | “Candidates who can’t win this debate should find another line of work, and a party that ends...
February 24, 2019 / No comment / Read More »City Bayfront Plan needs far more review »
09:24 am | Sarasota City commissioners are giving away control of an unparalleled asset, 53 acres — one of America’s...
February 24, 2019 / No comment / Read More »The new Beijing — Moscow axis »
09:17 am | China today is an export driven economic giant with ambitions for world leadership....
February 24, 2019 / No comment / Read More »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...
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- Marylou Whitney, Social Queen of the Racing World, Dies at 93
- Elusive Emu Remains at Large in North Carolina After More Than Three Weeks
- 16,000 Readers Shared Their Experiences of Being Told to ‘Go Back.’ Here Are Some of Their Stories.
- Morehouse College Investigates Sexual Misconduct After Students’ Videos
- Heat Wave, Iran, ASAP Rocky: Your Friday Evening Briefing
- What Jeffrey Epstein Did on Work Release Is Now the Subject of an Investigation
- For 50 Years Since Apollo 11, Presidents Have Tried to Take That Next Giant Leap
- Most Wikipedia Profiles Are of Men. This Scientist Is Changing That.
- Ida Wyman, Whose Camera Captured Ordinary People, Dies at 93
- America Is So Hot That ...
- Jussie Smollett Fights Appointment of Special Prosecutor
- No More Manholes in Berkeley as City Writes Gender Out of Codes
- A Murderer Deemed Too Old for Violence Was Just Convicted of Another Killing
- What Is Behind the Protests in Puerto Rico?
- Pilot Whales in Georgia Are Saved From Being Beached
