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The final shimmering moments on the very northern
10:06 am | Should the town bury power lines on GMD or the entire key? Why or why not? And how should the project(s) be funded? Read what our candidates say......
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09:50 am | “We have managed major projects in the past without this position, and it takes money out of the slip-lining project. Water infiltration is a losing battle."...
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09:21 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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09:19 am | The following are actual police reports as written by Longboat Key Police Officers. They are edited for length, punctuation and to protect privacy. Jan. 12 Public service reunites couple 1:57 p.m. Captain Skinner...
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09:18 am | It’s time for a different approach, one that looks to health....
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09:05 am | Longboat Key latest sales, contracts — January 10, 2015 through January 22, 2015...
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12:11 pm | The town’s land-use regulations and Comprehensive Plan place strict limitations on the redevelopment of many multi-family and tourism properties. In short, you can only build to the size and scale of what you...
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12:08 pm | There are more than 30 major glass collectors in Sarasota and on Longboat and the pieces sold for between $1,000 and $45,000 each. ...
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12:04 pm | His impact helped form many of the regulations that encouraged stringent building design and the characteristics that formed the beauty and tranquility of Longboat Key....
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11:52 am | Do cold viruses like cold weather? They certainly do. One reason is they replicate much better when you cool the nose. But why? What’s the mechanism for getting more colds when it’s cold?...
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11:47 am | The following are actual police reports as written by Longboat Key Police Officers. They are edited for length, punctuation and to protect privacy. Jan. 7 Noise disturbance 6:00 p.m. Officer Wier responded to...
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11:16 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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09:16 am | Longboat Key latest sales, contracts — January 9, 2015 through January 15, 2015...
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07:39 am | Court battles, appeals and eventually consolidation mark the future of the waterfront property that has lay dormant for five years....
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07:35 am | The first question I ask is has anyone lost their sense of mission? In this case I believe the mission is in order. Then I look for leadership qualities; is the leadership escalating...
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07:31 am | The end of 2014 brought some eight-tentacled surprises to Mote Aquarium in Sarasota. On Dec. 26, Mote’s Caribbean pygmy octopuses — whose baby pictures made the national news earlier in 2014 — had...
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07:27 am | Barring the calling of a special election, residents will have to wait for more than a year to vote for burying the utilities on Gulf of Mexico Drive....
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07:22 pm | Longboat Key latest sales, contracts — December 19, 2014 through December 25, 2014...
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07:20 pm | Looking at four components of human health, we learn a lot about our evolutionary success....
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07:14 pm | The following are actual police reports as written by Longboat Key Police Officers. They are edited for length, punctuation and to protect privacy. Dec. 31 Suspicious vehicle 1:43 p.m. Captain Skinner was flagged...
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07:11 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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08:37 am | Longboat Key Fire Department Deputy Chief Matt Altman resigns, accusing boss of “favoritism” and “intimidation” and requests an investigation....
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Major Headlines
Longboat Key Candidates talk development rights, power line burying and dog park »
10:06 am | Should the town bury power lines on GMD or the entire key? Why or why not? And how should the project(s) be funded? Read what our candidates say......
Chaos ensues over proposed utility position »
09:50 am | “We have managed major projects in the past without this position, and it takes money out of the slip-lining project. Water infiltration is a losing battle."...
Free speech for me but not for thee »
09:43 am | The Left is fighting diligently against “hate” speech that is by definition anything they hate. That means the principal threat to free speech today is likely to come...
Developing LBK’s future »
12:11 pm | The town’s land-use regulations and Comprehensive Plan place strict limitations on the redevelopment of many multi-family and tourism properties. In short, you can only build to the size...
Art glass sells strong at Longboat auction »
12:08 pm | There are more than 30 major glass collectors in Sarasota and on Longboat and the pieces sold for between $1,000 and $45,000 each. ...
Holocaust survivor, renowned architect and Longboat planning icon Bob Diamant passes at age 92 »
12:04 pm | His impact helped form many of the regulations that encouraged stringent building design and the characteristics that formed the beauty and tranquility of Longboat Key....
As Colony saga drones on, principal parties speak out »
07:39 am | Court battles, appeals and eventually consolidation mark the future of the waterfront property that has lay dormant for five years....
Manager Bullock on Fire »
07:35 am | The first question I ask is has anyone lost their sense of mission? In this case I believe the mission is in order. Then I look for leadership...
Baby surprises swim into Mote for New Year »
07:31 am | The end of 2014 brought some eight-tentacled surprises to Mote Aquarium in Sarasota. On Dec. 26, Mote’s Caribbean pygmy octopuses — whose baby pictures made the national news...
Longboat Deputy Fire Chief quits amid turmoil, demands investigation »
08:37 am | Longboat Key Fire Department Deputy Chief Matt Altman resigns, accusing boss of “favoritism” and “intimidation” and requests an investigation....
Longboat jewel thief sentenced »
08:33 am | Twelfth Judicial Circuit Judge John F. Lakin sentenced a former maintenance man....
Property sales still closing in on county record »
08:23 am | According to the Sarasota Association of Realtors, despite a slower November sales month, the hot sales pace for the first 11 months of the year keeps Sarasota County...
Year in Review 2014: Colony Lender, Unicorp control 2.3 acres and key assets; $23 million ruling hangs in balance »
07:37 am | Although 2014 saw no resolution to the myriad of complex legal battles that would allow the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort to redevelop, there was progress on several...
Year in Review 2014: Commission digs into power line burial plan »
07:32 am | Burying Longboat Key’s power lines started as a seemingly far-fetched idea at the beginning of 2014, but after the cost was revealed to be much less than ever...
Year in Review 2014: Severe beach erosion, north end fix underway »
07:30 am | This year marked the year that construction finally began on the north end groins, a structural solution to the constant erosion at the north end beaches. Plans for...
Opinion
Change is constant »
09:41 am | I don’t know if I like the real or imagined changes in my idyllic island town....
January 31, 2015 / No comment / Read More »Tribute to Bob Diamant »
11:57 am | Longboat Key has lost one of the primary heroes of the Town....
January 22, 2015 / No comment / Read More »Military cuts need revisiting »
11:55 am | Making benefits a target, not wasteful acquisition programs, is unfair to those who serve....
January 22, 2015 / No comment / Read More »What didn’t Longboat Key residents get for Christmas? »
07:27 am | Barring the calling of a special election, residents will have to wait for more than a year...
January 12, 2015 / No comment / Read More »Turning point in relations with Cuba »
07:23 am | Cuba enjoys access to money, commerce, and goods from many other nations. The Cuban people are...
January 12, 2015 / No comment / Read More »Deja-Vu again »
08:31 am | The ire and outrage currently being expressed in various sectors of the country arise from national efforts...
January 6, 2015 / No comment / Read More »Confession of an opinion writer »
08:26 am | I, and some others, feel that there is really no such thing as a non-partisan office or...
January 6, 2015 / No comment / Read More »Do the wise men shop at the mall near Chick-fil-A? »
08:00 pm | Has Christ has been stripped from Christmas and all that remains is an obese Santa fondling obese...
January 5, 2015 / No comment / Read More »Christmas Spirit? Bah-Humbug »
07:59 pm | I have never known a man who even claimed to have the slightest idea of what to...
January 5, 2015 / No comment / Read More »A Christmas Prayer »
07:58 pm | PETER O’CONNOR Staff Columnist oconnor@lbknews.com This edition of our newspaper should hit the streets during Christmas week....
January 5, 2015 / No comment / Read More »The gift of the Jews »
07:56 pm | It is vitally important we recognize the importance of the Judeo-Christian gifts....
January 5, 2015 / No comment / Read More »A white rose »
07:51 pm | Beautiful words from the pen of a revolutionary....
January 5, 2015 / No comment / Read More »The Colony and clearing of cockroaches, Mayoral outbursts and attorneys drill for Longboat dollars »
08:42 am | The whole place must be cleared and all the convalescent memories must be extinguished before either Ocean...
December 15, 2014 / 1 comment / Read More »
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