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08:46 am | Now, more than a decade since the Colony closed and more than six years since Chuck Whittall became involved, the entire situation has changed......
May 23, 2020 / 1 comment / Read More »
08:42 am | Town Manager cites island’s vulnerable demographic as main concern and reason for keeping additional restrictions in place....
May 23, 2020 / 1 comment / Read More »
08:39 am | One area project that has not been slowed or stalled by coronavirus is the plan to rebuild Lido Beach....
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08:35 am | BLAKE FLEETWOOD Guest Columnist blake@lbknews.com No Republican in 95 years has won a presidential election without winning Florida. In a poll released last week by Florida Atlantic University, President Trump trails Joe Biden by six...
May 23, 2020 / 1 comment / Read More »
08:06 am | Lido Beach remains closed driving thousands of potential beachgoers to overwhelm neighboring beach communities over the past two weeks. St. Armands Circle stores want help....
May 23, 2020 / 1 comment / Read More »
08:04 am | Jacobs served as CEO and Chairman of Bache & Company, a pillar of post-war Wall Street, until the firm merged with Prudential in 1982....
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08:01 am | Two manatees may have second chances at life....
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07:55 am | The damage done by our projection of fear will do permanent damage to our social connections. We cannot view our neighbor as a death threat and live peacefully in our society....
May 23, 2020 / 3 comments / Read More »
07:50 am | Until we have widespread, quick result testing and contact tracing and a vaccine is developed, this pandemic is going to hang around for years in waves....
May 23, 2020 / 2 comments / Read More »
07:18 am | Longboat Key News exclusively obtained the names of those who died in Sarasota and Manatee Counties related to the pandemic....
May 23, 2020 / No comment / Read More »
04:51 pm | The Town has been busy developing the site into an outdoor venue, while preserving buildable area for a future community facility when and if the funding and wherewithal manifests. ...
May 12, 2020 / No comment / Read More »
08:24 am | Numerous business owners plead with the City Commission to open the beach stating that beach traffic is fundamental to surviving financially. The City is lagging behind in its opening of the beach as...
May 12, 2020 / No comment / Read More »
09:56 pm | Chuck Whittall closed last Thursday on the 75 units of the former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort that were owned by Andy Adams. The sale marks the end of a more than five-year-long...
May 2, 2020 / 7 comments / Read More »
09:52 pm | As Florida reopens to business, Longboat Key, the City of Sarasota and the counties are all arriving at strategies on what to open and when....
May 2, 2020 / No comment / Read More »
03:19 pm | Perhaps I am an optimist, but we have finally traveled through the looking glass and Klauber, Andy Adams and the Association of Unit Owners are quickly turning to images from a fantastical past....
May 2, 2020 / No comment / Read More »
03:16 pm | Barwin is creating the exact opposite of helping social distancing. He is creating a defacto Covid funneling effect by encouraging City residents to recreate in other people’s back yard....
May 2, 2020 / 1 comment / Read More »
02:11 pm | The news shows some protesting and eager to reopen the economy and allow the virus to play out and establish what is referred to as “herd immunity.” Others say the sheltering in place,...
May 2, 2020 / No comment / Read More »
02:04 pm | Ninety-seven percent described the quality of life on Longboat Key as either “Excellent” or “Good”....
May 2, 2020 / No comment / Read More »
01:54 pm | Fear, suspicion, distrust, in a living organism cultivates failure. The human has a gift to filter the virus of fear, suspicion or hate and prevent its growth....
May 2, 2020 / 2 comments / Read More »
09:36 am | Sarasota Circuit Court Judge Hunter Carroll asked for each attorney to write memos and briefs relating to the issue of Force Majeure, and whether the pandemic rises to the level of an unforeseen...
April 19, 2020 / 1 comment / Read More »
09:27 am | Mote Marine Laboratory scientists are launching a new, underwater spawning nursery for elkhorn coral....
April 19, 2020 / No comment / Read More »
08:56 am | The most ferocious recent human epidemics – AIDS, SARS, Ebola, MERS, Sars Cov 2, have been viral epidemics that “jumped” from other species....
April 19, 2020 / 2 comments / Read More »
Major Headlines
End of the Colony, Start of St. Regis »
08:46 am | Now, more than a decade since the Colony closed and more than six years since Chuck Whittall became involved, the entire situation has changed......
Longboat remains cautious as world reopens »
08:42 am | Town Manager cites island’s vulnerable demographic as main concern and reason for keeping additional restrictions in place....
Lido beach building on target »
08:39 am | One area project that has not been slowed or stalled by coronavirus is the plan to rebuild Lido Beach....
Businesses, residents grow angry as City keeps Lido Beach closed »
08:06 am | Lido Beach remains closed driving thousands of potential beachgoers to overwhelm neighboring beach communities over the past two weeks. St. Armands Circle stores want help....
Wall Street leader, family man passes on Longboat »
08:04 am | Jacobs served as CEO and Chairman of Bache & Company, a pillar of post-war Wall Street, until the firm merged with Prudential in 1982....
Mother’s Day weekend rescue: Pregnant manatee saved by Mote and partners »
08:01 am | Two manatees may have second chances at life....
Honoring those who passed into the night »
07:18 am | Longboat Key News exclusively obtained the names of those who died in Sarasota and Manatee Counties related to the pandemic....
LBK Town Center moves forward; final plan unclear »
04:51 pm | The Town has been busy developing the site into an outdoor venue, while preserving buildable area for a future community facility when and if the funding and wherewithal...
Sarasota under fire for keeping Lido Beach closed »
08:24 am | Numerous business owners plead with the City Commission to open the beach stating that beach traffic is fundamental to surviving financially. The City is lagging behind in its...
War is over at Colony Resort »
09:56 pm | Chuck Whittall closed last Thursday on the 75 units of the former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort that were owned by Andy Adams.
The sale marks the end...
Opening with caution »
09:52 pm | As Florida reopens to business, Longboat Key, the City of Sarasota and the counties are all arriving at strategies on what to open and when....
Coronavirus ironically brings community together »
02:11 pm | The news shows some protesting and eager to reopen the economy and allow the virus to play out and establish what is referred to as “herd immunity.” Others...
LBK: A lot to be proud about, but comments reveal unresolved issues »
02:04 pm | Ninety-seven percent described the quality of life on Longboat Key as either “Excellent” or “Good”....
Colony sale decision stalled until May »
09:36 am | Sarasota Circuit Court Judge Hunter Carroll asked for each attorney to write memos and briefs relating to the issue of Force Majeure, and whether the pandemic rises to...
Mote launches elkhorn coral spawning nursery to aid threatened species »
09:27 am | Mote Marine Laboratory scientists are launching a new, underwater spawning nursery for elkhorn coral....
How to Stop a Global Pandemic »
08:56 am | The most ferocious recent human epidemics – AIDS, SARS, Ebola, MERS, Sars Cov 2, have been viral epidemics that “jumped” from other species....
Colony latest victim in Coronavirus pandemic »
10:23 am | The pandemic is threatening the final agreement – more than 10 years in the making – that would consolidate ownership at the former Colony Beach and Tennis Resort...
Why Are Symptoms So Varied? »
10:17 am | We won’t know the truth until we do what places like South Korea and Italy’s Veneto region have done effectively: test and track....
Governor orders seniors to remain ‘Safer at Home’ »
10:01 am | What does this specifically mean for Longboat Key residents who average 70 years old? Is it a directive, a law, or a suggestion?
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Longboat considers hiring attorney to fight roundabout »
09:53 am | Longboat Key fears that the roundabout could make traffic back-ups worse....
Contract awarded to renourish Lido Beach »
09:48 am | A $12.7 million contract to dredge sand from Big Pass and spread it along Lido Key Beach was awarded to Cottrell Contracting Corporation....
Measuring Mortality »
08:42 am | Consider the death case rate for Covid-19. It has became a matter of comparison, even competition, between governments, letting some crow they’ve done a better job....
How to Shop Safely at Publix and CVS »
08:20 am | If you are over 70, as most of us on Longboat Key are, the first answer is DON’T....
Virus Response Intensifies »
03:25 pm | While some residents believe and express that the Coronavirus is no worse and will claim no more lives than the flu or car accidents, others are demanding even...
Longboat chooses Ken Schneier as Mayor »
03:20 pm | “The mayor’s job is to speak rarely but cogently to draw out the comment
of every commissioner.” — former Mayor George Spoll...
News Worthy week ending March 27, 2020 »
03:14 pm | Longboat Key Foundation postpones golf tourney The board of the Longboat Key Foundation decided to postpone its April 18 golf fundraiser. The Longboat Key Foundation is a 501C3...
Paradise faces pandemic »
02:56 pm | In a matter of weeks, our world has fundamentally changed. The threat of COVID-19, a virus lacking a cure and reducing medicine to managing symptoms, demonstrates a magnified...
Longboat voters support $34.5 million beach »
02:31 pm | The overall beach project includes $10 million for the installation of five rock groins that will be situated on the north end of Longboat Key. ...
News Worthy week ending March 20, 2020 »
02:25 pm | Longboat Key Foundation postpones golf tourney The board of the Longboat Key Foundation decided to postpone its April 18 golf fundraiser. The Longboat Key Foundation is a 501C3...
Firefighters snatch two visitors out of intense Longboat rip current »
01:48 pm | An afternoon swim on Longboat Key quickly turned into a dangerous situation when two children and an adult were swept into a rip current off of New Pass...
Tourist tax revenues hit record levels in 2020 »
01:41 pm | The Sarasota County ‘Bed Tax’ set a new record for January bringing in a total of $3,059,972. The occupancy rate for hotels also set a record at 78.6%....
Opinion
Trump can’t be reelected without winning Florida »
08:35 am | BLAKE FLEETWOOD Guest Columnist blake@lbknews.com No Republican in 95 years has won a presidential election without winning Florida. In...
May 23, 2020 / 1 comment / Read More »The mask is the wrong symbol for this pandemic »
07:55 am | The damage done by our projection of fear will do permanent damage to our social connections. We...
May 23, 2020 / 3 comments / Read More »Sweden’s Human Sacrifice of 3,300 Has Not Worked »
07:50 am | Until we have widespread, quick result testing and contact tracing and a vaccine is developed, this pandemic...
May 23, 2020 / 2 comments / Read More »A new beginning at the former Colony Resort on Longboat Key »
03:19 pm | Perhaps I am an optimist, but we have finally traveled through the looking glass and Klauber, Andy...
May 2, 2020 / No comment / Read More »Barwin’s world is paved with good intentions amid Coronavirus »
03:16 pm | Barwin is creating the exact opposite of helping social distancing. He is creating a defacto Covid funneling...
May 2, 2020 / 1 comment / Read More »What will the new Longboat Key look like? »
03:03 pm | What was once strange will be the new normal, like wearing masks on planes and when shopping,...
May 2, 2020 / 4 comments / Read More »Corona as seen from an historical and statistical perspective »
01:58 pm | Promoting fear is a way to motivate their citizens to suspend their lives and surrender their constitutional...
May 2, 2020 / 4 comments / Read More »Let them eat cake… »
01:54 pm | Fear, suspicion, distrust, in a living organism cultivates failure. The human has a gift to filter the...
May 2, 2020 / 2 comments / Read More »Fact, fiction and fantasy spread faster than Coronavirus »
09:18 am | The irony continued: all of Longboat Key toddled unprotected for weeks after the schools closed in and...
April 19, 2020 / 3 comments / Read More »Several Hundred People on Longboat Key Are Going to Die »
09:11 am | Longboat Key standards should be stricter than state standards, because we have so many old people, like...
April 19, 2020 / 33 comments / Read More »Act like you give a damn »
10:04 am | What we need in these threatening times is a benevolent, wise leader....
April 13, 2020 / 5 comments / Read More »Racing Against the Inevitable »
08:36 am | Mayor Schneier says that I shouldn’t alarm my neighbors; I disagree. We should be very unnerved....
April 13, 2020 / 9 comments / Read More »We should not destroy America’s merchants and our desire and ability to work »
08:36 am | What will this do to the merchants now and when they are allowed to open will be...
April 13, 2020 / 1 comment / Read More »Time to seal off Longboat Key »
08:25 am | Hundreds of lives depend on this. Our public officials must be courageous and decisive....
April 13, 2020 / 15 comments / Read More »What Sarasota traffic, the FDOT, Tom Barwin, the Baron of Botox & DC Sniper have in common »
07:12 pm | Why not just drop some speed bumps on St. Armands Circle as if throwing nail strips in...
February 23, 2020 / 3 comments / Read More »The indignity of traffic on St. Armands Circle and Ringling Bridge »
11:09 pm | It is clear the FDOT and the City of Sarasota have no grasp on what traffic does...
January 13, 2020 / 3 comments / Read More »Tragic car accident, clear-cutting and a new beach bring light and dark to our holidays in Sarasota and Longboat Key »
02:29 pm | The City Manager made some critical errors this past year, but he did do one thing right....
December 25, 2019 / No comment / Read More »Conflict on the menu at Selby Gardens »
11:11 am | To allow a restaurant to be leased and open late into the evening is simply cramming a...
November 4, 2019 / 3 comments / Read More »Another take on immigration? »
10:49 am | America has been granted an extraordinary stroke of luck: a big dose of youth and energy just...
November 4, 2019 / 1 comment / Read More »Pelosi’s permanent impeachment »
09:52 am | It helps to compare what’s being done to Donald Trump to how it’s been done before. ...
November 4, 2019 / No comment / Read More »The frozen cat I betrayed and then buried »
11:40 am | Thoughts raced through my head: Is there a rabid raccoon nearby? What’s wrong with Popsicle? Should we...
September 22, 2019 / 1 comment / Read More »The BMW that changed my life — Part III »
10:06 am | I worried that we would drive off with the money and I would end up slit throat...
September 22, 2019 / 1 comment / Read More »My Highway to Hell through the Midwest in a BMW — Part II »
09:24 am | It seems celebrities and criminals go by single names — Sting, Oprah, Eminem, Jeter, and then of...
September 22, 2019 / No comment / Read More »
New York Times Headlines
- SpaceX Launch Live: Weather Delays Mission
- Larry Kramer, Playwright and Outspoken AIDS Activist, Dies at 84
- Live Global Coronavirus News: Europe, India, China, U.K.
- Coronavirus Live Updates: More Than 100,000 Americans Have Died From the Coronavirus
- Activists and Celebrities Honor Larry Kramer’s Brash Advocacy
- Stock Market: Live News During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- An ‘Avalanche of Evictions’ Could Be Bearing Down on America’s Renters
- The Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis: What We Know So Far
- Twitter Refutes Inaccuracies in Trump’s Tweets About Mail-In Voting
- Disney World Set to Reopen in July
- Ravi Zacharias, Preacher Who Used Reason to Defend Faith, Dies at 74
- Coronavirus Isn’t Keeping Florida Crowds From SpaceX Launch
- Pompeo Says Hong Kong No Longer Has Autonomy Under China
- Big Pharmacy Chains Also Fed the Opioid Epidemic, Court Filing Says
- SpaceX Astronaut Launch: How and When to Watch Today
- Meet Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, SpaceX’s First NASA Astronauts
- When the Mexican Air Force Went to War Alongside America
