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03:23 pm | A team huddles around the shark like a racing car pit crew to collect samples....
03:20 pm | What to build, when and how to pay for the endeavor are all in play....
03:11 pm | The election of two new city commissioners brought the end of Tom Barwin’s eight-year reign as Manager for the City of Sarasota....
10:16 pm | “The Longboat Key Club was a huge selling point and they like the idea that Longboat is a close-knit community.” ...
10:05 pm | The charismatic, larger-than-life Colony founder, Murf Klauber, welcomes us with his radiant smile. Dressed in casual chic with his signature Etro shirt and white shorts, he regals...
09:57 pm | Joe McElmeel announced last week he was stepping down from the position after several years building the Club’s membership and presence in the community. ...
09:53 pm | The recent uptick in Covid cases and especially how the state of Florida reports data has Longboat Key Town Manager Tom Harmer concerned....
09:50 pm | If Barwin retires on Dec. 7, he would earn up to 20 weeks in benefits and he proposes more than $82,000 in compensation. Commission has grown critical....
09:46 pm | Mote is caring for six juvenile, cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles.
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09:43 pm | The instructor was ejected from the boat as his vessel surged forward unmanned and struck several of the 8-foot sailboats that were being used by the youth sailors....
10:17 pm | To fully close on the future condominiums and gain financing for his St. Regis project, Whittall must first pay all of the former Colony owners for the units...
10:14 pm | Advocates said controversy hallmark of artistic experience....
10:11 pm | The project will strengthen coastal resilience, revitalize fish and wildlife habitat....
12:51 pm | The behavior of coyotes is critical to how the town responds. So far, the police maintain that the town has no intent to either capture or kill the...
12:49 pm | “We’re here at Nathan Benderson Park, and in no time at all it will be the site of our iconic landmark building, Mote SEA—Science Education Aquarium.” ...
12:45 pm | “We were hit really hard with flooding.”...
06:43 am | “I’m supportive of the resident-only parking as written with one exception — taxpayers pay for these. Taking 500 spots from taxpayers is not right.”...
06:38 am | The reason for the extension is the email address where public comments about the permit were supposed to be received was not working. ...
06:33 am | Sarasota City Commissioner Liz Alpert narrowly held onto her District 2 Commission Seat after winning 6,045 votes against challenger Terry Turner’s 5,684 votes. A major change on the...
06:06 am | The money generated by the assumed escalation of all property values within the TIF District is what ultimately will compose the public financing portion of The Bay....
05:58 am | There appears to be no bustling campus of the Ringling College of Art and Design slated for the Longboat Key Town Center anytime soon. Last year, the agreement...
05:48 am | Smith has more than 29 years of law enforcement experience and most recently was Police Chief for Northern Arizona University....
07:24 am | Soon, two groins will be built to help hold the new sand. The fight over the project has cost millions in legal fees....
07:18 am | Sarasota has been honored by U.S. News & World Report research as the No. 1 best place to retire in the entire country and the 16th best place...
07:05 am | STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com Close relationships, ceremonies filled with feeling and sentiment, and shared memories are the hallmarks of small-town life. Nowhere were the emotions of appreciation and respect...
06:49 am | Identifying migration pathways and areas frequently used by male sea turtles is important for a number of reasons, especially in the face of climate change....
06:12 am | Consultant says age of condos and strong competition from Downtown Sarasota market are not helping......
06:05 am | City police will soon buy 122 cameras and each officer will start recording by mid 2021....
06:03 am | Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming’s last day before retiring is Oct. 23. On Monday, he will be recognized for his years of service to the town at...
05:57 am | Unconditional Surrender has a theme-park quality to it, straddling the line between amusement park attraction and midbrow art. But this is Florida, where theme parks are welcome....
05:18 am | The penthouse has been sold for just shy of $20 million at $1,800 per square foot....
06:34 pm | Biden must bring back that great and equal society that prevailed from 1933 to 1978. He must...
March 3, 2021 / No comment / Read More »02:55 pm | A special thanks from Florida to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The governor’s stringent lockdown policies, coupled...
March 3, 2021 / No comment / Read More »09:36 pm | Then to add to my surreal life is my second-oldest daughter, Ariana, moved home from Poland. She...
December 9, 2020 / 1 comment / Read More »10:06 pm | “Republicans have always said that local issues should be handled by the government that is closest. But...
December 7, 2020 / 3 comments / Read More »10:01 pm | In the coming year, the economy will be the central issue. Presidents Kennedy, Reagan and Trump all...
December 7, 2020 / No comment / Read More »06:27 am | The national media, Big Tech and most major polling organizations need a sweeping overhaul and a profound...
November 24, 2020 / 1 comment / Read More »05:42 am | Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the United Kingdom, Germany, France are profoundly capitalist democracies and the progressive policies they...
November 24, 2020 / No comment / Read More »05:05 am | Voters believe they can tell this by how candidates look and act under pressure. It all counts....
October 26, 2020 / No comment / Read More »10:54 am | The Town continues to take a bizarre — and wavering —position to increase the height restrictions for...
October 9, 2020 / 1 comment / Read More »06:44 pm | We do not need Unconditional Surrender on our Bayfront. We have a much better display in our...
September 19, 2020 / 3 comments / Read More »02:02 pm | I placed this bet on Predictit, a political betting site, not because I want Biden to win,...
September 16, 2020 / 2 comments / Read More »12:49 pm | It will be a mess. Pennsylvania is already being sued by both Republicans and Democrats since the...
September 16, 2020 / No comment / Read More »12:41 pm | Closing wet markets and changing cultures will be expensive, but rich countries should pay the price. It...
September 16, 2020 / No comment / Read More »11:56 am | I realised that he was the ultimate salesman. He was born to be that way. His Tower,...
September 16, 2020 / No comment / Read More »09:56 pm | MATTHEW EDLUND, MD, MOH Guest Columnist Edlund@lbknews.com The past is never past. As I wrote two months ago, the bungled political...
August 4, 2020 / No comment / Read More »09:30 pm | Nurses and doctors face the pandemic. And grocery store workers, police, firemen and other essential workers put...
August 4, 2020 / 1 comment / Read More »02:23 pm | Perhaps Americans just feel a roll of the dice is what’s life’s all about, as when Clint...
August 4, 2020 / No comment / Read More »02:19 pm | In the midst of the pandemic of the century and the greatest medical crisis this country has...
August 4, 2020 / 3 comments / Read More »12:44 pm | Do the math. 130,000 deaths divided by 2,773,000 cases equals a 4.6% death rate. 2,643,000 are still...
July 16, 2020 / 7 comments / Read More »05:37 pm | It is not just liberal or conservative media — it is an entire nation stoking each other...
June 27, 2020 / 14 comments / Read More »05:33 pm | The Town Commission and especially the community should be wary of two changes to Longboat Key’s building...
June 27, 2020 / 3 comments / Read More »05:23 pm | Will this contribute to the beauty of the town and its eventual prosperity and quality of life?...
June 27, 2020 / 5 comments / Read More »11:44 am | There we were — a hobbling collection of knee replacements, back braces and patella straps all clustered...
June 13, 2020 / 6 comments / Read More »05:00 pm | Both controversial code changes were approved by the LBK Planning and Zoning Board. Commision to debate on Tuesday...
June 27, 2020 / 2 comments / Read More »02:56 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. 12 Battery 1:35 a.m. Officer Hodo was dispatched to a hotel in reference to a battery. Officers arrived and made contact with the suspect in the lobby area who had an...
March 3, 2021 / No 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....
May 23, 2020 / No comment / Read More »12:59 pm | A plea from a sick friend entices a lifelong friend living in Brazil to come back home and take over Key Cleaners of Longboat Key. Dana, the previous owner of Key Cleaners & Linen Services, Inc., has recently become ill and has found it difficult to continue to manage her family business that has been...
July 5, 2018 / 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 »03:08 pm | Bird Key, Lido Key, Longboat Key latest sales through December 4, 2020...
March 3, 2021 / No comment / Read More »01:07 pm | Bird Key, Lido Key, Longboat Key latest sales through December 4, 2020...
January 18, 2021 / No comment / Read More »11:33 pm | Bird Key, Lido Key, Longboat Key latest sales through December 4, 2020...
December 7, 2020 / No comment / Read More »12:36 pm | Bird Key, Lido Key, Longboat Key latest sales through November 13, 2020...
December 5, 2020 / No comment / Read More »06:19 am | Bird Key, Lido Key, Longboat Key latest sales through November 6, 2020...
November 24, 2020 / No comment / Read More »05:32 am | Bird Key, Lido Key, Longboat Key latest sales through October 30, 2020...
November 24, 2020 / No comment / Read More »06:29 am | Bird Key, Lido Key, Longboat Key latest sales through October 23, 2020...
October 26, 2020 / No comment / Read More »09:10 am | Tree clinging to the edge of City Island. Photo by Steve Reid...
November 4, 2019 / No comment / Read More »09:38 am | Auther tracks both the historical sightings of ghosts in Manatee County and the region at large as well as seeking out the...
October 16, 2018 / No comment / Read More »04:36 pm | Mote Marine Laboratory received a report of five whale sharks — Earth’s largest fish species — about 40 miles off Anna Maria...
June 18, 2018 / No comment / Read More »01:14 pm | Mote has documented more than 2,000 nests from loggerheads,...
August 1, 2017 / No comment / Read More »10:27 am | Easter abounds at the home of Longboat Key News....
April 13, 2020 / No comment / Read More »09:49 am | Social Distancing — Instagram at: Followmetolongboatkey...
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