Longboat’s final reach
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08:28 am | Board Chair Gaele Barthhold asked several times for on-point testimony from the opponents to the request and their attorney to substantiate their contention....
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08:26 am | “Longboat Key is blazing a trail in this area, because the other sites out there are drilling down the expenditures, not the revenue.” ...
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08:23 am | he community of Longboat Key honored Bob Craft with a tribute on Thursday, April 10, at the Longboat Library. A bismarckia palm was planted in front of the library to go along with...
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08:20 am | Barge runs aground on Longboat Coast Guard crews responded to a second grounded barge south of the Longboat Key Hilton this week. Due to deteriorating weather on Tuesday, the barge spuds were unable...
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08:11 am | Ukraine is a test. Does the West stand by its democratic principles and commitments?...
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07:41 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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07:39 am | As we meander along the trails, we pass trees growing toward each other in a tangle of branches; there are wild shrubs and ground cover throughout Quick Point....
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07:36 am | The following are actual police reports as written by Longboat Key Police Officers. They are edited for length, punctuation and to protect privacy. March 23 Illegal camping 9:44 a.m. An anonymous complainant advised...
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10:12 pm | “We should abandon this outdated approach. The unit owners did not create the nonconformities — the property was downzoned in the 1980s. This approach is counter productive and not getting us anywhere.”...
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02:14 pm | There is no rodent problem at The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort, just a series of misconceptions and misunderstandings, according to Association of Unit Owners President Jay Yablon....
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02:01 pm | Last week’s arrest of longtime Windward Bay Condominium maintenance supervisor Michael Artman has spurred an investigation that stretches all the way from Longboat Key and Bradenton Beach to the jewelry markets of New...
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01:41 pm | Will the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort’s 237 units be grandfathered?...
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01:37 pm | Fifty-four year old fashion designer Michael Kors may be moving to Longboat Key....
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01:31 pm | “The strong consensus from the potential backers in the room at both readings was that the play is ready for full production in New York, and that is where we are headed.”...
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01:21 pm | In the East, Tampa is favored to dethrone Boston in a close race. Neither New York or Baltimore are given more than a long-shot chance. Don’t be the rent money against Boston. They...
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08:38 am | Vets have special problems; they stick together in spite of it all. ...
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08:21 am | The following homes were under contract or sold on Longboat Key, Lido Key and Bird Key from December 12 through December 19....
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08:19 am | Our enchanted island will be humming with expectation as, once again, the ATP Tennis World Tour will be held at the Longboat Key Club Tennis Gardens from Saturday, April 12th to Sunday, April...
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08:17 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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09:50 am | Islandside resident and Islandside Property Owner’s Coalition President Bob White spent a smiling moment with an owner of the Longboat Key Club, Ocean Properties’ Principal and founding family member Mark Walsh. They were joined...
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08:56 am | Jim Brown was chosen by his fellow Commissioners on Monday evening to serve as the Mayor of Longboat Key for another year....
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Major Headlines
Key couple wins right to build home »
08:28 am | Board Chair Gaele Barthhold asked several times for on-point testimony from the opponents to the request and their attorney to substantiate their contention....
Fiscal transparency draws attention »
08:26 am | “Longboat Key is blazing a trail in this area, because the other sites out there are drilling down the expenditures, not the revenue.” ...
In Memory of Bob Craft »
08:23 am | he community of Longboat Key honored Bob Craft with a tribute on Thursday, April 10, at the Longboat Library. A bismarckia palm was planted in front of the...
Longboat Commission extends Colony rights until August 2016; Town pushed for permanent zoning »
10:12 pm | “We should abandon this outdated approach. The unit owners did not create the nonconformities — the property was downzoned in the 1980s. This approach is counter productive and...
Colony rat response: there are none »
02:14 pm | There is no rodent problem at The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort, just a series of misconceptions and misunderstandings, according to Association of Unit Owners President Jay Yablon....
Windward Bay jewelry thief arrest leads to Manhattan »
02:01 pm | Last week’s arrest of longtime Windward Bay Condominium maintenance supervisor Michael Artman has spurred an investigation that stretches all the way from Longboat Key and Bradenton Beach to...
Colony asks town to extend unit count »
01:41 pm | Will the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort’s 237 units be grandfathered?...
Michael Kors buys Longboat beachfront »
01:37 pm | Fifty-four year old fashion designer Michael Kors may be moving to Longboat Key....
Area award-winning playwright lands New York City reading of latest work »
01:31 pm | “The strong consensus from the potential backers in the room at both readings was that the play is ready for full production in New York, and that is...
Brown named Mayor, Duncan Vice Mayor for Longboat Key »
08:56 am | Jim Brown was chosen by his fellow Commissioners on Monday evening to serve as the Mayor of Longboat Key for another year....
Colony overrun with unwanted guests »
08:56 am | The Manager gave a timeline of no later than April 4 for the Association to address the rampant rats....
Opinion
Tiny Towne – again »
08:16 am | There is also a vast difference between Longboaters and their New England cousins in their approach to...
April 14, 2014 / No comment / Read More »Doublespeak in the New Age of Intolerance »
08:13 am | ‘Language is a tool for concealing the truth.’ - George Carlin...
April 14, 2014 / No comment / Read More »Mush or Steel? »
08:11 am | Ukraine is a test. Does the West stand by its democratic principles and commitments?...
April 14, 2014 / 2 comments / Read More »Take me out to the ballgame — 2014 MLB predictions »
01:21 pm | In the East, Tampa is favored to dethrone Boston in a close race. Neither New York or...
April 7, 2014 / 2 comments / Read More »Veterans across the years »
08:38 am | Vets have special problems; they stick together in spite of it all. ...
April 7, 2014 / 1 comment / Read More »Who will be chosen as Longboat Key’s Mayor in 2014? »
08:40 am | It is clear behind the scenes that two Commissioners are ready to nominate and second a vote...
March 31, 2014 / No comment / Read More »Please, No — Not again »
08:36 am | This bleak history is repeated in this column because the world appears on the threshold of what...
March 31, 2014 / 1 comment / Read More »IMF — International Monetary Fund »
08:33 am | Recent events in Eastern Europe and Russia bring the International Monetary Fund into the international, national, and...
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