At a recently concluded tournament, Davis Love III…

When the Shannon Corporation the predecessor to the Loeb Partners Realty, purchased the Key Club, they bought two separate entities, the golf courses and appendages and the right to manage the Inn on the Beach, the hotel located on Islandside.

No one, other than the president and some political appointees with really neat jobs, is likely to think 2009 was a great year. Unemployment and under-employment reached 17 or 18 percent, the real estate market remained moribund, personal income remained stagnant, bankruptcies are at record highs and global warming is giving us one of the coldest winters in the past 50 years.

Mote Marine Laboratory returned a stranded leatherback sea turtle to the wild on Thursday. While details for the release are still being finalized and plans remain fluid, the release of the turtle nicknamed “Lizzy” took place more than 20 miles offshore from Southwest Florida’s coast. The turtle was rescued from Big Hickory Island in Lee [...]

Here are the details from their reports filed with the Town Clerk: District 1 contest: Lynn Larson Contributions: Madelyn Spoll $100 Jean Clair $100 Madeline Brenner $100 Marnie Matarese $200 Total contributions $500 Expenditures: Sarasota County $1.40 Manatee County $13.54 Total expenditures $14.94 Leon Polkoik Contributions: Leon Pokoik (loan) $8,360 Dean Feltham $100 Robert and [...]

Both the Association and Dr. Murf Klauber,
while opposed in the courtroom, claimed victory.

While the entire Longboat Key community anxiously awaits a yes or no from Town Commissioners on the Key Club’s $400 million redevelopment plan, another outcome is quickly emerging. While prohibited to discuss details of the proposal, one commissioner reportedly will make a motion that instead of considering the plan and its multitude of departures from [...]

Jan. 15 Arbor Day Commemoration. The Longboat Key Garden Club will plant a Southern Magnolia tree at Joan Durante Park at 3 p.m. Everyone is invited. Refreshments will be served and the annual tradition of the telling of “Tree Stories”  will continue. Contact Sharon Oper at 941-387-7199 or Jackie Salvino at 941-383-1406. Jan. 19 Longboat [...]

Moore’s Restaurant receives rezone In a 4-3 vote Monday night, the Town Commission granted the rezone request for Alan Moore and his restaurant, Moore’s Stonecrab Restaurant. The request came as a result of Moore explaining that he needed to have his restaurant rezoned from commercial to residential to have his loans renegotiated. Commissioner Jim Brown [...]

Jan. 3 Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus: Illuscination Sunday, Jan 3, 1p.m. at Robarts Sports Arena,  3000 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota. Contact Ticketmaster for times and tickets. 866-448-7849. The Musical Magic of Hayes and Hyman1:30 p.m. at Golden Apple Dinner Theatre, 25 N. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota. Song stylist Bill Hayes has sold more than [...]