The following homes were under contract on Longboat Key from Oct. 21-27

Longboat Key Club & Resort has received a “Best of the South” award from Meetings South Magazine. National meeting planners voted earlier this year to select their favorite properties over the last two years based on the following criteria: quality of meeting space, guest rooms, staff, service, food and beverage service, amenities, activities and value. The selection is made among properties in 14 southern states from Texas to Virginia, and includes properties in the Caribbean, Cancun and Bermuda.

Pick a favorite racing yacht—and support the sea, too—at this year’s Invitational Regatta and Fundraiser hosted by the Sarasota Yacht Club (SYC) and the SYC Charitable Foundation.

Longboat Key Assistant Town Attorney Kelly Martinson outlined her interpretation of the Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA) ruling on zoning ordinances that ultimately impact the Key Club redevelopment approval.

Town Commissioner David Brenner is having second thoughts. Specifically, he is not convinced that spending several million dollars on renourishing the beach at the north end of Longboat Key is a good idea until there is a permanent structure in place to prevent the newly placed sand from eroding.

Longboat Key Police Officer John Thomas met with former Town Commissioner Gene Jaleski Oct. 20 at his residence in Longboat Key’s Village community in response to a sign complaint. Jaleski advised Thomas that he placed “Vote Yes to Amendment 4” signs around the Village area, and unknown suspect(s) had been stealing the signs.

James Armstrong joins another Longboat Key property owner, Robert Smith, in several videos uploaded to YouTube that investigate what they term as ‘corruption’ in Longboat Key government.

IPOC President Bob White announced this week that Longboat Key Towers Association has decided to continue as a member of Islandside Property Owners Coalition LLC, reversing a previous decision to withdraw. They have resigned only their position as a managing member, reported White.

Twenty of the country’s top master sand sculptors will compete in the first Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master Sand Sculpting Competition. The four-day event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Nov. 18-21 on Siesta Beach with 10 teams of two competing for $18,000 in prize money.

Longboat Key resident Harriett Miriam Shapiro, 92, died Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, at Weiss Hospital in Chicago. Graveside services were held Tuesday at Sinai Temple Cemetery, Michigan City, Indiana.