Beginning the week of Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, the Florida Department of Transportation will begin applying permanent striping to the roadway as part of the ongoing construction project on State Road 789 (Gulf Drive) from the Longboat Key Pass Bridge to Cortez Road in Manatee County. There will be temporary lane closures and nighttime work between the hours of 7:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. Weather permitting, this activity is anticipated to last for three weeks.
“Must love long walks on the beach”—if that’s you, come join the Great Visit Florida Beach Walk Nov. 6 to show your love for a Florida beach near you.
There will be a group meeting at 2 p.m., Nov. 2, regarding the trolley with Sarasota County commissioners, Manatee County commissioners and Longboat Key commissioners at the Sarasota County Administration Center, 1660 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota.
We are not rural India—we have no sows undulating across Gulf of Mexico Drive as rickshaws weave on the bike path. Here it is worse—we face the ever-present rear end of a SCAT bus pulled over like some demented OJ Simpson parking job, so a sole rider can hobble up and pay a fee wherein the clinking change falls deep into a black hole and it is found on the side of an embarrassing balance sheet once a year.
The first-ever Longboat Key Triathlon and Duathlon welcomed 342 athletes on Sunday, Oct. 24 at Longboat Key Club & Resort. While the majority of participants came from cities across Florida, the race also drew competitors from states that included: California, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Washington, D.C.
When you eat is as important as what. The conclusion, “When you eat could be as important as what you eat,” is virtually the same sentence I wrote 10 years ago. The article is from a recent edition of The Economist, with its excellent science section, entitled, “Does light make you fat?” The real question—what took you so long to figure this out?
Members of the Manatee Technical Institute Advisory Committee were honored Oct. 25 at the annual Advisory Committee Breakfast at the MTI Bradenton Campus’ Culinary Art Center. MTI chefs and Culinary Arts students prepared and served a gourmet breakfast that included carved pork loin stuffed with sausage and dried fruit and chocolate croissants.
You could find everything from Finance to Fish at the recent Anna Maria Bay Fest on Pine Avenue last weekend…
Many Democratic candidates trying to survive the 2010 midterm elections know they must distance themselves from Mr. Obama and Nancy Pelosi, who are viewed as the authors of health care reform, cap and trade, and other legislative initiatives that are generally unpopular. While some Democratic candidates go so far as to attack parts of the president’s agenda, others take it a step further.
Things around the country are generally lousy. If you can’t avoid the political commercials, you know that there are people who know the reasons and are quick to point them out. On Longboat Key, a homogenous community made up primarily of upper middle class whites, the usual offenders aren’t around, so the finger-pointers have decided that the reason business is bad is because of the dreaded Sign Code.
