Whiter Than Cocaine and Worth More:...

Lido Key just got 300,000 cubic yards of brand-new...

Mud, Money and a Final Vote:...

The appeal of Longboat Key has always come down...

Wimbledon 2026? Everyone Good Is Hurt,...

My own nervous breakdown is still the more predictable...

Red Tide, Killer Cold and Vanishing...

You can’t order it off any menu in Florida....

Laughing Gull Lager soars at Key...

The Banyan Bar has served Laughing Gull Lager...

Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to...

Canal Navigation Maintenance Program To: Longboat Town Commission My wife and...

Major Headlines

Whiter Than Cocaine and Worth More: Lido Gets Its Beach Back

Lido Key just got 300,000 cubic yards of brand-new...

Mud, Money and a Final Vote: LBK Decides the Fate of Its 88 Canals

The appeal of Longboat Key has always come down...

Tax Cut, or Tax Shift? The Property-Tax Amendment That Could Remake Longboat Key

On November 3, Floridians will vote on the largest...

13.7 Inches in the Hole: Sarasota’s Driest Stretch in Years, and its Impact

—It is reaching every lawn, every flower bed, and,...

Last Call on the Suncoast: Economic Headwinds and Heavy Debt Sink Sarasota-Bradenton Breweries

—For nearly a decade, the craft beer scene across...

The Legal Anatomy of Franklin’s Two-Front War Against City Hall

—The controversy surrounding the fabricated Facebook post presented at...

Inside the Existential Clash Over St. Armands

For nearly a century, St. Armands Circle has operated...

Coast Guard Plucks Injured Captain From the Edge of the Deep

Out where the water turns from green to a...

Sarasota Weighs Takeover of Troubled Lido Key Park

City leaders see local control as a fix for...

Mira Mar Residences Breaks Ground on South Palm Avenue

Construction is officially underway on one of downtown Sarasota’s...

Grants, Growth, and Grit Define Longboat Key’s FY26 Mid-Year Comeback

The true character of a town isn’t measured when...

Infrastructure, Beaches, and Stressed Funds Take Center Stage at Budget Workshop

Longboat's workshop will set the tone for how the...

Longboat Key Gave Up Its Insularity for Beach Money; The Parking Lot Is the Receipt

For most of its history, Longboat Key paid its...

Beauty, Neglect, and a Battle for the Soul of St. Armands Circle

—While Developers Circle and the City Dithers, Merchants...

Opinion

Wimbledon 2026? Everyone Good Is Hurt, Sulking, or Nineteen

My own nervous breakdown is still the more predictable...

Silent but Deadly: Inside Longboat Key’s Great E-Bike Reckoning

Are they the silent killers — e-bikes and e-scooters...

Clay and Present Danger at the 2026 French Open

— Field notes from the most unhinged French Open in...

Etch-a-Sketch Empire: The True Cost of an Aimless War, from Hormuz to Longboat Key

—Here on the barrier islands, the illusion of insulation...

Outdoor Life

Wimbledon 2026? Everyone Good Is Hurt, Sulking, or Nineteen

My own nervous breakdown is still the more predictable...

Silent but Deadly: Inside Longboat Key’s Great E-Bike Reckoning

Are they the silent killers — e-bikes and e-scooters...

Clay and Present Danger at the 2026 French Open

— Field notes from the most unhinged French Open in...

Sinner Wins Everything, Feels Nothing, Cramps on Schedule

A Penetrating Investigation Into the Most Important Joint in...

Nik’s On the Wire at Key Club

Sarasota’s own Nik Wallenda — the 11-time Guinness World...

Wine & Dine

The 5-20% Solution: White Wine Blended into Red

Outside the Rhône Valley, winemakers in the Provence region...

The Case of the Overcooked Snapper Francaise

Don’t settle for ill-prepared  food and drink. Diners deserve...

Reserve Roma Ristorante by Chef Antonio

Chef Antonio, a tall and serious young man, brings...

Quick, Easy, Cheap, and Tasty

—Our readings of food recipes suggest that a formula...

Health

How cell recycling benefits you

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Writer news@lbknews.com There’s great power in biological cell recycling. ...

How to rest on vacation

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Writer news@lbknews.com When was the last time you took...

‘When’ is as important as ‘what’ you eat

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Writer news@lbknews.com When you eat is as important as...

Thinking about sleep changes your sleep

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Writer news@lbknews.com Like depression, insomnia used to be treated...

Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of June 12, 2026

Canal Navigation Maintenance Program To: Longboat Town Commission My wife and...

On Patrol Longboat Key Police reports week of June 12, 2026

—June 5 —Party —9:33 p.m. Officer Castro responded to the...

It’s getting too hot to handle

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Columunist Edlundr@lbknews.com Some like it hot. Nearly sixty years...

Rest Rebuilds Thought and Memory

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Writer news@lbknews.com Why sleep? is a question that has...

Mastering Golf’s Most Difficult Shot

—As a Golf Instructor for over 40 years I...

Mud, Money and a Final Vote: LBK Decides the Fate of Its 88 Canals

The appeal of Longboat Key has always come down...

On Patrol

In the News

Wine and Dine

Laughing Gull Lager soars at Key Club as local brewer crafts support for Save Our Seabirds

The Banyan Bar has served Laughing Gull Lager...

The 5-20% Solution: White Wine Blended into Red

Outside the Rhône Valley, winemakers in the Provence region...

The Case of the Overcooked Snapper Francaise

Don’t settle for ill-prepared  food and drink. Diners deserve...

Reserve Roma Ristorante by Chef Antonio

Chef Antonio, a tall and serious young man, brings...

Health

How cell recycling benefits you

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Writer news@lbknews.com There’s great power in biological cell recycling. ...

How to rest on vacation

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Writer news@lbknews.com When was the last time you took...

‘When’ is as important as ‘what’ you eat

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Writer news@lbknews.com When you eat is as important as...

Thinking about sleep changes your sleep

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Writer news@lbknews.com Like depression, insomnia used to be treated...

Whiter Than Cocaine and Worth More: Lido Gets Its Beach Back

Lido Key just got 300,000 cubic yards of brand-new beach for a relative song. The sand came out of New Pass — which means, by...