Sunday, May 12th the Longboat Island Chapel will award collage scholarships to recipients who applied and were interviewed earlier this year. The annual Ferries Scholarship Fund enables funds to be used for deserving graduating high school seniors or previously enrolled college students. This year scholarships will be presented to 18 students from Manatee and Sarasota [...]
Fire Chief Paul Dezzi provided this week a summary of emergency response data for the first quarter of 2013 (January 1 through March 31, 2013). Here is the breakdown by percentage of type: EMS (82%) The department answered a total of 477 calls for assistance through 911. This is an increase of 10% compared to [...]
Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate is pleased to announce that Judy Kepecz-Hays, a Realtor at the company’s Longboat Key office, just sold a property at 6301 Gulf of Mexico Drive on Longboat Key for $5.7 million, showing that the high-end real estate market is on the rise. The home was only on the market for [...]
On March 30, an act of vandalism was reported at the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort. According to Longboat Key police reports, a manager found a shattered sliding-glass door of the guardhouse. A wooden light pole was pulled out, and two other light poles were also damaged. Doors to two units were also kicked [...]
On Monday, April 1 Captain Bill Tokajer accepted an appointment as the Police Chief for the Town of Holmes Beach. Tokajer will be reporting to his new post on Monday April 8. Longboat Key Police Officer Frank Rubino will be assuming the responsibilities of the Administrative Captain for the department filling the vacancy created. Tokajer [...]
Longboat Key Police Chief Pete Cumming appointed four officers to sergeant positions this week. Officers Chris Skinner, Robert Bourque, John Thomas, and Douglas Coffman have been promoted to patrol sergeants. The promotions are part of a new reorganization structure Chief Cumming implemented last month. Cumming has decreased the number of captain positions from five to [...]
Longboat Key Dental’s dentist, Dr. Larry Kassouf will be retiring from his full-time practice and has accepted a faculty position at the Lecom School of Dental Medicine in Bradenton. The practice, located in the Mediterranean Plaza, has been purchased by Dr. Michael O’Neil but Kassouf will remain with the practice as an associate.
The north-end Longboat Key Draw Bridge will experience lane closures from Sunday, April 14 through Thursday, April 18 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. every morning for bridge construction. Bridgework crews will use flags during these night hours to help control traffic flow. Please contact Tenil Mullins or Ken Akers for further information at 941-341-9300 [...]
Town Manager David Bullock spoke at the Wednesday workshop in support of a 10-year potable water supply plan that continues to integrate Longboat Key’s potable water with Manatee County. “We are probably tied into one of the most robust water treatment and supply plans in the four county region,” said Bullock. Bullock said the supply [...]
Longboat Management Corporation has moved its offices from Sarasota to Longboat Key. This past Monday at 4 p.m. the company held a opening reception with invites from 200 associations as well as Town leaders and commissioners. Principal David Novak said the company chose the location due to our close neighbors, SunTrust (Asima Palmer) and Secur-All [...]
