Sarasota County’s Beach Lifeguard hours will be extended on all guarded beaches beginning Saturday, May 25 from 10 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. daily. The extended hours will run throughLabor Day Weekend. Sarasota County’s guarded beaches are Lido Beach, Siesta Beach, Nokomis Beach, North Jetty Beach, Venice Beach and Manasota Beach. For more information contact the [...]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Estimates of Resident Population, Longboat Key’s population grew by 1.04 percent between 2011 and 2012. The Census Bureau estimated Longboat Key’s residential population at 6,993 as of July 1, 2012, compared to 6,921 as of July 1, 2011. The 2010 U.S. Census stated that Longboat Key experienced a [...]
The town of Longboat Key received a bid for its beach renourishment project that was higher than anticipated. The actual bid estimate was $13,290,525.50, which is $3.7 million higher than the town expected. According to Public Works Director Juan Florensa, engineers had previously given the town an estimate of probable cost for the project of [...]
Dr. Steven Newman, the Medical Director for the Town of Longboat Key and Sarasota County Emergency Medical Services, is the recipient of the State EMS Raymond H. Alexander Medical Director of the Year Award for 2013. Newman will receive his award at the 23rd Annual Excellence in EMS Awards ceremony to be held on July [...]
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 [...]
