Thomas T. Walsh, after a lifetime building a family-owned hotel and resort empire that includes numerous Longboat and Lido resorts, passed at age 88.

“This will accentuate the sense of arrival to the resort and golf course, but also for the owners of the numerous residences behind the gates.”

54-year-old Lori Ann Martin was stabbed numerous times and had a toxic level of Benadryl in her system. Husband speaks to Longboat Key News.

Longboat Key Police have interviewed dozens of people associated with Martin as well as relatives and friends in an effort to make sense of the death.

“There were signs of trauma, but we don’t know if it’s self-inflicted or not.”

The Resort at Longboat Key Club is well known for its location, year-round sunshine, welcoming service and now, as the #5 Florida resort in Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards. “It is quite an honor to be recognized by Condé Nast Traveler as one of the top resorts in Florida given the extensive competition and […]

The Longboat Key Gourmet Lawn Party, which is happening next Saturday, Dec. 3, brings out the very best in our community.

The beach is so bountiful, with such a vast expanse of sugar white sand that it truly rivals Siesta Key for sunbathing prowess.A big beach trumps all at Longboat Key Resort

Saturday night came to life on Longboat Key when actor John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston arrived by boat at Portifino at the Longboat Key Club for dinner. Travolta and Preston were joined above for a photo with (from left) Longboater Jeff Lenobel, Steve Reid, Melissa Reid, Marianne Thorn and Donna Lenobel.

“There is no real usable beach at Inn on the Beach for pretty much their whole waterfront property. All of their dune walkovers are in the Gulf. When you come to a beach resort, we realize there is an expectation that there will be a beach.”