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In a matter of weeks, our world has fundamentally changed. The threat of COVID-19, a virus lacking a cure and reducing medicine to managing symptoms, demonstrates a magnified threat to communities such as Longboat Key, where the population averages 70 years old.
April 1, 2020 | Posted in Major Headlines, Top Box | Read More »
An afternoon swim on Longboat Key quickly turned into a dangerous situation when two children and an adult were swept into a rip current off of New Pass on south Longboat Key.
March 20, 2020 | Posted in Major Headlines, Top Box | Read More »
Longboat Key’s $5.895 million plan to construct a new South fire station and renovate its north station appears to be about on budget according to estimates.
February 3, 2020 | Posted in Major Headlines, Top Box | Read More »
Voters will be asked to approve $5.895 million in bonds during the March election this year.
January 20, 2018 | Posted in Major Headlines, Top Box | Read More »
Chief Paul Dezzi introduced Lt. Brian Carr and Firefighter Ron Koper who presented the 45-minute class that they have provided to more than 700 Longboat Key residents in the past 18 months.
April 9, 2017 | Posted in Major Headlines, Top Box | Read More »
“Our goal is for people to do something before we get there with ambulances.”
February 5, 2017 | Posted in Key Health, Major Headlines, Top Box | Read More »
All it takes is one catastrophe for things to change on Longboat Key, and then the liability meter goes through the roof.
October 27, 2015 | Posted in Major Headlines, Top Box | Read More »
In this instance, at this moment in time, something that is critical is under a threat from our own Town Commission.
September 20, 2015 | Posted in Opinion, Stephen Reid | Read More »
The recent tussle in the Fire Department that we all experienced as an episode of ‘Deputy Chiefs Gone Wild’ while the Chief was on vacation had less to do with the events of that particular week and more to do with ongoing and systemic dissatisfaction over pay and compensation within the department.
February 19, 2015 | Posted in Opinion, Stephen Reid | Read More »
The Longboat Key Fire Department and Public Works Department have been working on ‘Operation Emergency Access’ since January 2013, and the project to clear all roadways to access residences on the island is now complete. The first phase of the project began by driving the entire key assessing all streets for emergency accessibility. Pictures were […]
April 8, 2013 | Posted in Major Headlines, Top Box | Read More »