Jordan-Branded Club Opens Its Doors, and...

Six weeks after pulling its private club application, 1000...

Sarasota Files Plans to Bring Back...

Plans filed with City Hall show a hurricane-hardened bait...

How Tennis Players From Wimbledon to...

On Longboat Key, the alibi is filed before the...

The Murals Nobody Owned: Sarasota Moves...

For $4,000, the city would adopt Tim Jaeger's 2020...

Water Main Haulers Leave GMD Sidewalk...

Bay Harbour board member says loaders hauling soil and...

Longboat Key Historical Society Gets a...

Commission turns down Michael Drake's bid for five years,...

Major Headlines

The Murals Nobody Owned: Sarasota Moves to Claim Lido’s Wade-In and Casino Paintings

For $4,000, the city would adopt Tim Jaeger's 2020...

Water Main Haulers Leave GMD Sidewalk Cracked

Bay Harbour board member says loaders hauling soil and...

Longboat Key Historical Society Gets a Lease and a Deadline

Commission turns down Michael Drake's bid for five years,...

Sarasota Plows Paradise at Full Throttle

More than 35,000 homes are approved or advancing across...

Real Estate

The Sporting Life

How Tennis Players From Wimbledon to Longboat Key Lose the Match Before It Starts

On Longboat Key, the alibi is filed before the...

Save Our Seabirds Opens Five New Aviaries

After three hard years, two hurricanes and a supply...

Thrilla on the Key: Mayor Williams and Mark Walsh go to sudden death as OPL Charities raises $525,000

The Walsh family's annual OPL Charities Golf Tournament brought...

Health & Science

Why One Misstep Late in Life Can Change Everything

A medical feature for Longboat Key, Lido Key, St....

Inside Sarasota Memorial’s High-Stakes Bet on the Oldest, Richest Coast in America

The taxpayer-owned hospital is opening cancer pavilions, floating bonds...

The Great Sarasota Meltdown: One Out of Three of My Tennis Partners Has Disappeared

When the snowbirds came down this season, I conducted...

How cell recycling benefits you

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

So you want to live a long time?

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Columunist Edlundr@lbknews.com Imagine a magic elixir that’s free and...

New York vs. Boston: The Empire Strikes Out

In which a man raised on Phil Rizzuto and...

Longboat selected for Johns Hopkins Guided Care® pilot program

Sarasota County and Longboat Key have been selected as...

Political Insomnia disorder

MATHEW EDLUND Contributing Columnist edlund@lbknews.com “I can’t sleep!” people keep telling me...

Humanity goes viral

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Columnist Edlund@lbknews.com Lots of people want their work to...

How Tennis Players From Wimbledon to Longboat Key Lose the Match Before It Starts

On Longboat Key, the alibi is filed before the...

PBS Spotlight Turns to Mote’s Shark Breakthrough

For years, the story of the disappearing catch has...

Sarasota Wordle 5

Sarasota Wordle 5: Sarasota's daily five-letter challenge. A new word every day.

Opinion

Ozzy Osbourne, Your Fitbit and the Great Longboat Key Flock Camera Shuffle

Our police love the Flock cameras, and they should....

How America Medicated, Outsourced and Video-Gamed the Struggle Out of Being Human

Priya Parker says healthy relationships need a good fight....

New York vs. Boston: The Empire Strikes Out

In which a man raised on Phil Rizzuto and...

Letters

Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of October 30, 2026

The Planning Board's Return to In-Person Reporting To: Sarasota City...

Longboat Letters to the Editor week of October 30, 2026

Trading the Estuary for the Mouse: SBEP Staff Update To:...

Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of October 23, 2026

Thanks for Trying To: Sequoia Felton Thank you. I appreciate you...

On Patrol

On Patrol Longboat Key Police reports week of October 23, 2026

Friday, Oct. 16 Flat-out stuck 3:44 p.m. Officer Simon Maple was on...

On Patrol Longboat Key Police reports week of October 16, 2026

—Oct. 10 —Happy landing —5:01 p.m. Officer Albert Miano and...

On Patrol Longboat Key Police reports week of October 9, 2026

—Thursday, Oct. 1 —What a drag —7:15 a.m. —Officer Dallas...

Wine & Dine

Jordan-Branded Club Opens Its Doors, and Its Reservation Book, While City Approval Sits on the Bench

Six weeks after pulling its private club application, 1000...

Scarier Than a Millage Rate: Longboat Town Hall Dresses Up for Halloween

Most weeks, the Longboat Key Town Commission chambers serve...

What the Columbia’s Ulele Teaches Barrier Islands About Weathering a Storm

Two years after Helene pushed a wall of water...

Pouring on Bud Light Comic Relief

—An article in the Food and Wine section of...

Exploring the History, Wine, and Unexpected Warmth of the Biltmore

It does not have rides or waterslides or cartoon...

New York vs. Boston: The Empire Strikes Out

In which a man raised on Phil Rizzuto and...

Ozzy Osbourne, Your Fitbit and the Great Longboat Key Flock Camera Shuffle

Our police love the Flock cameras, and they should....

Commission Overturns Planning Board, Approves Midtown Plaza Hotel 3-2

Six weeks after the Planning Board killed it, a...

Dead Winn-Dixie Hotel Gets a Second Life as City Commission Takes Up Midtown Plaza Appeal

Five weeks after Arlington Park sank the Winn-Dixie redevelopment,...

Exploring the History, Wine, and Unexpected Warmth of the Biltmore

It does not have rides or waterslides or cartoon...

All Aboard the Great Smoky Mountains

The evening before our steam train excursion we had...

Thrilla on the Key: Mayor Williams and Mark Walsh go to sudden death as OPL Charities raises $525,000

The Walsh family's annual OPL Charities Golf Tournament brought...

Longboat Wordle 5

Longboat Wordle 5: Five letters, six guesses, a new island word every day. Play now

Memory problems? Take a walk

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Longboat Wordle 7

Longboat Wordle 7: The big board — seven letters, eight guesses, fresh at midnight.

Recent Trends in Food and Beverage Prices

S.W AND RICH HERMANSEN Staff Writers wine@lbknews.com The St. Louis Bank, one...

Starbucks plans to open on Longboat Key

Starbucks will open late summer 2025 at 3174 Gulf...

New York vs. Boston: The Empire Strikes Out

In which a man raised on Phil Rizzuto and...

Everything I Love in Tennis Is Retired, Terrified, or Nursing a Mysterious Wrist

—For most of my childhood I was certain that...

New Europe Travel Rules You Can’t Afford to Ignore

Key Opinion D. Rutledge Guest Columnist news@lbknews.com Planning a trip to Europe soon? ...

Ozzy Osbourne, Your Fitbit and the Great Longboat Key Flock Camera Shuffle

Our police love the Flock cameras, and they should....

On Patrol

In the News

Wine and Dine

Jordan-Branded Club Opens Its Doors, and Its Reservation Book, While City Approval Sits on the Bench

Six weeks after pulling its private club application, 1000...

Scarier Than a Millage Rate: Longboat Town Hall Dresses Up for Halloween

Most weeks, the Longboat Key Town Commission chambers serve...

What the Columbia’s Ulele Teaches Barrier Islands About Weathering a Storm

Two years after Helene pushed a wall of water...

Pouring on Bud Light Comic Relief

—An article in the Food and Wine section of...

Health

Why One Misstep Late in Life Can Change Everything

A medical feature for Longboat Key, Lido Key, St....

Inside Sarasota Memorial’s High-Stakes Bet on the Oldest, Richest Coast in America

The taxpayer-owned hospital is opening cancer pavilions, floating bonds...

The Great Sarasota Meltdown: One Out of Three of My Tennis Partners Has Disappeared

When the snowbirds came down this season, I conducted...

How cell recycling benefits you

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

Jordan-Branded Club Opens Its Doors, and Its Reservation Book, While City Approval Sits on the Bench

Six weeks after pulling its private club application, 1000 North Sarasota told members it would open at the end of October, will let the public...