Water Main Haulers Leave GMD Sidewalk...

—Longboat Key sold its last big water main job...

Longboat Key Historical Society Gets a...

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

Fifteen Rabbits, Six Children, Two Dogs...

I set out to lead a dignified life of...

Longboat Commission Embraces Flock as Chief...

Longboat Key's eight license plate readers are off, in...

Save Our Seabirds Opens Five New...

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

Thrilla on the Key: Mayor Williams...

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

Major Headlines

Water Main Haulers Leave GMD Sidewalk Cracked

—Longboat Key sold its last big water main job...

Longboat Key Historical Society Gets a Lease and a Deadline

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

Longboat Commission Embraces Flock as Chief Vows to Get Cameras “Back in the Ground”

Longboat Key's eight license plate readers are off, in...

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...

Real Estate

The Sporting Life

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...

Coast Guard crew frees entangled loggerhead in waters off Sarasota

Somewhere in the Gulf between Venice and Big Sarasota...

City Says No to South Lido’s Problem Park, Citing Jet Skis, Trucks and a Battered Budget

Four months after commissioners talked up a takeover of...

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. ...

Rest Rebuilds Thought and Memory

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Writer news@lbknews.com Why sleep? is a question that has...

World Cup 2026: 90 Minutes, One Goal, and a Nation Weirdly at Peace

We are a nation of contradictions, buffering at 4K....

Are prescription drugs truly safe?

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Writer news@lbknews.com Are prescription drugs truly safe? Depends on how...

Thinking about sleep changes your sleep

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Writer news@lbknews.com Like depression, insomnia used to be treated...

Changes, little bit by little bit

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Writer news@lbknews.com “I can’t change,” people tell me.  “I...

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...

Focus on the Serve & Volley

Sometimes my opponent will suddenly start to serve and...

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 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...

On Patrol Longboat Key Police reports week of October 2, 2026

Friday, Sept. 25 —Tight squeeze —9:44 a.m. —Officer Andrew Van Dyke...

Wine & Dine

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...

All Aboard the Great Smoky Mountains

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

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,...

All Aboard the Great Smoky Mountains

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

Our Choice for Best Restaurant in the USA

—Dining at the Chef’s Table in the storied Inn...

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...

Longboat Wordle 5

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

Are prescription drugs truly safe?

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Writer news@lbknews.com Are prescription drugs truly safe? Depends on how...

Longboat Wordle 7

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

Café on St. Armands Now Open

Café on St. Armands, the reimagining of Café L’Europe,...

How to Survive a Dry Lent

—We heard our most trusted advisor on food and...

PBS Spotlight Turns to Mote’s Shark Breakthrough

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

Candidates better stop ignoring the middle

GREGORY RUSOVICH Guest Writer rusovich@lbknews.com Neither the Trump nor the Harris campaign...

Etch-a-Sketch Empire: The True Cost of an Aimless War, from Hormuz to Longboat Key

—Here on the barrier islands, the illusion of insulation...

Renaming Gulf of Mexico Drive a bad idea

Longboat Key resident Barbara C. Woods wrote the following...

On Patrol

In the News

Wine and Dine

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...

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. ...

Water Main Haulers Leave GMD Sidewalk Cracked

—Longboat Key sold its last big water main job in Country Club Shores as the gentle way to swap out a neighborhood's plumbing. The new...