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Etch-a-Sketch Empire: The True Cost of...

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Lofty Plans, Deep Divide: Longboat Key Fights State’s Vision for a Towering Bridge

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—For the residents of Longboat Key, the nearly 70-year-old...
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Turning Down the Volume: Sarasota Commissions Noise Study Amidst Corvette Revvers and “Cranky Neighbors”

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How a 1930s Bungalow is Ground Zero in Sarasota’s Battle Over Preservation

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Sarasota Rejects 50% Parking Rate Hike, Opts for Extended Hours, Fines to Offset $2.8M

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Amid ‘Legal Gymnastics’ and ‘Jersey Beach’ fears, Longboat board rejects St. Regis arch in standoff

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As National Parking Programs Profit, Sarasota Proposes Hikes to Plug a $2.8 Million Hole

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Paradise with a traffic problem: What the 2026 Citizen Survey reveals about Longboat Key

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Reaching for the Clouds Again: Inside Plymouth Harbor’s 151-Unit Sarasota Expansion Plan

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“I No Longer Take The Free Press For Granted”: Legendary Editor Marty Baron Sounds the Alarm in Sarasota

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To Protect, Serve, or Pull over? Longboat’s “High Visibility” Policing Sparks Taxpayer Revolt

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Scaled-Back Sarasota Art Center Praised; Tax Threats Cloud Future

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Hurricanes, Tax Wars, and a $33 Million Sewer Crisis Define Longboat’s 2025 Victory Lap

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From Comedy Stage to Concert Club: Inside Sarasota’s Live Music Renaissance

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The Multi-Million Dollar Battle to Save Longboat’s Disappearing Shores

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Gridlock by Design? Sarasota’s New Traffic Plan Takes Aim at Lido and Sarasota

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Residents Push Back on “Hotelization” at St. Armands Visioning Workshop

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Celebrating “Doc” Wiley: The Adventurous Veterinarian Who Captured Sarasota’s Heart

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UPDATED STORY: The View from the Bridge: What Sarasota’s New City Manager Means for the Barrier Islands

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Gag Order on the Gulf: Longboat Key Prepares for Legal War Over ‘Half Moon House’ Demolition

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From Washington Post Company President to Longboat Key: How Alan Spoon Helped Shape Our Digital Future

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Slow Down, Sarasota: State Advances 10 MPH E-Bike Speed Limit Near Pedestrians

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Bishop Museum Releases Rehabbed Manatees

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Just a short drive from Longboat Key, Bradenton’s Bishop...

Opinion

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

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You Don’t Praise a Rat for Fleeing a Sinking Ship: Sarasota Commission ‘Listens’ After Being Verbally Cajoled into Reality

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Longboat Chief Russ Mager’s Response to Policing Story

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Bombs, Billionaires, and Reality TV: The High Cost of Trump’s Iranian Intervention

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—It has become painfully obvious that our recent Iranian...
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A Bridge Too Far, A Span Too High: FDOT’s Towering Disregard for Longboat Key

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STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com It was really the classical Greeks...
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Pam Bondi: The implosion of Florida’s rising Star

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STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com Vapid, soulless, deflective. But at least Pam...
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Greatest Show on Earth is Sadly a Clown Show in Plan to ‘Vision’ St. Armands Development

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The Case for Funding the Circle Resiliency Plan

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New Equipment vs Old Equipment: When is it time to upgrade?

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Mimosas, Tiebreaks, and Type-A Triumphs: The 2026 Longboat Key Club Doubles Championship

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—We have all heard Aryna Sabalenka groan as she...
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Two Generations Wed Love on Longboat Key

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—Elizabeth Klett, now Elizabeth Charles, and Patrick Charles...
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What’s Happening at the Longboat Key Education Center?

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Mid-April marks the end of the season for The...
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Mastering Golf’s Most Difficult Shot

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Bringing the Desert Heat to the Gulf Coast: What Sarasota Tennis Players Can Learn from Indian Wells

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Perfect Match: Mother-Son Duo Serves Up Inspiration at Key Club

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STEVE REID & MEL RHINELANDER news@lbknews.com Club championships take many forms....

Wine & Dine

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Glassware at Bars and Home

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Mardi Gras at Fogartyville

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A Sparkling Valentine’s Day

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Spirited Cocktails with Garnishes and More

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S.W AND RICH HERMANSEN Staff Writers wine@lbknews.com Craft cocktails combine a tasty...

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How cell recycling benefits you

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How to rest on vacation

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‘When’ is as important as ‘what’ you eat

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Lofty Plans, Deep Divide: Longboat Key Fights State’s Vision for a Towering Bridge

—For the residents of Longboat Key, the nearly 70-year-old drawbridge connecting their island’s northern tip to Bradenton Beach is more than just a piece of...
Major Headlines

Turning Down the Volume: Sarasota Commissions Noise Study Amidst Corvette Revvers and “Cranky Neighbors”

—Between the thumping bass of downtown nightlife, the roar...
Major Headlines

How a 1930s Bungalow is Ground Zero in Sarasota’s Battle Over Preservation

—The ongoing tug-of-war for Sarasota’s soul was on full...
Major Headlines

Sarasota Rejects 50% Parking Rate Hike, Opts for Extended Hours, Fines to Offset $2.8M

—Facing a ballooning multimillion-dollar deficit in its parking program,...
Opinion

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...