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Howard Tessler said the bike lane has improved a lot in the past few years.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 9, 2022
Longboat Key Police Department gets to work improving bicycle and pedestrian safety

Thanks to a liaison program with the Longboat Key Bicycle Association, updates are being made and put in place.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
In January, the town reinstituted some of its COVID-19 distancing requirements.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 9, 2022
Longboat relaxes some of its COVID-19 reactions

Falling trends of positive tests, hospitalizations prompt changes at Town Hall, public sites.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Voters on Monday had the option of bringing vote-by-mail ballots directly to the Supervisor of Elections office in downtown Sarasota.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 8, 2022
Longboat voters side with county on approving school tax, rejecting at-large voting

Voting by mail makes a difference in charter-amendment results.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Vote by mail voters stopped by the Supervisor of Elections office on Tuesday to drop off ballots.
    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • March 8, 2022
Sarasota retains single-member districts

57.2% of voters say "No" to the charter amendment.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 8, 2022
Longboat Key golfers team up to Go For the Cure

The Key Niners and Women's Golf Association played a round to raise money for Breast Health Sarasota.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    In Memoriam |
  • March 8, 2022
Rosamelia Toledo Lecea

Rosamelia Toledo Lecea passed away on February 21, 2022.

  • East County
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Marilyn Coker and Walter Carlton of the Myakka City Historical Society are hoping the renovation of the Historic School House will be finished in the next year.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • March 8, 2022
Myakka City Historic School House nears end of 29-year restoration saga

Project manager says another $75,000 needed to complete restoration of Myakka City landmark.

  • East County
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    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • March 8, 2022
Siesta Key groups meet with Sarasota city leaders to discuss annexation

Save Siesta Key, among other groups, met with Mayor Eric Arroyo in February.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Although no plans have been submitted, Grant's Garden officials said they plan to use the company's existing building in a new proposal for redevelopment.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 8, 2022
Longboat landscaper gains deadline extension for new redevelopment plan

Grant's Garden gets six months to redo proposal plan for Longboat base.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 8, 2022
SRQ adds second airline flying direct to Northeast

Breeze Airways announces plans for twice a week flights to Connecticut.

  • Sarasota
  • News
In Country Club Shores, an at-grade home next to a taller, above-flood home.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 8, 2022
Longboat Commission turns away latest home-buffering plan

Proposal sought to address disparity between taller new homes and lower, pre-1975 homes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The living room overlooks the Gulf of Mexico.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 8, 2022
Beachplace condo Longboat's top sale of week

A Longboat Beachplace condo is the top sale of week at $1.48 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Tom Aposporos and Tom Freiwald gave an overview of the project during the breakfast meeting.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 7, 2022
Longboat Key Kiwanis members hear about Theater on the Green project

Club members had several concerns about the potential Town Center Green project during the meeting.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Baltimore Orioles will begin minor league spring training workouts on March 10 at Ed Smith Stadium's backfields and at the Buck O'Neil Complex at Twin Lakes Park.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • March 7, 2022
Orioles open minor league spring training to fans at no cost

The club will begin minor league workouts on March 10 and games on March 16.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 7, 2022
Town of Longboat Key hosts in-person open house again

The annual event, which allows citizens to connect with their town, was online in 2021.

  • Longboat Key
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