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Longboat Key | News

Petar Sibinkic is the owner and a trainer at Longboat Key Fitness, which is expanding to the unit next door, with the new space focused on stretching and massaging.
    By
  • S.T. Cardinal
  • November 28, 2025
Longboat Key Fitness expanding, stretching

The gym is expanding to the unit next door with the new space to focus on stretching and massaging.

  • Longboat Key
  • Business
The beach parallel to Gulfside Road south of the Ohana seawall recently underwent a $2.8 million interim beach renourishment project which wrapped up in February.
    By
  • S.T. Cardinal
  • November 26, 2025
Longboat has plan to renourish sand stolen by hurricanes

The hunt is on for where to find 800,000 cubic yards of sand for beach renourishment, and not just any sand will do.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key Planning, Zoning and Building Director Allen Parsons gave a demonstration of an artificial intelligence phone answering system to Town Commission Monday, Nov. 3.
    By
  • S.T. Cardinal
  • November 26, 2025
AI assistant begins answering phone calls for LBK planning department

If you call the Planning, Zoning and Building Department, you will get an answering machine — kind of.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A screenshot of a video presented to the Sarasota County Commission shows personal watercraft activities in the vicinity of swimmers off South Lido Beach.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • November 26, 2025
Law limiting personal watercrafts on South Lido still a year away

Sarasota County decides to pursue a lighter touch to resolve excessive personal watercraft activity at Ted Sperling Park, but relief may still be a year away.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Joan Durante Park entrance.
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  • S.T. Cardinal
  • November 25, 2025
Storm repairs wrapping up for Longboat green spaces

Longboat Key has seen its share of preservation wins from Sister Keys to Quick Point to Durante Park.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key’s Planning and Zoning Board met at Town Hall Tuesday, Nov. 18 to discuss solar panels, building inspections and tree regulations.
    By
  • S.T. Cardinal
  • November 25, 2025
Longboat Key to consider adding solar power chapter to town code

Solar panel installations are not prohibited under town code currently but could still lead to code enforcement action.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Brightly colored stakes mark the sites of known turtle nests on beaches along Longboat Key.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • November 21, 2025
2025 was a record year for Sarasota sea turtles

Mote teams document more nests than ever, but turtle disorientations were also at a record level.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Buccaneer Restaurant is planned to take the spot of the former site of Pattigeorge’s.
    By
  • S.T. Cardinal
  • November 21, 2025
Buccaneer Restaurant 'alive and well,' town manager says

The Longboat Key project may resume after a yearslong pause. The lot has sat untouched since the 2018 demolition of Pattigeorge's.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key Town Commission meets at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
    By
  • S.T. Cardinal
  • November 19, 2025
Longboat Key Town Commission election will be uncontested

The three seats will go to incumbents Gary Coffin and Sarah Karon, while Nick Gladding will assume District 3.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Plymouth Harbor on Coon Key opened in 1966, at the time the 25-story residential tower the tallest in Florida.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • November 19, 2025
Sarasota approves property sale to Plymouth Harbor

The Sarasota City Commission approved the sale of a 650-square-foot pieced of unused city property that presented an obstacle to Plymouth Harbor's expansion plans on Coon Key.

  • Sarasota
  • News
St. Armands experienced catastrophic flooding from Tropical Storm Debby, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton in 2024.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • November 18, 2025
City seeks resilience funding for St. Armands Key

With the backing of the town of Longboat Key, Sarasota has asked the county for $24.5 million in Resilient SRQ grant funding to mitigate flooding on St. Armands.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Commissioner-At-Large BJ Bishop and Scott Dudley with the Florida League of Cities Advocacy Committee.
    By
  • S.T. Cardinal
  • November 18, 2025
Longboat Key commissioner appointed to FLC committee

Town Commissioner B.J. Bishop has been appointed by Florida League of Cities President Holly Smith.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Ohana estate at 6633 Gulf of Mexico Drive, photographed in 2013.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • November 17, 2025
Longboat Key's Ohana sells for $17.5 million

The property previously sold in May 2024.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Traffic often backs up from the Cortez Bridge intersection onto Longboat Key during peak season.
    By
  • S.T. Cardinal
  • November 16, 2025
Cortez Bridge replacement work set to begin in 2026

Manatee County is busy moving infrastructure to prepare for construction of the $135 million fixed span bridge.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • S.T. Cardinal
  • November 12, 2025
'Whew! Back on Longboat Key, what did I miss?'

Street signs, Mote's City Island exodus and business shake-ups dominated headlines over the summer.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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The glass building at 6960 Gulf of Mexico Drive was built in 1976 and housed a bank before the chamber of commerce moved in.
  • September 7, 2026
Failed hotel, convicted fraudster, chamber, bank all in building's 50-year history
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The Longboat Key Town Commission poses for a photo after the March 23 statutory meeting where new and returning commissioners were sworn in.
  • September 6, 2026
Gold, Bishop, Karon receive Florida League of Cities awards
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The intersection of Broadway Street and Gulf of Mexico Drive can get busy with traffic coming from multiple directions. A roundabout is planned at that location, but was pushed back at least a year.
  • September 5, 2026
Broadway roundabout delayed despite finalized design
4
The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce and town of Longboat Key joined forces to organize the first Let’s Talk Longboat business roundtable June 17 at Christ Church of Longboat Key.
  • September 4, 2026
Registration open for local business forum
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Planning, Zoning and Building Director Allen Parsons, Public Works Director Charlie Mopps and Town Manager Howard Tipton speak to residents at a Let’s Talk Longboat meeting, a monthly get-together given the moniker “Tip Talks.”
  • September 3, 2026
LBK community meetings scheduled in September

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