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Longboat Key | News

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  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 6, 2016
Longboat Key starts beach project

Trucks began hauling thousands of cubic yards of sand to the mid-Key shoreline this morning.

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Susanne and Wolfgang Pieken
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 6, 2016
Simply Susanne’s open for business

Simply Susanne’s serves coffee drinks, smoothies, locally sourced bagels, hot dogs, sandwiches and Big Olaf ice cream.

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Guests enjoy an evening by the pool at the Resort at Longboat Key Club.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 6, 2016
Despite early Easter, tourism remains golden egg

Despite an early Easter, expect the beginning of April to remain as busy as March.

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Floridays has modified its vision for a hotel on Longboat Key following meetings with nearby residents.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 6, 2016
Voters to decide fate of Floridays hotel

An August referendum could lay the groundwork for a 120-room hotel on the north end.

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(File photo) The town of Longboat Key will renourish a 4-mile stretch of shoreline in the middle of the island this summer.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • April 6, 2016
Trucks ready to rumble for Longboat beach project

A contractor will kick off a string of beach projects this week, with the $10 million mid-Key renourishment.

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Larry Marthaler, pictured in front of the New Pass Bridge in 2008. Marthaler developed a plan to ferry passengers between Longboat Key and the mainland when the bridge became stuck in open position in 1983.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 6, 2016
IN MEMORIAM: Larry Marthaler built bridges in community

Former Sarasota Convention & Visitors Bureau Executive Director Larry Marthaler dies at 81.

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Frontier says it's sorted out most of the service issues following Friday's Verizon takeover, though some problems may remain.
    By
  • David Conway
  • April 5, 2016
Frontier troubles impact Sarasota customers

As Frontier Communications assumes control of Verizon service in the Sarasota region, the company is working to address issues that arose over the weekend.

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  • Observer Staff
  • April 5, 2016
Longboat Police investigate Bernie Sanders-themed graffiti

An unknown suspect vandalized driftwood trees on north Longboat Key with messages in support of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders this weekend.

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Voters approved a project in November that will bury all utilities on Gulf of Mexico Drive. A second project to bury remaining islandwide utilities was approved via referendum in March.
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • April 4, 2016
Judge validates GMD bonds

Judge validates Gulf of Mexico Drive underground utilities bond

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Dr. Matt Nessetti, Dr. Doris Ramirez Nessetti, Dr. Irv Becker and Physician Assistant Anne Marie Dozier
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 31, 2016
Longboat medical center opens today

Longboat Key Center for Healthy Living opens

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    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • March 30, 2016
EXCLUSIVE: Trump invests in Colony

Donald Trump invests in Colony

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Boaters line Beer Can Island on March 25, despite the cloudy weather. On sunnier days, larger crowds of boaters anchor both on Beer Can Island and near Jewfish Key to the east of the Longboat Pass Pridge.
    By
  • Jack Short
  • March 30, 2016
Boater noise rules tough to navigate

Town attorney and police have been working to regulate noise from boaters, but may be preempted by state law.

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Library volunteer Linda Weiss works with the card catalogue, one of the features many love about the library.
    By
  • Jack Short
  • March 30, 2016
Library seeks to plot future

Where will the Longboat Library’s next chapter take place? For now, the library will stay put, but even town officials aren’t sure if it will someday move to a town center.

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Longtime Longboat Key Turtle Watch volunteer Cyndi Seamon believes stricter regulations are needed to protect turtles.
    By
  • Jack Short
  • March 30, 2016
Turtle power

Commissioners want to learn more before they weigh stricter turtle regulations.

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    By
  • Jack Short
  • March 30, 2016
FDOT plans north-end crosswalk

As the department announced it would install a crosswalk at North Shore Road, commissioners worried about safety.

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