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The Planning and Zoning Board has been reviewing the town's comprehensive plan for about a year.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • April 12, 2023
Revisions on Longboat growth, development goals near completion

The town's comprehensive plan has been broken into six batches for the Planning and Zoning Board to review. Five of the batches have had at least one Town Commission visit.

  • Longboat Key
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Club president Garnett Black and guest speaker Ronna Romney
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • April 12, 2023
Republican Club of Longboat Key welcomes Ronna Romney

Ronna Romney spoke to the club on April 11 at the Longboat Key Club's Harbourside ballroom.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
211 Tremont Drive
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • April 12, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for March 27-31 in Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Bird Key

A John Ringling Estates home on Tremont Lane tops the week's sales at $5.55 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Andy Sawyer and David Pitt
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • April 12, 2023
Potluck party bids farewell at Longboat Key Public Tennis Center

The tennis center has said goodbye to its seasonal members with a potluck dinner since it opened in 1999.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Gabriella Vinson grew up on Longboat Key and now lives and works on the island full-time.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • April 12, 2023
Growing up on Longboat Key

Gabriella Vinson is one of the youngest and most long-term residents on the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The demand for pickleball is expected to continue growing on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • April 11, 2023
Longboat pickleball demand continues with request for more courts

Pickleball fans spoke at the Longboat Key Town Commission's annual goals and objectives meeting to further the discussion on the growing demand for the sport.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Police assist changing cellphone settings
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • April 11, 2023
Police assist changing cellphone settings

A woman asked police to help put her phones in airplane mode so she couldn't be tracked. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Flooding and sea level rise was another issue groups asked commissioners to prioritize.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • April 11, 2023
Canals, flooding, traffic among concerns for town consideration

Organizations spoke and submitted written comments for consideration at the Longboat Key Town Commission's annual goals and objectives meeting.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Good egg Margo Semenchuk poses with the Easter Bunny.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • April 10, 2023
Longboat Island Chapel hosts Ukrainian Easter for refugees

The Danube International Company threw an Easter party on April 8 in the chapel's garden.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Hurricane Ian made landfall Sept. 28, 2022.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • April 10, 2023
2023 hurricane season predicted to bring 14 named storms

Climate Action Center CEO Bob Bunting forecasts seven hurricanes, two or three of which as a Category 3 or higher, more evenly distributed throughout the hurricane season.

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  • News
The Easter Bunny makes a stop at the Sand Cay Beach Resort on Friday.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • April 7, 2023
Easter Bunny hops by the Sand Cay Beach Resort

The Sand Cay Beach Resort held its annual Easter party on April 7.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Changes to St. Regis parking plans include landscaping to disguise the structure.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • April 7, 2023
St. Regis parking changes headed to Planning and Zoning

A proposal to add more than 50 parking spots to the Longboat Key hotel and condo development will go before the board and allow public input April 18.

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  • News
Steve Horton shares his experience drafting the USS Cole Commission report at the Bird Key Yacht Club on Wednesday.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • April 6, 2023
Bird Key Yacht Club's new commodore shares story of USS Cole commission

The former lawyer and rear admiral was charged with drafting the report.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
An emergency dredge was completed in summer 2022, but another has become necessary.
    By
  • Lauren Tronstad
  • April 5, 2023
Beer Can Island dredge work to begin this month

The entire project on Longboat Key's north end is expected to be completed in July.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Arthur Ancowitz and partner Ina Schnell
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • April 5, 2023
Longboat Key philanthropist Ina Schnell dies at 93

Ina Schnell supported numerous local nonprofits and served on the board of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.

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The Citizen Tax Oversight Committee meets once a year to review expenditures of revenue brought in from the infrastructure surtax. The 2026 meeting lasted about 15 minutes on Thursday, April 2.
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