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Norma and Tom McCarthy stand outside of their Gulfshore home. The couple has lived in Longboat Key since 2001. They made Gulfshore their full-time residence in 2009.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • October 15, 2021
Gulfshore residents oppose proposed height requirements

Owners of mobile homes worry that potential new rules on flood-elevation could make fixing up or replacing their residences difficult to live with.

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Longboat Key Town Projects Manager Charlie Mopps, Longboat Key Turtle Watch Vice President Cyndi Seamon, Omar Lopez of Taylor Engineering, 360 North resident Roger Field and Planning and Zoning Board member Paul Hylbert met Friday
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  • Mark Bergin
  • October 15, 2021
Plans begin to take shape for new North Shore beach entrance

North-end residents have advocated for improvements to the beach entrance at 100 N. Shore Road.

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  • Eric Garwood
  • October 15, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: No supply-chain crisis here

Police reports around Longboat Key.

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The blue-gray gnatcatcher is the only gnatcatcher native to Florida. (Miri Hardy)
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  • October 15, 2021
Bird of the week: Blue-gray gnatcatcher

Tiny birds keep moving, so they are often hard to spot in the wild.

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Todi Garay in Crisp Waffle Company. Courtesy photo.
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 14, 2021
Crisp Waffle Co. opens on St. Armands Circle

Owner Todi Garay is making liege waffles out of dough rather than batter.

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Michael Bodnyk and Justin Kaiser, who runs audio and video for the church. Kaiser's role has magnified in the past year and a half, and the bigger scope is here to stay. File photo.
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 14, 2021
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church implements plans for post-COVID world

The church has implemented task forces whose planning is coming to fruition.

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  • October 14, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: October 14

Patricia Muller captured this photo of a butterfly on an early Longboat Key morning.

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Longboat Key residents Sheila and Jack Marks say they wait for cars to stop to safely cross Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 13, 2021
FDOT plans pilot program for Gulf of Mexico Drive crosswalk improvements

The proposal calls for updated crosswalks along Gulf of Mexico Drive in front of the Country Club Shores neighborhood and near Bayfront Park.

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The home at 231 Robin Drive includes five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,819 square feet of living area.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • October 13, 2021
Bird Key home is week's top seller at $6.5 million

Property on Robin Drive tops the sales list for Sept. 27-Oct. 1 in the Longboat Key, Bird Key and Lido Key areas.

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The Longboat Key Town Commission is set to hold a public hearing about the St. Regis proposal on Oct. 20.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • October 12, 2021
Parking rules prompt St. Regis redo before final vote

The newest proposal calls for 62 mechanical lifts to the St. Regis Hotel parking garage. It would increase parking from 405 total spaces to 468.

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Longbeach Village residents have purchased 116 resident parking permits and 98 guest parking permits as of Sept. 23, according to the town of Longboat Key. File photo
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 11, 2021
Longbeach Village residents pleased with permit-parking program

Warnings and citations of people illegally parking in the Longbeach Village neighborhood have decreased in the past several months.

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Harry and Hal Christensen
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 11, 2021
Longboat restaurants reopen to an influx of diners after September hiatus

Part-time residents are making their way back to the island just as restaurants complete off-season repairs.

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Sandi Love reads from her notes for a guided meditation.
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 11, 2021
Class offers a simple message: just relax

Meditation and Stress Relief at Longboat Key's The Paradise Center picks up where yoga leaves off.

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  • Eric Garwood
  • October 8, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A key connection

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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As ground doves nest on the ground, in shrubs or low trees, their nests and nestling are also extremely vulnerable to predation.Â
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • October 8, 2021
Bird of the week: common ground dove

Small species stays together socially and for protection from predators.

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