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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 15, 2021
Turtle-safe toy box lands at Cabana Beach Club on Longboat Key

Caleb Jameson has built his sixth turtle toy box since 2018.

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 15, 2021
Longboat Key, Lakewood Ranch businesses come together for East Meets West

Businesses met in the middle for an expo at the Robarts Arena.

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A threatened species, mostly due to habitat loss, direct human-caused mortality, such as shootings and car collisions, are also be a factor in the decline of the crested caracara. (Miri Hardy)
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  • Miri Hardy
  • September 15, 2021
Bird of the week: Crested caracara

Native to Florida, the caracara lives on the state's disappearing dry prairie land.

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Assistant Fire Chief John Curran filled out the application with Sarasota County EMS Grants.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • September 14, 2021
Grant provides Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department new carbon monoxide detectors

The Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department began using the devices in September.

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Longboat Key's Fiscal Year 2022 budget starts on Oct. 1.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • September 13, 2021
Final budget vote set for Sept. 27

The Fiscal Year 2022 budget starts on Oct. 1.

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Longboat Key Town Manager Tom Harmer has filled his position since December 2017.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • September 13, 2021
Raises on the way for Longboat manager, attorney

Longboat Key town commissioners voted 7-0 to approve a 3% raise for Town Manager Tom Harmer.

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  • Mark Bergin
  • September 13, 2021
Longboat Key Town Center stage planning begins to take shape

The town will pursue building a 50-foot downstage at the Town Center site between the Public Tennis Center and the Shoppes of Bay Isles.

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Winslow Place resident Jason Wilson took this photo of Buttonwood Drive flooding after the July 29 rainstorm.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • September 13, 2021
Buttonwood residents express concerns about drainage issues, possible developments

Drainage problems in Buttonwood Harbour prompt residents to ask for action, but new development nearby brings new concerns.

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Leaders from the service organizations posed with bags of food.
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 13, 2021
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church connects with service organizations

For God's Work, Our Hands, the church met with leaders of the local organizations they support.

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 13, 2021
Longboat Key author nets honorable mention in Readers' Favorite

The psychological thriller won in the "Fiction Audiobook" category.

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Julie McGue snapped a photo of the campsite she and her family shared in Montana. Courtesy photo.
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 13, 2021
Longboat Key residents' summer vacation photos tell stories

Longboaters like traveling off the island to see some new views every summer.

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  • Adam Hughes
  • September 12, 2021
Bird Key home sells for $6.5 million

Property on Spoonbill Drive is the top seller in the Longboat Key, St. Armands, Lido Key, Bird Key area for the week of Aug. 30-Sept. 3.

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 11, 2021
Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce puts out nearly 3,000 American flags on 9/11

This is the 19th time the Chamber has put out flags in remembrance of the 9/11 attacks.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 10, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: See you on down the road

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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“What I’m discovering is you really have to get a consensus,” Bill Saba said.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • September 9, 2021
Saba withdraws request to name bay on Longboat Key

Landowner sought agreement with town to establish Conrad Bay on the north end, as an homage to his grandparents.

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Longboat Key Fire Rescue has two ladder trucks that can reach 75 feet, including this Sutphen engine built in 2020, which serves as the primary engine at Fire Station 92.
  • June 10, 2026
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The home at 5840 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold for $4.5 million. Built in 2022, it has four bedrooms, four-and-two-half baths, a pool and 4,145 square feet of living area.
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Metal sculptor John Grammer has honed his crafting skills through various stages of his careers in construction and prop work for film. Now, he said he appreciates getting to fine tune the work he presents at shows like last weekend's St. Armands Circle Craft Festival.
  • June 10, 2026
From movies to metal sculpture, local crafter does it all
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Family and friends helped Out-of-Door Academy graduate Caleb Rodriguez celebrate his academic accomplishments at the May 22 ceremony. Rodriguez will be departing Longboat Key to attend the University of Central Florida to study mechanical engineering.
  • June 10, 2026
Life is a roller coaster, and this graduate wants to engineer it
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The owner of the Half Moon House at 6541 Gulfside Road has until Aug. 1 to complete repairs to the pilings of the house.
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Final deadline set for Half Moon House repairs

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