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Longboat Key Cops Corner: Bike, car, collision course

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Lynn Larson, Svetlana Kaminsky and Bob Gault at a Kiwanis meeting.
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Kiwanis Club launches match challenge with Children’s Guardian Fund

The club will match all donations made in their name up to a total of $10,000.

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Longboat Key weather page photo: December 24

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Commissioner George Spoll said the move to reduce the age requirement for vaccines makes it harder for older residents.
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Longboat aims for COVID-19 vaccine site

The town of Longboat Key does not yet have a COVID-19 vaccination site.

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  • January 5, 2021
Sarasota roundabout construction set to begin in February 2021

Longboat Key leaders have expressed their concerns about how mainland traffic impacts the barrier islands.

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Longboat Key's new fire truck is officially in use

The town of Longboat Key paid $850,000 for the new fire truck.

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Amore Restaurant to reopen in downtown Sarasota

Tito Vitorino and wife Liana, showrunners since Amore's beginnings on Longboat Key, now own the restaurant.

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Unit 1203 at 1300 Benjamin Franklin Drive was built in 2005. It has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 3,872 square feet of living area.
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David Novak and Dan Wade. Courtesy photo.
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Swan snapshot

The Longboat Key Club now immortalizes an iconic swan photo.

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A look back at a year of protecting, serving.

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2020 through the lens on Longboat Key

The year started out like most do, with us complaining about traffic and marveling at where we live. Then . . .

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