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  • March 26, 2020
Longboat Key weather page photo: March 26

John Caviglia captured this image of an osprey in flight while kayaking at Buttonwood Cove on Longboat Key.

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  • Neighbors
Suzy Brenner teaches zumba to three students before The Paradise Center closed its doors.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 26, 2020
Loneliness threatens normally social Longboat Key lifestyle

The highly contagious pandemic is keeping the socially active island at home.

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The Little Free Library at Bayfront Park on March 12.
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  • Brendan Lavell
  • March 25, 2020
Little Longboat libraries allow readers to take a book, leave a book

Little Free Library "libraries" were installed at Bayfront and Bicentennial parks about two years ago. But one seems to get used more often.

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  • Neighbors
A beach access point at 2825 Gulf of Mexico Drive is blocked and posted in Longboat Key.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • March 25, 2020
Longboat officials focus on education as beaches remain closed

Sarasota and Manatee County officials closed all public beaches to stop the spread of COVID-19.

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  • News
Columbia Restaurant's outdoor dining area sits empty after the restaurant announced it would close indefinitely.
    By
  • Brendan Lavell
  • March 25, 2020
From takeout to layoffs to closures, Longboat restaurants adjust to pandemic

Florida's decision to close restaurants' dine-in areas indefinitely means uncertainty going forward.

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  • News
A sign indicates that the Longboat Key Tennis Center's courts are closed. The facility closed Sunday amid concerns about COVID-19.
    By
  • Brendan Lavell
  • March 25, 2020
Longboat sports buffs seek new outlets

Some are playing their usual sports with new restrictions, while others are finding new forms of exercise.

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Michael Garey
    By
  • Brendan Lavell
  • March 25, 2020
Customer donates $2,000 to Garey's Lazy Lobster staff

The Lazy Lobster patron, who donated the money to help tipped employees, wishes to remain anonymous.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 24, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Tree-trunk travel delays

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • By Michael Saunders & Company
  • March 24, 2020
Beach bound anyone?

Beach bound anyone?

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 23, 2020
Longboat Key organizations pull together volunteers to help during pandemic

Several of the town's organizations are calling on volunteers to help with daily life.

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Cyndi Seamon can still watch the sunset. Photo courtesy of Cyndi Seamon.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 23, 2020
On Longboat Key, your neighbors get creative with quarantine

From getting outside to returning to old projects, there are many ways to stay busy even at home.

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  • Neighbors
About 20 or so people attended the Longboat Key statutory meeting on Monday, March 23, 2020. Town staff did its best to space out the chairs to practice appropriate social distancing amid concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • March 23, 2020
Longboat's new commission OKs emergency resolution

The Longboat Key Town Commission is planning to meet electronically on April 6.

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Temple Beth Israel on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 22, 2020
Member of Temple Beth Israel tests positive for COVID-19

The member has been admitted to Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 21, 2020
Longboat closes Public Tennis Center over COVID-19 concerns

Recreational facilities of Bayfront Park also closed, town says

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Built in 2008, 353 S. Washington Drive has five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,489 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 21, 2020
Ringling Estates home sells for $2.7 million

Residential real estate transactions for March 9-13.

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