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  • October 23, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Helping out with medical calls

Police reports from around the island.

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One of the topics likely appear on the survey is a question about the possibility of someday eliminating the county border that splits the town between Manatee and Sarasota counties.
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  • Eric Garwood
  • October 21, 2019
One-county question likely on town's citizen survey

Residents will be asked about key issues, customer service in early 2020.

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  • October 21, 2019
Impasse-settlement hearing planned for Nov. 20

Retirement system is main sticking point in police contract talks.

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Five beach hot spots are targeted for renourishment in the next five years.
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  • Eric Garwood
  • October 21, 2019
Town presses ahead with beach-borrowing ballot issue

Commissioners would formally discuss, take first of two votes in early November on language.

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Alex Peric poses with Gilly the shark.
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 21, 2019
Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium holds scary fun Halloween event

The annual event brought out the creative costumes and scientific minds.

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Tom and Barbara Gardner.
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 21, 2019
Bird Key Yacht Club parties on despite rain

Members of the club still got together for an evening celebration — indoors.

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Adding to the north end of the basketball court would allow that area to accommodate two new pickleball courts and a half-court for basketball.
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  • Eric Garwood
  • October 20, 2019
Longboat leaders working to solve dilemma of how to expand pickleball on island

Options include several variations that could cut into other popular amenities.

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  • Eric Garwood
  • October 18, 2019
Longboat first responders restart shock victim's heart

Rescuers arrived to find man with no pulse.

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  • October 17, 2019
Longboat Key weather page photo: October 17

Tahniya Smith captured this reflecting sunset on Greer Island, Longboat Key.

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Whitney's outdoor seating will be situated under the new canopy constructed on the front of the building.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • October 16, 2019
North-end eatery gains Longboat's permission for outdoor seating

Whitney's adds parking provision on adjacent parcel to accommodate increase in capacity.

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Traffic begins backing up as a Manatee County transit bus stops a few hundred yards south of the intersection of Gulf Drive and Cortez Road.
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  • Eric Garwood
  • October 16, 2019
Longboat leaders lobby for action on Bradenton Beach intersection

Longboat leaders, Bradenton Beach mayor successfully ask FDOT to include a hard-to-fix junction on a list of possible sites to consider for fix-up. But nothing is certain.

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Celia Moore, Peg Pluto and Sherri Mills.
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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 16, 2019
Networking caps off Longboat Chamber's Small Business Week seminars

Week concludes Thursday with awards luncheon at Holiday Inn Lido Beach.

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Firefighters were working on putting out a fire in the hopper of a Waste Management trash truck on Tuesday morning.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • October 15, 2019
Fire department responds to trash truck fire on Longboat Key

No one injured, and the cause of the fire is unknown.

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  • October 15, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Leaving a calling card

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • October 14, 2019
Talk about a short commute

Columbia Restaurant owner buys beachfront home in Longboat.

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