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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 26, 2020
Longboat's golfing women team up to beat breast cancer

The golf associations held a tournament to raise money for Breast Health Sarasota.

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  • Neighbors
The new structure's first floor will be 12 feet above sea level. It will include two bedrooms and two bathrooms for the manager on the second level. The first level will offer offices, another bathroom, meeting space and a mailroom
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 26, 2020
Longboat board signs off on Aria addition

Condo association in litigation over condition of 1930s era villa.

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  • News
Longboat Key residents attend the final class of the Citizens Academy of Government program at the Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department on Feb. 19.
    By
  • Brendan Lavell
  • February 26, 2020
Citizens Academy pulls back curtain on local government

The weekly seven-part course provided access to several departments of Longboat town government and the people who work for it.

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Easter Island, Hanga Roa | Gérard Rivollier-Brahms
    By
  • Emma Burke
  • February 26, 2020
2019: It's Read Everywhere Submissions

2019: It's Read Everywhere Submissions

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Hunter's 7th birthday
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 25, 2020
Happy birthday, Hunter!

Hunter the service dog turned 7 last week.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Faucets can waste water, but the home toilet is the top residential water user.
    By
  • Brendan Lavell
  • February 25, 2020
Longboat hosts free classes on sustainability

The workshop, which focuses on practical tips to save energy and improve local water quality, will be offered twice.

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  • News
The Billy Rice Band will kickoff the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce's Savor the Sounds series.
    By
  • Brendan Lavell
  • February 25, 2020
Billy Rice Band to kick off Savor the Sounds concert series Saturday

The outdoor concert will serve as an introduction to Town Center Green, which the town hopes will become a popular hub.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 25, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: It's breakfast time, right?

Police reports from around the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 24, 2020
Longboat Key Foundation establishes nonprofit status

The longtime foundation is finally an independent organization.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Workers have installed equipment pads and conduit on Sloop Drive in the southern end of Longboat Key.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 24, 2020
Utility work heads off GMD and into neighborhoods

Underground project enters a new phase as workers begin installing underground conduit on side streets.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Baskfield treats a customer.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 24, 2020
Helping the ache

Lisa Baskfield, a lifelong Longboater, opened her CBD shop to try to help as many people as possible.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Congestion up and over the Ringling Bridge in the afternoons has been a common complaint among residents of the barrier islands.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 24, 2020
Spoll's letter calls for delay to major Sarasota roundabout

Longboat mayor also requests St. Armands crossing guards begin work sooner than planned.

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  • News
Harold Ronson, Michael Garey and Milton Harr
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 24, 2020
Iwo Jima vets dine on 75th anniversary

75 years to the day of the attack, the Lazy Lobster hosted two veterans.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 23, 2020
Christ Church of Longboat Key hosts Scottish dinner

The dinner brought dozens of guests to the gathering hall for the evening.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A sunset view over the Gulf of Mexico from The Beach Residences. Unit 1102 was the top seller in the Longboat Key area for the week of Feb. 10-14.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 23, 2020
Condo at Beach Residences sells for $3.8 million

Residential real estate transactions for Feb. 10-14.

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  • Real Estate
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Though homesteaded residents would gain property tax savings if Florida's overhaul proposal gains 60% of support in the November elections, even non-homesteaded property owners would see new protections from sharply rising property assessments.
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