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Shane Catts, right, his wife Holly Rolls own Happy Paddler Kayak Tours and EcoVentures
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • August 13, 2018
Longboat business lost customers to red tide

Red tide cut the summer season short for Longboat Key businesses, managers say.

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Irene Hagman, left, challenged Code Enforcement Officer Chris Elbon's citation for renting short-term in a residential neighborhood.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • August 13, 2018
Longboat affirms short-term rental citation

The town's code enforcement board denied a challenge to the town's ordinance banning short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods.

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The recreational property at the former Colony, which sold for $29.51 million, includes the old restaurant, delicatessen, swimming pool and tennis courts.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • August 9, 2018
Colony recreational property sale sets Longboat record, experts say

The sale of 2.3 acres of recreational property for $29.51 million at the site of the former Colony Beach and Tennis Resort may be a record for Longboat Key, real estate veterans say.

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Photo courtesy of Katie Moulton
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  • Katie Johns
  • August 9, 2018
Coyote continues to roam Longboat Key

The Town of Longboat Key will host a coyote workshop with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission on Aug. 30.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 9, 2018
Longboat Key weather page photo: Aug. 9

Nicole Graziano captured this sunset on the north end of Longboat Key.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • August 8, 2018
Longboat Key to host coyote workshop

Due to recent coyote sightings, the Town and FWC will host a public workshop about the animals on Aug. 30.

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Jennifer Schafer holds a scallop shell she found in the 2016 search.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • August 8, 2018
Scallop Search expands to clam restoration

This year, The Sarasota Bay Watch's volunteer scallop search event on August 25 will include clam restoration efforts

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • August 8, 2018
Smith earns finance designation

Longboat Key Finance Director Sue Smith recently earned the certified government finance officers designation.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Speaks Clam Bar opened to the public on Aug. 2.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • August 8, 2018
St. Armands menu expands

Speaks Clam Bar opened on Thursday, Aug. 2.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • August 6, 2018
Unicorp plans to begin demolishing Colony buildings this week

Demolition of the buildings at the site of the former Colony Beach and Tennis Resort is scheduled to begin Thursday.

  • Longboat Key
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In-person voting is Aug. 28.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • August 6, 2018
Statewide, countywide races highlight ballot

No town elections on ballot until March 2019.

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  • News
Dead fish were beginning to accumulate in Bay Isle's residential canals.
  • By Bret Hauff and Katie Johns | Staff Writer and Community Editor
  • August 6, 2018
Longboat Key gears up to deal with red tide's fish kills

The smell of dead fish pervaded the island over the weekend as public works crews worked to assess the scope of the problem.

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5060 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • August 6, 2018
Longboat home sale keeps strong year rolling

5060 Gulf of Mexico Drive sells for $6.88 million

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Carter Seaton said writing another book based on Longboat Key or Sarasota isn't out of the picture, an idea just hasn't struck her yet.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • August 6, 2018
Author connects with Longboat life

Carter Seaton began writing in the ’90s, when she lived part time on Longboat Key.

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  • Neighbors
Steve Schield has been with the town of Longboat Key since 1989.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • August 3, 2018
Longtime Longboat planner retires

Steve Schield, who's been working with the town for almost three decades, is leaving town staff this month.

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