• Alternate Text

  • Loading

  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App
  • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Red Tide Map
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Longboat
    • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • Things to Do
  • Galleries
  • More
    • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Red Tide Map
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Sand Bucket List
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App

Longboat Key | Trending

Traffic circles, like this one envisioned in a rendering on Gulf of Mexico Drive, are among the possible solutions to mitigate traffic.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 2, 2018
Stories to watch in 2018: Traffic study should materialize in coming year

Single solution is unlikely, though effect of several ideas might add up to smoother travel.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Buccaneer is schedule to open in 2019.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 2, 2018
Stories to watch in 2018: Menu of restaurants is growing

The Columbia Restaurant Group, The Chiles Restaurant Group and The Shore are all making moves in 2018.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 2, 2018
Cops Corner: Fake call for bail isn't convincing

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Unicorp National Development Inc.'s plan for the site of the former Colony Beach and Tennis Resort.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • January 2, 2018
Stories to Watch in 2018: Colony makes progress

The Planning and Zoning board gave Unicorp National Development Inc. its first nod at the end of 2017

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The former Pattigeroge's property will be torn down.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 1, 2018
Top Story - December: The Buccaneer to open at former Pattigeorge's property

Catch up on the top news items of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jellyfish float in along a groin on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 31, 2017
Top Story - November: Longboat beaches swarmed by jellyfish

Catch up on the top news items of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Wayne Natt, left, with his attorney, Michael Gelety.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 30, 2017
Top Story - October: Longboat police seek tenants, pursue property in video voyeurism case

Catch up on the top news items of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Cars waited in line to re-enter the island.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 29, 2017
Top Story - September: Longboat Key reopens to residents after Irma

Catch up on the top news stories of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • December 28, 2017
2017: Longboat Year in Review

From triumph to tragedy, Longboat Key saw it all in 2017.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 28, 2017
Top Story - August: Longboat rocked by double homicide

Catch up on the top news items of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • December 28, 2017
Best of Longboat Key Cops Corner for 2017

Enjoy the best of Longboat Key Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
The latest proposal in the ongoing saga calls for a major reduction in the original plan: a five-star 166-room hotel, operated by St. Regis, and 102 residential condominiums.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 27, 2017
Top Story - July: Colony developer unveils new plan for the shuttered Longboat resort property

Catch up on the top news items of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Edward and Betty Rosenthal, of Longboat Key, sold their C-704 and D-705 condominiums at 415 L’Ambiance Drive to Maurice and Carolyn Cunniffe, of Greenwich, Conn., for $5.5 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • December 27, 2017
Longboat Key's top real estate sales for 2017

Top transactions in town and around the barrier islands from throughout the year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Damage from inclement weather would be an ongoing challenge for Longboat Key in 2017.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 26, 2017
Top Story - June: Longboat storms down trees, damage skylight

Catch up on the top news items of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Police sought information on the person of interest in the cell phone image captured above.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • December 25, 2017
Top Story - May: Longboat Key police seek information from fracas at Trump protest

Catch up on the top news items of 2017 with the Observer's Digital Year in Review.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
« 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 »
The best of Your Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest in news, sports, schools, arts and things to do in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Longboat Key and East County.

Sign Up

Latest in Longboat Key

1
Longboat Key Turtle Watch members presented a nearly $12,000 donation to Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium to support rehabilitating sea turtles like Ellie, one of the current residents.
  • April 9, 2026
Restaurant collab supports Longboat Key Turtle Watch
2
Students in Kirsten Hazelton's 2nd-grade class at Southside Elementary School used their magnifying glasses to watch their freshly released ladybugs get to work patrolling their vegetable garden at the school.
  • April 8, 2026
Support your passion project through Giving Challenge 2026
3
Amy Bott, executive director of Bernie's Book Bank's Florida Suncoast branch, connects with J. McLaughlin manager Melanie Dale at the boutique's recent Sip and Shop event supporting the incoming nonprofit.
  • April 8, 2026
Longboat boutique boosts new literacy nonprofit branch
4
Traffic is often bumper to bumper on Gulf Drive South. During spring break, even rainy days didn’t stop tourists from flocking to Anna Maria Island.
  • April 8, 2026
Longboat has a Bradenton Beach traffic problem
5
The Unit 12-F condominium at 2525 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold for $2.1 million. Built in 1972, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,651 square feet of living area.
  • April 8, 2026
Top residential real estate sales for March 23-27 in Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird Key

App

Download the Your Observer app

Stay in the know with the latest local news. Any device, anytime, anywhere.

DOWNLOAD NOW

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-366-3468
  • FPN Verified

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Crossword
  • Contests

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Classifieds
  • Advertise
  • Rack Locations
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Business Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
Sign Up for Daily Headlines

A daily dose of news from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

Sign Up for In Case You Missed It

A Saturday dose of the week's top stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County.

Anytime. Anywhere. Observer.

From in-depth local reporting to real-time breaking news, stay connected to the stories shaping our community with the Your Observer app.

Download Now for Free