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Commissioner Jim Brown and Chamber President Gail Loefgren
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  • Katie Johns
  • April 6, 2017
Chamber members hob nobs with elected officials

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce hosted the event on April 6 at Amore.

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  • April 6, 2017
Operation Kindness honors veterans

The star-spangled celebration took place on April 6 at the Harbourside Ballroom of the Longboat Key Club.

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  • April 6, 2017
Longboat Key weather page photo: April 6

Brian Wamback captured this shot on a windy, wavy day at Longboat Key.

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The John Ringling Estates Home sold for $3.5 million. It previously sold for $7,494,500 in 2011.
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  • Adam Hughes
  • April 6, 2017
John Ringling Estates home sells for $3.5 million

Residential real estate transactions for March 20 -24.

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Birthday boy Gil Waters and wife Elisabeth.
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  • Matt Walsh
  • April 5, 2017
Gil Waters celebrates 90th

Waters and his wife, Elisabeth, have been Sarasota philanthropists, contributing especially to the city’s many arts organizations.

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  • April 5, 2017
Worship Services

Schedule of services throughout Longboat Key

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The blue handprint is just one way of raising awareness this month in Paint the Town Blue, the annual campaign held by Child Protection Center.
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  • Katie Johns
  • April 5, 2017
Paint the Town Blue with CPC

The annual campaign kicked off over the weekend and runs all month to bring awareness to child abuse.

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The Whitney Cottage is one of 16 built to house families and guests at the Whitney Resort, and it is the largest of two that was moved to the Center for the Arts property.
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  • John McGuire
  • April 5, 2017
Longboat Key group aims to move historic cottage

The cottage, once part of the Whitney Resort, is currently on the Center for the Arts property.

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Phill Younger helped refocus the town' s beach strategy, from an overall approach to a money-saving plan to focus on erosion hotspots.
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  • John McGuire
  • April 5, 2017
Younger steps up to new challenge

Younger stepped down from the Town Commission in March.

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Applications are being accepted by the town for the three seats on the Planning and Zoning Board, and the Town Commission is tentatively scheduled to make selections on May 1.
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  • John McGuire
  • April 5, 2017
Does Planning and Zoning Board need a north-end member?

A vacancy on the board is expected to be filled on April 17.

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Enjoy this week' s edition of Cops Corner!
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  • April 5, 2017
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 4.6.2017

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner!

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Freddie Baribault, Bonnie Cocchiareley and Carol Rhoder
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  • Katie Johns
  • April 5, 2017
Local green thumbs take talents to Westchester

Four Westchester residents wanted their property to feel like a tropical paradise, so they took matters into their own hands.

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  • April 5, 2017
Longboat Key Obituaries: April 6, 2017

Frank L. Gangi and The Rev. J Clifford Grise died.

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Town manager said he thought the ad announcing Monday' s commission meeting would not meet the legal test required by Florida law.
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  • John McGuire
  • April 5, 2017
Mistake prompts height-issue delay

Town was worried public notice ad did not follow state rules.

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Town Clerk Trish Granger swears in Randy Clair on Monday to fill the District 1 seat.
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  • John McGuire
  • April 5, 2017
Clair's appointment fills Town Commission seat

Former commissioner is the only applicant to replace Linde.

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Cindy Ritchell, Ann Quackenbush, Brenda Korthauer, Beverly Sutton and Kit Torchia all lend a helping hand in packing seeds to send internationally to farmers who need them. Quackenbush is a driving force behind Hope Seeds, a charitable ministry through Christ Church of Longboat Key.
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Longboat's Hope Seeds nears 10 years of giving back
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The library will be constructed on the light green area depicted on this map within Longboat Key's Town Center Green. The entire library would be around 11,230 square feet with the possible enhancements.
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Buchanan's $1 million donation formally accepted for library
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Sue Wertman has rung the bell outside the Publix on Longboat Key on behalf of the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key since 2013.
  • December 21, 2025
Longest-serving Longboat bellringer attributes motivation to family
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Keera Herbst, Donn Githens, Kim Verreault and Alexa Olivas help celebrate the opening of the new Longboat Key Goodwill bookstore and donation site on Dec. 18.
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Longboat Goodwill officially celebrates grand opening
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Traffic cleared after fire, bridge malfunction in Sarasota, Longboat
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Traffic cleared after fire, bridge malfunction in Sarasota, Longboat

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