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Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 13, 2016
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 1.15.16

Enjoy this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
The area along Bayside Drive in the Longbeach Village has been a popular place to store boats since before the town incorporated 60 years ago.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 13, 2016
Boat discussion resurfaces in Village

A debate over the storage of boats along Bayside Drive floats to the surface for a discussion this season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Construction on a $3.11 million Bayfront Park renovation originally scheduled for construction in December has been pushed back to May.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 13, 2016
Bayfront Park construction bumped to May

Construction on a $3.11 million Bayfront Park renovation originally slated for construction in December has been pushed back while construction plans are finalized.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Town Manager Dave Bullock inspects two groins Dec. 17 that were installed last year to hold sand at the north end of the Island.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 13, 2016
Two beach projects permits down, one to go

Permits pave the way for New Pass and mid-Key beach projects in 2016. The town is still waiting on one last permit for a Longboat Pass project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The home at 6405 Gulfside Road has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,528 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 13, 2016
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $2.85 million

The home at 6405 Gulfside Road has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,528 square feet of living area.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Exterior
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 13, 2016
Home of the Month: 560 Broadway St.

This quaint cottage in Longbeach Village has three bedrooms and two baths.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Barbara and Ryan Ackerman
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 13, 2016
Ackerman Group ranks No. 1

Coldwell Banker’s Ackerman Group sold $77.7 million worth of real estate in 2014, more than any local agent.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Tyler's of Longboat partners Dan and Rob Alderson, Michael and Catherine Garey and Robert Fracalossy
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 13, 2016
Longboat to take a scoop of the ice cream business

Tyler’s Ice Cream, of Cortez, and the Lazy Lobster will open Tyler’s of Longboat in late March or early April.

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  • News
Marvin Black still his summers at Pine Forest Camp.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 13, 2016
Marvin Black: a happy camper

Longboat Key resident Marvin Black is part of four generations of family who has directed Pine Forest Camp in Greeley, Pa.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Commissioner Phill Younger, who changed his mind between first and second reading for the proposed neighborhood undergrounding project and now opposes it, said it’s “grossly unfair to the north end property owners.”
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 13, 2016
Balance of power

A majority of votes in favor of an undergrounding project could force a minority to pay the most.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Maye Lavinson and Ruth Lerner gave up the car keys years ago and rely on help to run errands.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 13, 2016
Life on Longboat — without the keys

The Longboat Key Foundation is promoting a Transportation Awareness Day Jan. 26 to inform elderly residents of different modes of transportation available to them.

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  • News
Steve Schield, 60, has been a town employee for 26 years and a resident of the island since 1994.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 13, 2016
A Conversation with Steve Schield

Steve Schield, 60, has been a town employee for 26 years and a resident of the island since 1994. The senior planner is known as the town’s tree protector who helps developers realize trees on a project site can be an asset instead of a roadblock.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The town of Longboat Key was reimbursed 75% of its cost portion by the state for a project that brought 100,000 cubic yards of sand in the Intracoastal waterway near Jewfish Key to the eroded north end of the Key in the summer of 2014.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 12, 2016
Beach project receives 75% reimbursement

A 2014 town beach project that brought 100,000 cubic yard of sand to the north end was reimbursed $275,518.50 by the state last week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 12, 2016
Longboat Key Democrats kick off 2016

The Longboat Key Democratic Club held its monthly meeting and luncheon Jan. 12.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 11, 2016
Temple Beth Israel plays B-I-N-G-O

Temple Beth Israel hosted a night of bingo Jan. 11.

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  • Neighbors
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