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Longboat Key

Jim Brown with his dog
    By
  • Petra Rivera
  • September 20, 2023
Life on the water suits former Longboat Key mayor

Jim Brown finds community, activity and peace while realizing his dream of living on the water.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Drone pictures from August 2023 show the St. Regis Longboat Key making progress ahead of its expected March 2024 completion.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • September 20, 2023
New St. Regis parking lot plans move to second hearing

Unicorp National Developments presented new parking plans nixing the garage for the St. Regis Longboat Key and was met with few negative comments.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Heather Rippy curates the items in her shop from over 35 local artists.
    By
  • Petra Rivera
  • September 19, 2023
Driftwood Beach Home and Garden features products from over 35 local artists

Owner Heather Rippy brings her passion of supporting small businesses into her shop by curating goods made locally and around the world.

  • Longboat Key
  • Business
Police officer helps tired man with car stuck in a ditch
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • September 19, 2023
Police officer helps tired man with car stuck in a ditch

In the middle of the night, an officer noticed a car stuck in a ditch and a man lying on the trunk. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Susan McGuire, James Chirgwin, Carol Erker and Nancy Rozance at Tuttle Elementary School on Sept. 15.
    By
  • Petra Rivera
  • September 19, 2023
Rotary Club of Longboat Key donates books for Tuttle Elementary students

The Rotary Club led its first read-aloud event of the school year with the students.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
When two Secret Service agents asked then-Longboat Observer Executive Editor Lisa Walsh to back off reporting on the 9/11 terrorists, she politely declined. "We're reporters. That's what we do," she said.
    By
  • Kat Wingert, Mark Gordon
  • September 18, 2023
Observer Media Group executive editor, co-owner Lisa Walsh dies at 69

Lisa Walsh was a pillar in the Sarasota-Manatee community; a trusted and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and daughter; and the backbone of one of the most successful media companies in Florida.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Longboat Key Police Department swore in two new officers, Mike Rizzo and Adam Swinford, on Aug. 14.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • September 18, 2023
Increases in crime due to change in approach and more staff, says police chief

Longboat Key Chief of Police George Turner breaks down the key reasons behind an increase in certain crime reports from fiscal year 2022 to fiscal year 2023.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Temple Beth Israel celebrated Rosh Hashanah with a lunch after their service at Michael's On East.
    By
  • Petra Rivera
  • September 17, 2023
Temple Beth Israel celebrates Rosh Hashanah with annual lunch

Temple members dined together at Michael's On East after service to celebrate the Jewish New Year.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Mirabai Holland
  • September 17, 2023
How old do you want to be?

A confluence of health issues can lead to metabolic syndrome, but lifestyle changes can reduce the risk factors.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The ribbon cutting of the Holistic Healing and Wellness Center of Longboat Key with Deanna Mesghali, Patti Bosco, Mayor Ken Schneier, Medge Jaspan, Michael Jaspan and Irina Bronstein.
    By
  • Petra Rivera
  • September 15, 2023
New wellness center offers Longboat mindfulness, holistic care

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce hosted the ribbon-cutting of the new Tesla BioHealing Medbed Center in Mediterranean Plaza.

  • Longboat Key
  • Business
Many St. Armands residents returned home after Hurricane Idalia to find two feet or more of water on their streets and inside their homes.
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • September 14, 2023
St. Armands drainage system can't keep up with 'perfect storm'

Designed for a 25-year rain event, St. Armands Key's pump and baffle network was overwhelmed by storm surge combined with king tide from Hurricane Idalia.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Adrian Moore, Baruch Feigenbaum
  • September 13, 2023
A new path for local public transit

Despite population growth, county bus systems have seen a decline in riders.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Johnny Mouradian coached a clinic for The Armenian Youth Lacrosse Mission at Debi Arach Children's Center.
    By
  • Petra Rivera
  • September 13, 2023
Longboat resident builds an Armenian lacrosse team

Johnny Mouradian merged his Armenian roots and his passion for teaching physical education to create a lacrosse camp in Armenia.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The beach landscape of the Gulfside Road public beach access changed after Hurricane Idalia, now exposing an old sea wall.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • September 13, 2023
Longboat's beaches withstood Idalia's surge, but flooding still prevailed. How?

The beaches helped protect Longboat Key's gulf side, but bayfront properties don't share those same protections.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
KCDC Properties LLC sold the home at 560 Putter Lane to Richard and Geri Ann Bradley, of Longboat Key, for $5.25 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 13, 2023
Top residential real estate sales for Aug. 28-Sept 1 in Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird Key

A home in Country Club Shores tops this week's transactions at $5.25 million.

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The home at 6161 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold for $8 million. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,224 square feet of living area.
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Plastic bottles have been separated from other recyclables as they travel along a conveyor line at the Circular Services materials recovery facility in Sarasota.
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A proposal that could eliminate property taxes in the state of Florida, would damage the funding of Longboat Key police and fire departments.
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Longboat Key Tennis Center members and friends of Dolores Levy honored her memory with the unveiling of a new plaque at the center last weekend.
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