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Longboat Key

    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 31, 2022
Friars golfers get together for 28th anniversary

The Longboat Key golfers haven't met in two years.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 31, 2022
APRIL FOOL: Swan reality dating show to begin filming on Longboat Key

After the sensational scandal with wife-swapping swans last season, one TV producer smelled an opportunity.

  • April Fools
Scientists believe one of the artifacts found at the former site of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort is the recipe for civilization's first key lime pie.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 31, 2022
APRIL FOOL: 'Colony Man' civilization unearthed at resort-construction site

Ancient inhabitants of island unlike others of the paleo-indian period.

  • April Fools
One caller reported seeing tiny, perfectly shaped orange fish in a trail along the surfline in front of the Diplomat Resort. Others reported slightly larger, translucent fish in red as far south as the Quick Point Park.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 31, 2022
APRIL FOOL: Concerned Longboaters report fish kill

Weekend angst subsides as sloppy family is blamed for scaring locals in the middle of tourist season.

  • April Fools
Town officials found graffiti sprayed on the practice backboard of the court-sport complex.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 31, 2022
APRIL FOOL: Vandals court trouble, put park in pickle

Latest round of pranks involve spray-painted messages.

  • April Fools
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • March 30, 2022
We need Colorado’s TABOR

All of our governments are spending unthinkable amounts of money. After Colorado limited spending to population and CPI growth, wild government spending stopped, and Colorado’s economy flourished.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 30, 2022
Sutton Place on Longboat Key celebrates 50 years

The condominium complex celebrated its 50th year with an anniversary party March 26.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Frangipani flowers are easy to spot in Joan Durante Park.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 30, 2022
Spring has sprung on Longboat Key

Temperatures rise, flowers bloom and sunburned tourists appear.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Built in 2000, the home at 70 Lighthouse Point Drive three bedrooms, five-and-two-half baths, a pool and 4,979 square feet of living area. (Courtesy Linda Driggs, Michael Saunders & Co.)
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 30, 2022
Lighthouse Point home sells for $8 million

Lighthouse Point home tops sales at $8 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The tables were decorated with a centerpiece.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 29, 2022
Beth Israel Women put on annual fashion show

Several women from Temple Beth Israel modeled fashions from Evelyn and Arthur.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 29, 2022
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Are we there yet?

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 28, 2022
Longboat Key's underground cable project moves ahead

With first phase completed, town officials look to the end of 2022 for the project to be wrapped up.

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  • News
Through the new building-permit system, contractors and citizens alike would have added access to construction data on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 26, 2022
Buttonwood projects closer to final town approval

Longboat voters approved the density boost in November, and the project now requires final commission green light to proceed.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jack Rozance, Philippe Koenig and Ellen Greenberger sit in their costumes as Susan McGuire asks first grader questions about the book.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • March 25, 2022
Rotary Club of Longboat Key reads to Tuttle Elementary School students

The club will be back in April and May to bring more books to the students.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    In Memoriam |
  • March 25, 2022
David E. Flatow

David Efram Flatow, 88, of Longboat Key Florida, passed away on March 15, 2022.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
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