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Longboat Key

The observation deck at Joan Durante Park was rebuilt with the boardwalk and overlooks Sarasota Bay.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 13, 2022
The boardwalk at Joan Durante park is open

The original boardwalk was lifted off its footers in November 2020.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Penelope Hagen loves living on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 13, 2022
School-aged children account for only 1% of Longboat's population

Children make up almost a quarter of the population nationally.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Officer Jeremy Christie rescued a baby mockingbird near Lido Beach.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 13, 2022
Police officer rescues a mockingbird

Sarasota Officer Jeremy Christie transported the mockingbird to Save Our Seabirds.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Keira, Xiamara, Alana and Celena Eberly had their faces painted.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 11, 2022
Mote celebrates World Oceans Day with interactive education

Games, experiments and painted faces filled the courtyard at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • June 9, 2022
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 9

Jenelle Alber captured this white ibis walking in the waves along Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 9, 2022
Lido Beach cleaned up for World Oceans Day

The Women’s Council of Realtors Sarasota organizes the cleanup, at which 150 pounds of litter was collected in one hour.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • George Rauch
  • June 9, 2022
Market Watch: Best of times, worst of times

More than a Dickens novel, it's our economic situation these days.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Connie Schindewolf has been walking the beach since April to make sure no early nests go unmarked.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 9, 2022
Tag along with the sea turtle patrol

The Longboat Key Turtle Watch hosts turtle walks every Saturday in June and July.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Beach walkers have few options to circumvent the Ohana house seawall, which juts into the water.
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • June 9, 2022
Longboat Key seeks path around troublesome seawalls

Pedestrian access to the beach has been compromised in areas of Longboat Key, and there doesn't seem to be a simple solution.

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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • June 8, 2022
Two steps forward, one step back

None of the combatants in the trenches of Florida’s property insurance crisis is celebrating the results of the special legislative session.

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  • Opinion
Nancy and Jim Curtis checked out a half-dozen books to prepare for a rainy weekend.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 8, 2022
Summer is reading season on Longboat Key

"The Four Winds" and "All the Light We Cannot See" are flying off the shelf at the Longboat Library.

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  • Neighbors
The home at 540 Putter Lane sold for $3.1 million. Built in 1967, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,083 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 8, 2022
Country Club Shores home sells for $3.1 million

A Country Club Shores home tops the week's sales at $3.1 million.

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(File photo)
    By
  • Spencer Fordin
  • June 8, 2022
Longboat eyes ordinance to safeguard area of Greer Island

The town hopes to ban motorboats from the area that residents use for wading and lounging in the water.

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    In Memoriam |
  • June 7, 2022
Stanley Horwich

Stanley Horwich age 99 passed away May 14 in his home on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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Joyce Welch, Diane Covino and Peggy Lammers with donations for Riverview's daycare program for teen parents seeking a high school diploma.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • June 7, 2022
Chapel outreach donates baby supplies to Riverview High School

The high school runs a day care to help teen parents earn their diplomas.

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Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key President Danielle Gladding welcomes guest speaker Longboat Police Chief Russ Mager to update members about his approach to leadership since he assumed the role last autumn at the April 2 meeting.
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