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Longboat Key

Jay Sparr and Liz Sparr found a water jug during a roadside Rotary cleanup. File photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • June 2, 2022
The ABCs of Longboat Key

A 26-point description of Longboat Key is letter-perfect.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 2, 2022
Bayou Circle home sells for $3.5 million

A Bay Isles home on Bayou Circle tops the week's sales at $3.5 million.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • June 2, 2022
Joe Biden, you are crushing the American people

Destroying our wealth, our way of life, our happiness and our liberty — your plan is pathetic. Rise up, Americans.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Tom Harmer is the town manager of Longboat Key and writes a monthly newsletter about community happenings.
  • By Tom Harmer
  • June 2, 2022
Longboat Key's June Newsletter

Town Manager Tom Harmer's monthly report on community happenings.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • June 1, 2022
Longboat Key Cops Corner: No phone, no problem? Well…

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Gantry cranes are at work on the St. Regis property on Longboat Key, a sign of further construction progress.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • May 31, 2022
Unicorp meets Tuesday tax deadline on 244 former Colony parcels

Longboat Key properties were listed by Tax Collector as delinquent last week.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Michael Cantrell and Kay Cantrell
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • May 31, 2022
Longboat Harbour residents celebrate Memorial Day

American flags lined the complex, and partygoers dressed to match

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The community center and library's set-aside location is roughly that occupied by the former Amore restaurant. The conceptual building is placed to show scale, not design.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • May 30, 2022
Sarasota County adds $1 million for town library development

Addition to Sarasota County's capital budget paves the way for the first step in building a facility in town.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sarasota Bay, under which the town of Longboat Key's sewage flows in a 20-inch pipeline, is designated a Class II waterway by the state, only behind waterway that supply drinking water.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • May 27, 2022
Longboat Key builds funds first, then aims to construct sewer pipeline

Longboat Key's sewer line project aims to add redundancy to a system that previously had not had that luxury.

  • Longboat Key
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    In Memoriam |
  • May 27, 2022
William Stewart Cloud

William Stewart Cloud (Stew) of Longboat Key, Florida passed away on May 12, 2022 surrounded by family members at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Under a rule approved in a special session of the Florida legislature, buildings along the shore will have to be inspected every 25 years.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • May 27, 2022
Lawmakers follow through on condo inspections

Longboat leaders had prepared rules of their own in case special session came up empty.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Bayfront Park’s recreation center is expected to get a new roof in the next budget cycle, an accelerated budget line item based on the needs of the building.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • May 27, 2022
Longboat Key's capital budget lines up big-ticket items

Long-term spending and funding sources have their own place in Longboat budget.

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  • News
Four pickleball courts are proposed adjacent to the tennis courts.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • May 26, 2022
Rehearing planned for Longboat Key pickleball proposal

Planning and Zoning Board will take up matter again on June 21, though notices begin showing up for now-canceled June 6 Town Commission discussion.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Mayor Ken Schneier proclaims May 21-27, 2022 as National Safe Boating Week. Behind him from left to right are rear admiral Bill Merlin, flotilla commander James Barnard, flotilla officer Zac Tapp, and rear admiral Steve Branham.
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • May 26, 2022
Longboat Key mayor signs safe boating proclamation

Safe Boating Week is May 21-27.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Builders of the St. Regis project this month received permits for vertical construction, advancing from previous foundation work.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • May 26, 2022
Taxes unpaid on 244 former Colony parcels under Unicorp ownership

The developer of Longboat Key's St. Regis resort and condo project says it's working with Sarasota County to make sure all taxes are paid.

  • Longboat Key
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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.
  • June 3, 2026
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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.
  • June 3, 2026
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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.
  • June 3, 2026
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An American flag flies on Gulf of Mexico Drive, the town’s main thoroughfare that will soon see much more red, white and blue as the town prepares to install 56 light pole banners.
  • June 3, 2026
Town works to unveil patriotic banners ahead of July 4
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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.
  • June 2, 2026
LBK Tennis Center honors Rombo founder

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