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Longboat Key

Nancy Hart goes low for a point.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 28, 2022
Club Longboat group keeps Beckyball alive

One Longboater created a modified version of pickleball, which has taken root at the Club Longboat tennis courts.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Traffic on Fruitville Road has backed up in recent weeks, often prompting other routes to and from the barrier islands.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 25, 2022
Longboat leaders lament spike in traffic congestion

Although immediate congestion was expected, the town is still concerned about long-term placement of pedestrian crossings.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 25, 2022
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Slippery snake

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • Cops Corner
So-called pedestrian-hybrid beacons, similar to those installed along Sarasota's bayfront, are proposed for two sites on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 24, 2022
FDOT pitches new crosswalk proposals for Longboat Key's main road

Proposal calls for replacing two yellow-light signals with red-light signals.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Small-cell poles dot the downtown Sarasota landscape. They were installed in 2019.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 24, 2022
Longboat Key is on the verge of approving a cell-service upgrade

Nine poles, nine questions and answers regarding the proposal up for a vote next week.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • February 23, 2022
The will to end inflation

Inflation is not the act of businesses raising prices. Inflation is the act of increasing the supply of dollars faster than the economy is growing.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • February 23, 2022
‘Yes’ on the March 8 votes

Studies show that you get the same government with single-member districts as countywide elections. But with the latter, you get less self-serving political dealmaking.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
A conceptual carousel for St. Armands Circle Park from a February 2021 presentation. File image.
    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • February 23, 2022
Proposed St. Armands carousel receives mixed opinions

Ride Entertainment has proposed adding a circus-themed carousel to St. Armands Circle Park. No decision has made on the project.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 23, 2022
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Namaste, by the book

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • Cops Corner
The home at 6211 Gulf of Mexico Drive has five bedrooms, five baths, a pool and 4,980 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 22, 2022
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for more than $10 million

A Sleepy Lagoon home was the top sale at more than $10 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Dr. James Reed
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 22, 2022
Concierge service Reed Medical Group to open on Longboat Key

Dr. James Reed will start seeing patients on March 1 at his north-end office.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 21, 2022
Beth Israel Women host Mad Hatter tea party luncheon

Attendees came dressed in their best hats and partook in tea and sandwiches.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    In Memoriam |
  • February 21, 2022
Blanca Di Cecco

Blanca Di Cecco, loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, dear friend to many and, dedicated volunteer, passed away peacefully on February 8, 2022 at the age of 92.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 21, 2022
Savor the Sounds hosts band Kettle of Fish on Longboat Key

The second concert, held at Town Center Green, was held with bigger crowds and better weather.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Erin Silk and Lisa Krouse
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 18, 2022
Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce hosts Business Before the Bell

The speakers for the inaugural event were from the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County.

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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
Top residential real estate sales for May 18-22 in Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird Key
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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
From shelf to floor: A plastic bottle's journey
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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
Longboat Key pushes against Gov. DeSantis property tax reform proposal
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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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