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Longboat Key

Bob Gault
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 18, 2021
Longboat Key residents keep moving forward after retirement

You won’t find island residents propping up their feet and watching the days go by.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Susan Goldfarb and Isaac Azerad. File photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 18, 2021
TBI Education Center launches inaugural season

The newly rebuilt education center on Longboat Key is bringing back old favorites and new classes.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • October 18, 2021
Longboat Key staff recommends approval of St. Regis revised parking plan

Commissioners expected to discuss, vote a second time on residential and resort proposal.

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Norma and Tom McCarthy stand outside of their Gulfshore home. The couple has lived in Longboat Key since 2001. They made Gulfshore their full-time residence in 2009.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 15, 2021
Gulfshore residents oppose proposed height requirements

Owners of mobile homes worry that potential new rules on flood-elevation could make fixing up or replacing their residences difficult to live with.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Longboat Key Town Projects Manager Charlie Mopps, Longboat Key Turtle Watch Vice President Cyndi Seamon, Omar Lopez of Taylor Engineering, 360 North resident Roger Field and Planning and Zoning Board member Paul Hylbert met Friday
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 15, 2021
Plans begin to take shape for new North Shore beach entrance

North-end residents have advocated for improvements to the beach entrance at 100 N. Shore Road.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • October 15, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: No supply-chain crisis here

Police reports around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
The blue-gray gnatcatcher is the only gnatcatcher native to Florida. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • October 15, 2021
Bird of the week: Blue-gray gnatcatcher

Tiny birds keep moving, so they are often hard to spot in the wild.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Todi Garay in Crisp Waffle Company. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 14, 2021
Crisp Waffle Co. opens on St. Armands Circle

Owner Todi Garay is making liege waffles out of dough rather than batter.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Michael Bodnyk and Justin Kaiser, who runs audio and video for the church. Kaiser's role has magnified in the past year and a half, and the bigger scope is here to stay. File photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • October 14, 2021
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church implements plans for post-COVID world

The church has implemented task forces whose planning is coming to fruition.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • October 14, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: October 14

Patricia Muller captured this photo of a butterfly on an early Longboat Key morning.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • October 13, 2021
3 votes affecting quality of life

All three, if approved, will contribute benefits to the quality of life on Longboat Key and, in one case, in Manatee County and the region at large.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Longboat Key residents Sheila and Jack Marks say they wait for cars to stop to safely cross Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 13, 2021
FDOT plans pilot program for Gulf of Mexico Drive crosswalk improvements

The proposal calls for updated crosswalks along Gulf of Mexico Drive in front of the Country Club Shores neighborhood and near Bayfront Park.

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The home at 231 Robin Drive includes five bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,819 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • October 13, 2021
Bird Key home is week's top seller at $6.5 million

Property on Robin Drive tops the sales list for Sept. 27-Oct. 1 in the Longboat Key, Bird Key and Lido Key areas.

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  • Real Estate
The Longboat Key Town Commission is set to hold a public hearing about the St. Regis proposal on Oct. 20.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 12, 2021
Parking rules prompt St. Regis redo before final vote

The newest proposal calls for 62 mechanical lifts to the St. Regis Hotel parking garage. It would increase parking from 405 total spaces to 468.

  • Longboat Key
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Longbeach Village residents have purchased 116 resident parking permits and 98 guest parking permits as of Sept. 23, according to the town of Longboat Key. File photo
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • October 11, 2021
Longbeach Village residents pleased with permit-parking program

Warnings and citations of people illegally parking in the Longbeach Village neighborhood have decreased in the past several months.

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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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St. Regis at Longboat Key is a gulf-facing resort and condo development on the barrier island of Longboat Key. The Unicorp-developed property opened in 2024 at the former site of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.
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