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Longboat Key

Built in 1965, the home at 513 Yawl Drive has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,346 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • September 5, 2021
Country Club Shores home sells for $2.2 million

Home at 513 Yawl Lane was the top seller on Longboat Key, Lido Key and Bird Key for the week of Aug. 23-27.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Longboat Key Town Manager Tom Harmer provided his recommended budget to the Town Commission on Aug. 1.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • September 3, 2021
Longboat Key Town Commission to review upcoming budget

Longboat Key town commissioners are set to review the budget on Sept. 13 and again on Sept. 27.

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Chris Collins
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 3, 2021
All Angels presents artist Chris Collins

Artist of the Month at All Angels captures the photos and then takes the process to its framed completion.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Bob Gault, Lynn Larson and Michael Garey
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 3, 2021
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key installs new president Michael Garey

Garey follows Lynn Larson, who held the position for two years.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Town staffers place 2,974 flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive, beginning Sept. 10.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 3, 2021
Longboat Key Sept. 11 flag tradition continues on attack's 20th anniversary

This is the 19th time the Public Works Department will plant 2,974 flags in the ground.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 3, 2021
Casey Key sale closes for more than $9 million

Property includes 2.67 acres of gulf-front land, a main house and a guest house.

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BJ, a permanent resident at Save Our Seabirds, was hit by a car and is unable to fly. Her enclosure is specially-designed to allow her to optimum mobility. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • September 3, 2021
Bird of the week: Red-tailed hawk

If you've never seen one, you've likely heard a red-tailed hawk either in the wild or as a sound effect on TV.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Bradenton-based Diaz Landscaping did the landscaping work around the Longboat Key Historical Society's cottage.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • September 2, 2021
Historical Society targets October opening for museum

Longboat Key Historical Society's cottage will serve as a museum at the Town Center site.

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In May, boaters docked near Jewfish Key.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • September 2, 2021
Red tide's effects curtails Longboat noise complaints

North-end residents haven't heard as much boat noise compared to previous months. Red tide has kept many boaters off the water.

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  • Observer Staff
  • September 2, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: September 2

Mika Ish captured this photo of what looks like a comet over Longboat Key.

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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 2, 2021
OPINION: Ivermectin II: Cons and pros

Readers chastised us, saying we were promoting a COVID-19 drug that’s dangerous and unproven. Dr. Pierre Kory addresses those concerns.

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  • Matt Walsh
  • September 2, 2021
Mask wars: Coercion only brings destruction

This fight or war over masks on school children brings into vivid focus the incongruity that has existed with education from the day it became the domain of the state.

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  • Opinion
Town Manager Tom Harmer and Interim Police Chief George Turner thanked Lt. Chris Skinner for his contributions to the Longboat Key Police Department. They presented Skinner with a commemorative plaque on Wednesday afternoon.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • September 1, 2021
Longboat Key holds retirement ceremony for police officer

Chris Skinner has worked for the Longboat Key Police Department since November 2010.

  • Longboat Key
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Carolyn Angiolillo at her Aug. 12 book signing.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 1, 2021
Longboat Key author Carolyn Angiolillo shares her stories from Williamsburg, Brooklyn stoops

Angiolillo's first book is a historical fiction novel detailing the coming-of-age in New York City.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • August 31, 2021
Driver arrested in car-bicycle crash on Longboat Key

Sarasota Police take driver into custody on Bird Key.

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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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