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Longboat Key

    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • July 2, 2021
FDEP accepts Longboat Key's environmental projects

The town of Longboat Key is required to complete the environmental projects within 180 days of the FDEP's approval.

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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • July 2, 2021
Massage therapist rounds out Paradise Center offerings

The Paradise Center added Mixon to their lineup after a survey found members wanted massage.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • July 2, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: We're just resting

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Several boaters dock on the weekends on the north end of Longboat Key. Photo courtesy of James Haft.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • July 2, 2021
Longboat Key passes emergency ordinance to quiet loud boat music

Commissioners felt the need to make changes ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

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The home at 614 S. Owl Drive was built in 1965. It has five bedrooms, six-and-a-half baths, a pool and 6,870 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 2, 2021
Bird Key home sells for $5.7 million

Residential real estate transactions for June 16-25.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Photo Caption: Otherwise fairly plain, black-bellied plovers are named for their breeding plumage, which is a striking mix of white and jet black feathers. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • July 2, 2021
Bird of the week: black-bellied plover

The largest of the plovers, this species puts on a new look for mating season.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Tom Savage and Bernie Phillips
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • July 1, 2021
Plymouth Harbor resident hosts seminar on self-evolution

Phillips is hosting the seminar with his neighbors, but hopes to bring it to a larger scale.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • July 1, 2021
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key hears from interim police chief

George Turner spoke to the club about his goals for the department.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 1, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: July 1

Jane Novacek captured this image of a great blue heron on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Built in 1967, the home at 258 Robin Drive has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,607 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 1, 2021
Bird Key home sells for $2.3 million

Residential real estate transactions for June 7-15

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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • July 1, 2021
How will this end?

No one knows how the current strife in America will end. But we’ve been resilient for 245 years. And we know this, too: An essential ingredient to pursuing happiness is you must be free.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Nat Kaemmerer and José Valle
  • June 30, 2021
How should you spend the Fourth?

Can't decide what to do or where to go? Go with the flow, and let our decision tree point the way.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Lark and Heather Rippy pose for a picture inside the family's store. Driftwood Beach Home and Garden is located at 6838 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • June 30, 2021
11-year-old Longboat Key girl wants to raise chickens in her backyard

Lark Rippy wrote an email to District 5 Longboat Key Town Commissioner Maureen Merrigan.

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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • June 30, 2021
Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce gathers guests for Business After Hours

Despite the rain, a couple dozen local businesspeople came to network.

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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • June 30, 2021
Paradise Center on Longboat Key holds matinee test run

A few members came to enjoy an afternoon inside and watched "Downton Abbey."

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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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