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Longboat Key

David Pilston. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 13, 2021
Save Our Seabirds begins search for new CEO

David Pilston will be leaving the organization after about 9 years at the helm.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The ManaSota League of Cities recognized Tom Harmer on Thursday morning by giving him the Home Rule Hero Award.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • May 13, 2021
Mayor, manager recognized for Longboat Key advocacy

Florida's legislative session ended on April 30.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • May 13, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: May 13

Susan Batchelor captured these terns at dusk on Longboat Key.

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  • Neighbors
Scott Gray and Joel Schemmel. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 13, 2021
You Observed: Republican Club of Longboat Key hosts final meeting of season

The club met one last time before parting ways until fall 2021.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • May 13, 2021
The road to totalitarianism?

Overlay what’s happening in the U.S. today with the six elements needed to achieve a socialist state, and you can see where we’re headed.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Several boaters dock on the weekends on the north end of Longboat Key. Photo courtesy of James Haft.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • May 12, 2021
Longboat residents, leaders try to navigate boat-noise complaints

Enforcement is a challenge for law enforcement for the boats docked off of Jewfish Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 11, 2021
Ruffled feathers

One of the Village's peacocks struts his stuff.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Kiwanis Club president Lynn Larson and elder-law attorney Jeanne Bennett.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 10, 2021
Kiwanis Club hears from elder law attorney

Jeanne Bennett discussed some of the thornier parts of planning for the unthinkable.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 10, 2021
Say aloe to my little friend

A mysterious aloe plant isn't actually aloe at all.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key Fire Rescue personnel put out a boat fire in Sarasota Bay. Photo provided by the town of Longboat Key.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • May 10, 2021
Longboat Key planning to add firefighter cancer protections to Town Code

The proposed ordinance is subject to a second reading and final vote.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sea turtle nesting season runs each year from May 1-Oct. 31. Photo Credit: Nat Kaemmerer
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • May 10, 2021
Longboat vacation resorts concerned about costs of turtle-rule changes

If the changes get approved, Gulf-front properties would have a year to make sure they're in compliance.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Dale Hooey showcased the organ to church members.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 10, 2021
New tech, old sound at All Angels Episcopal by the Sea Episcopal Church

The new digital organ replicates the sounds of the huge pipe organs of the past.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jackie Bohannon
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 10, 2021
Jackie Bohannon kickstarts tennis craze at Bird Key Yacht Club

Over half of the club's members regularly play tennis now and Bohannon has started clinics and programs.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • May 10, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Trouble on Broadway

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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Least terns nest on North Longboat Key. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • May 10, 2021
Nesting birds find a more peaceful home on Longboat Key

Least terns who got scared off Lido are resettling on north Longboat 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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