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Longboat Key

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  • April 28, 2021
A parent speaks out …

New Yorker Andrew Gutmann expresses what many Americans are feeling about the false charge of systemic racism and how they’re fed up with their children being brainwashed at school.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Unit 204 of Aria Longboat Key has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 4,032 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • April 28, 2021
Aria condo sells for $5.6 million

Residential real estate transactions for April 12-16.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 27, 2021
Women's Golf Association bids farewell for season

The Longboat Key golf group played one last round before summer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Molly Schechter
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 27, 2021
Schechter's celebration

Molly Schechter, Longboat Key resident, turns 80.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 27, 2021
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church clears bookshelves

The church hosted a book sale with tomes from their own collection.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Bayfront Park opened in July 2017. Town leaders are planning to resod it later this summer.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • April 27, 2021
Longboat dog park lovers happy to hear of resodding plans

Bayfront Park's dog park has had some wear and tear since opening in July 2017.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • April 27, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: A job for "Jimmy"

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 27, 2021
Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key meets new commissioner

The speaker at the April 15 meeting was Debra Williams.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Medical personnel have administered COVID-19 vaccines at the Sarasota Memorial Hospital clinic. (Sarasota Memorial Hospital photo)
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • April 27, 2021
Pop-up vaccine site coming to Longboat

The Florida Department of Health is planning to hold the event on May 11 at the Paradise Center.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A dredging pipe stretches along the beach.
  • By Nat Kaemmerer and Mark Bergin
  • April 26, 2021
You asked (kind of). We answered questions about Longboat beach work

The schedule is tentative with June 1 marking the start of the Atlantic hurricane season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
One of the winners, taken by Renee Odell, shows the swan Greta.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 26, 2021
Facebook photo finish

Longboat Key Life Facebook page hosted a photo contest.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The town rejected the possibility of a 150-foot town on the north end of the island, portrayed in this simulation.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • April 26, 2021
Longboat Key leaders discuss ways to improve cell service

Town leaders have met with AT&T and Verizon in the past few weeks.

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    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • April 26, 2021
Firehouse Subs grant provides Longboat Key extrication equipment

Municipal Emergency Services trained Longboat Key Fire Rescue personnel how to use the new equipment.

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  • News
Vice Mayor Mike Haycock, District 4 Commissioner Debra Williams, At-Large Commissioner BJ Bishop, District 2 Commissioner Penny Gold and District 5 Commissioner Maureen Merrigan decipher which projects to prioritize.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • April 23, 2021
Commissioners discuss Town Center site at retreat

Longboat Key leaders discussed several projects, including the future of the Town Center site and Bayfront Park Recreational Center.

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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • April 23, 2021
Longboat Island Chapel walks the walk, talks the talk for Earth Day

The church put nature front and center during its first-ever ecological showcase.

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