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Longboat Key

Built in 2020, the home at 220 Coolidge Drive has seven bedrooms, seven-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,514 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • May 2, 2021
Ringling Estates home sells for $3.15 million

Residential real estate transactions for April 19-23.

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  • April 30, 2021
Temple Beth Israel hosts food, book drive

Donors dropped off food on one side of the parking lot and books on the other.

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Interim Longboat Key Police Chief George Turner began his tenure at 5 p.m. ET Friday, April 30.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • April 30, 2021
Former captain begins tenure as interim police chief

Turner previously served the Longboat Key Police Department from December 2001 through October 2007.

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    In Memoriam |
  • April 30, 2021
Paul H. Achre

Paul H. Achre died on April 26, 2021 in Bradenton, Florida. He was 91.

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  • April 29, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: April 29

Janet Krueger captured this breezy day on Longboat Key.

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Barriers physically separate town commissioners on the dais inside Town Hall.
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  • Mark Bergin
  • April 29, 2021
Longboat Key to continue hybrid meetings until summer

As long as there is a physical quorum, Longboat Key town commissioners can use Zoom to watch and participate in commission meetings through June 26.

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  • April 29, 2021
Longboat Key weather page photo: April 22

Frederick Beyerlein captured this image of a sunset across the water off 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.

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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.

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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.

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

Molly Schechter, Longboat Key resident, turns 80.

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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.

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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.

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

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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

The speaker at the April 15 meeting was Debra Williams.

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The home at 6161 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold for $8 million. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,224 square feet of living area.
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