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Longboat Key

    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • February 24, 2021
Good might come from bad

Vanessa Baugh’s handling of the pop-up vaccine clinic might just be what the Manatee County commissioners needed to get on track.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • February 23, 2021
Longboat Key police officer begins tenure after swearing-in ceremony

Doug Ferris was a professional golfer for 13 years.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 23, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: The wind had no alibi

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Presenters showed members of the St. Armands Business Improvement District an image of what a carousel might look like.
    By
  • David Conway
  • February 23, 2021
Carousel proposed for St. Armands Circle

Stakeholders offer initial encouragement for attractions.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 23, 2021
North end neighbors revamp community entrance

Three Longboat Key residents took plants from their own yards to revamp the patch of dirt that used to welcome visitors into their neighborhood.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A picture of the water main break. Photo courtesy of the town of Longboat Key.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • February 22, 2021
Commissioners accept consent order from FDEP

The town must decide whether to pay the FDEP $188,382 or implement an in-kind environmental project worth at least $281,073.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Kelly Ermold walked a 5-month-old Cavapoo named Finn on Feb. 18 along Gulf of Mexico Drive. Ermold said she’d like to see more places in Longboat Key where dogs aren’t required to wear a leash.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • February 22, 2021
Dogs, Longboat beaches don't mix

Unless it is a service animal, dogs are not allowed on the beach in Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Bob Gault and Reg Ware in 2020
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 22, 2021
Longtime Kiwanis member Reg Ware dies

The Salvation Army bell ringing initiative wouldn't be the same without Reg Ware.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 22, 2021
Longboat Key Turtle Watch continues efforts to keep the island clean

The island organization partners with Keep Manatee Beautiful to organize monthly cleanups.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Dave Sparks on his home court.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • February 22, 2021
Longtime Longboat Key tennis pro heads off to another court

Dave Sparks is moving on from Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Built in 2017, the home at 6111 Gulf of Mexico Drive has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 3,320 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 21, 2021
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $6.1 million

Residential real estate transactions for Feb. 8-12.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
With Phase 2 in the permitting stages, by year's end the land between the Public Tennis Center and the Shoppes of Bay Isles is expected to include walkways, bathrooms, lighting and accommodations for outdoor events.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • February 19, 2021
Center could operate at 'minimal cost' to town

It's unclear what specifically a Town Center entails and how it will be financed.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Crews have installed the base of the new street lights near Gulf of Mexico Drive and Sloop Lane.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • February 19, 2021
Village residents ask for decorative street lights

The town of Longboat Key is planning to stick with the commission-approved street lights.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Eye color in the boat-tailed grackle varies across regions; grackles along the Atlantic coast north of Florida have yellow eyes while Florida birds have brown eyes.
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • February 19, 2021
Bird of the week: Boat-tailed grackle

Though adapted to Florida urban settings, they are native to marshland.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    In Memoriam |
  • February 19, 2021
Carla Gusovius Atkins

Carla Gusovius Atkins, age 93, of Anna Maria, Florida, died peacefully in her sleep of natural causes on Wednesday, 3 February 2021, at her son’s home in Arlington, Virginia.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
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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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