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Longboat Key

Jack Daly
    By
  • Guest Author
  • November 17, 2020
Letters to the editor: Town needs to focus on the future

Longboat Key residents sound off on issues.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The town resumed in-person meetings on Nov. 2. The town will utilize a hybrid format with four town commissioners meeting in-person and three using Zoom to participate for the remainder of 2020.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • November 17, 2020
Town's COVID expenses reimbursable

Staff installed plexiglass inside Town Hall to separate commissioners, a touch-less temperature scanner and hand sanitizer machines.

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    In Memoriam |
  • November 16, 2020
Andrew David Babcock

Andrew David Babcock, born May 24, 1968, in Indianapolis, Indiana, beloved son, brother, and friend passed away on November 9, 2020 at his home in Sarasota, Florida.

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  • Tributes & Obituaries
The Longboat Key Historical Society accepted bids until Nov. 11 on the larger L-shaped cottage.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • November 16, 2020
Talks continue on second cottage

The bidding process ended earlier this month, but the winning bidder didn't have a place to put the larger historic cottage.

  • Longboat Key
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Kurt Hennard
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 16, 2020
Fresh sparkling snow

The wintery mix in Florida is glitter and sunshine rather than rain and snow.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 16, 2020
Longboat Key Firefighters Association hosts fourth annual golf classic

The tournament raises money for the association's benevolent fund.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 16, 2020
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church hosts second food drive

The church has begun doing outdoor food drives since the pandemic started.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The home at 476 Partridge Circle was built in 2002. It has five bedrooms, four-and-two-half baths, a pool and 5,267 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • November 15, 2020
Bird Key home sells for $3.3 million

Residential real estate transactions on Longboat Key for Nov. 2-6.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 14, 2020
Longboat Island Chapel hosts food drive

The church has done food drives over the summer as well.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 13, 2020
Rotary Club of Longboat Key hosts Veterans Day event on the cusp of Eta

Even as the wind lashed and the rain poured down, Rotary Club stood to recognize Longboat Key's veterans.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Pileated woodpeckers are considered a keystone species, as the well-being and survival of many other species depends upon them. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • November 13, 2020
Bird of the week: Pileated woodpecker

The species is the largest woodpecker in North America.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • November 13, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Stopping to help

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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Photo courtesy of Byron Lambert.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 13, 2020
Hammerhead caught off Longboat

A fisherman caught a hammerhead on Longboat's shores.

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Engines and fire trucks had to contend with
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • November 13, 2020
High water vehicles, beach rescue vehicles used with Eta responses

More than 30 Village homes experienced flooding.

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Longboat Key town commissioners appointed Debra Williams to serve on the town's Planning and Zoning Board in May 2018.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • November 12, 2020
Longboat Key elections 2021: Five questions with Debra Williams

Debra Williams is running for the District 4 Longboat Key town commissioner seat.

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