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Longboat Key

Bradenton-based ET MacKenzie completed repair work after the town of Longboat Key's June's sewage break. Photo courtesy of the town of Longboat Key.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • September 18, 2020
Longboat Key seeks permitting for dry line piping after June's sewage break

The town of Longboat Key is looking into opportunities to advance its redundant piping project.

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In May, the town transitioned from Longboat Code Red to Alert Longboat Key.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • September 17, 2020
Don't expect emergency sirens anytime soon in Longboat Key

Commissioners discussed the town's emergency notification system on Monday.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2020
Longboat Key weather page photo: September 17

Pat Lundy captured an evening tide off of Gulf of Mexico Drive on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 17, 2020
It’s not who; it’s what

Voters should know what they are voting for in November. The candidates are only facades.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    A time to celebrate |
  • September 17, 2020
Bryan and Sylva Langton

in honor of their 60th wedding anniversary

  • Longboat Key
  • Celebrations
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • September 16, 2020
Longboat Key man's sailboat washes ashore

Mark Sternal had recently purchased the boat in Punta Gorda.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
It took Longboat Key town commissioners months to appoint a seventh member to the P&Z Board. Commissioners typically host an in-person event to meet candidates, but couldn't because of the pandemic.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • September 15, 2020
Plager appointed to Planning and Zoning Board

The commission also considered Aaron Kleiner and Maryl Levine.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A picture of the water main break. Photo courtesy of the town of Longboat Key.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • September 15, 2020
Longboat Key estimates 11 million gallons spilled in June's sewage break

The estimation is lower than what the town of Longboat Key initially reported to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2020
Biden-Sanders Unity Platform

Biden's campaign released the recommendations in July, which include environmental action and criminal justice reform.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 15, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: An on again, off again problem

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Turkey vultures have bright red heads, much like those of wild turkeys. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • September 15, 2020
Bird of the week: Turkey vulture

Larger than their relatives, the turkey vulture has an extraordinary sense of smell.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Access to exercise was one of the criteria considered.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 15, 2020
Longboat is area's fittest

Siesta Key a distant second.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    In Memoriam |
  • September 15, 2020
John Francis Short

JOHN FRANCIS SHORT, Sarasota, FL, passed away on September 12, 2020, at the age of 76, after a valiant battle with metastatic cancer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Boris Miksic and Ines Tendler stand in front of their home at 640 Halyard Lane in Country Club Shores IV North. The couple is hoping commissioners approve a height exception for the lightning rods on top of their home.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • September 15, 2020
Longboat revises proposed lightning-rod restrictions

Longboat Key town commissioners will vote on the proposal in October.

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The town has closed lots of parking along Broadway in the Longbeach Village neighborhood. The town is also considering a resident-permit parking program for the neighborhood.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • September 14, 2020
Longboat moves forward with proposed parking fine increase

Longboat Key town commissioners are set to vote on Oct. 5 on whether to increase the town's illegal parking fines from $30 to $75.

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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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