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Longboat Key

    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 30, 2019
Longboat firefighters assist in four-alarm Sarasota fire

Ladder truck, crew and even the fire chief reported for duty in a mainland station as more than 80 firefighters tried to save a house.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 30, 2019
High time for a good time at Business After Hours

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce gathered at the Circus Arts Conservatory for the event.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 27, 2019
Longboat Key weather page photo: September 26

Ron Horn captured this manatee sipping rain water from a downspout on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Sten Spinella
  • September 26, 2019
Longboat Key Planning & Zoning to zero in on issues related to climate change

Board Member David Green is spearheading the effort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The city has held tabletop demonstrations of how the roundabout at Fruitville Road and U.S. 41 would work.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 25, 2019
Hear and be heard on Fruitville roundabout

Sarasota plans open house on long-discussed project, about to begin.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Jeff Mayers and John Woods
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 25, 2019
Two legacies at the Longboat Key Club

General Manager, Tennis Director say their goodbyes after years of service.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The town built one regulation pickleball court in Bayfront Park and is looking for ways to add more courts.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 25, 2019
Oh, what a pickle

Longboat commissioners should not be so addlepated over giving up two tennis courts for six pickleball courts. Why do so few occasional tennis players deserve free tennis courts to begin with?

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
IT Director Jason Keen (Left) and IT Specialist Barry Gaines (Right) in the control room. All photos by Sten Spinella.
    By
  • Sten Spinella
  • September 25, 2019
Longboat Key improves production quality on Town Commission videos

The Town's IT team controls camera use from a back room.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The last ladder truck the town purchased was in 2013. A typical lifespan is about 15 years.
    By
  • Sten Spinella
  • September 25, 2019
Longboat Key Fire Department preparing to take a step up

Town budgets $850,000 for new ladder truck.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 25, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: In through the window

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
The town of Longboat Key has been posting to Instagram since late August.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 24, 2019
Town dives into Instagram

Longboat Key adds account to social media.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Photo by Kimberly Dyer Photography, courtesy of the Longboat Key Club
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • September 24, 2019
Longboat Key Club's longtime Director of Tennis to retire

John Woods has been with the club since 1978.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jeff Mayers arrived at the Longboat Key Club in October, 2012.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 24, 2019
Key Club's Mayers heads off to Palm Beach Gardens

General Manager begins new job Friday as Managing Director at PGA National Resort and Spa.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 24, 2019
One lane of Gulf of Mexico Drive reopens after gas leak

First responders, utility workers initially shut down island's two-lane thoroughfare near Broadway Street.

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The Longboat Key Commission approved its budget on Monday.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 23, 2019
Longboat Town Commissioners OK budget with flat millage rate

Base tax rate will be unchanged for third straight fiscal year.

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