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Longboat Key

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  • Sten Spinella
  • August 22, 2019
Longboat granted $45,000 for sea level rise plan

State grant will help town assess vulnerabilities in the long term.

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Fire Chief Paul Dezzi leads a group of Sarasota Emergency Operations Bureau Personnel during their tour of Longboat Key. Photos by Sten Spinella.
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  • Sten Spinella
  • August 21, 2019
Sarasota dispatchers familiarize themselves with Longboat Key

Longboat emergency services leaders led a tour of the island for willing Sarasota Emergency Operations Bureau personnel.

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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • August 21, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: You're coming with us

Police reports from around the island.

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A least tern chick on Lido Key. Photo by Kylie Wilson.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 20, 2019
Shorebird season wraps up

Longboat nests were more productive than in previous seasons, expert says.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 19, 2019
What's up underground?

New website for the project

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Sten Spinella
  • August 19, 2019
Longboat Key's Serenissima back on the market after temporary absence

At its current listing price, the mansion would be the largest such sale in the history of Sarasota.

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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 19, 2019
Longboat's Christ Church fish fry feeds friends

Members of the congregation came together to socialize and eat

  • Longboat Key
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The town tweeted a photo of the dog.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 19, 2019
Runaway Ruben

Lost dog found his way home

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Stevie Freeman Montes, city of Sarasota sustainability manager, and Caleb Jameson
    By
  • Whitney Elfstrom
  • August 16, 2019
Teen's Sarasota beach project thinks inside the box

Caleb Jameson has been creating Turtle Safe Toy Boxes for just over a year.

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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 16, 2019
Scallop search dives in again

After last year's canceled event, the Sarasota Bay Watch looks forward to the 2019 rendition.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • August 15, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Slow your roll, boaters

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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  • Observer Staff
  • August 15, 2019
Longboat Key weather page photo: August 15

Cindy Bucklen captured this sunrise over Sarasota Bay at Sutton Place.

  • Longboat Key
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The $106,000 grant bolsters Sarasota Bay Watch's clam restoration efforts. File photos.
    By
  • Sten Spinella
  • August 15, 2019
Sarasota Bay Watch garners its most lucrative grant

The $106,000 will support the group's clam restoration work.

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Tina Adams has been with the town of Longboat Key for 20 years. Photos by Sten Spinella.
    By
  • Sten Spinella
  • August 14, 2019
After almost 20 years of service to Longboat Key, Tina Adams takes on new role

Fire EMS Liaison and PIO Tina Adams looks to make Longboat's emergency services more accessible to the public and the news media.

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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • August 14, 2019
The consummate journalist

In her 70s, former Longboat Observer senior editor Dora Walters ran circles around the young Turks in the newsroom. She knew everyone and everything about Longboat Key. "She was our best reporter."

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