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Longboat Key

    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • February 7, 2019
Cleaning woman accused of taking jewlery, cash, Prada wallet from a Longboat home

Police are still investigating items pawned by Michelle Wood

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Valentine’s Day themed vases decorated the lunch table.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 7, 2019
St. Mary Women's Guild welcomes new members

On Feb. 7, Ginny Akhoury hosted the new members and guild members for lunch.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Amelia Hanks
  • February 7, 2019
Author and screenwriter pays Longboat a visit

Author Robert Forte and a team of actors read a few scenes to people at Harbourside.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 7, 2019
Longboat Key weather page photo: Feb. 7

Michael Cohen photographed this pelican eating a fish in Sarasota Bay near Big Pass.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Front yards have been dug up for new piping
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • February 6, 2019
Emerald Harbor utilities and roads project at halfway point

Despite inconvenience, Emerald Harbor residents are pleased

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jim Brown plans to meet with representatives of the Sarasota Ballet and the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall this month.
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • February 6, 2019
Brown plans to look into details of black box theater

Ringling says it makes sense to remove black box theater

  • Longboat Key
  • News
As tropical storm Debby drew close in 2012, the sea at North Shore Road looked a lot different than a placid day in 2019.
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • February 6, 2019
Longboat lands millions six years after Tropical Storm Debby

Longboat stands to receive even more money from past hurricanes and storms

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 6, 2019
Longboat Key Club games for a cure

The annual game day on Feb. 6 benefited Breast Health Sarasota, Inc.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A home in Sleepy Lagoon at 6568 Gulfside Road recently sold for $775,000. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,620 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $485,000 in 2013.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • February 6, 2019
Sleepy Lagoon home sells for $775,000

Residential real estate transactions for Jan. 21-25.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • February 6, 2019
Cops Corner: Have we got a deal for you . . .

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

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Senate President Bill Galvano
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • February 6, 2019
Galvano has it right

Senate President Bill Galvano wants the state to build three major highway projects. Given the strong economy, for once the state should be in front of the state’s inevitable growth and not play catch-up.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • February 6, 2019
Coyote incident in Lakewood Ranch sends cautionary message

Walkers beware: They are out there.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Sam DiGiammarino plays a teaching game with Booker fifth graders.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 6, 2019
Booker students flip for turtles

During the third, fourth and fifth-grade science classes at Booker Elementary School, students learned all about turtles courtesy of the Longboat Key Turtle Watch.

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Laura and Robert Dutton
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 6, 2019
Happy Birthday, Robert Dutton!

The longtime Longboat Key resident turned 90 on Feb. 4.

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Carol Erker; Susan McGuire; Janet Shapiro; Jack Rozance and Sherri Mills. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 6, 2019
Words of wisdom

The Rotary Club handed out more than 150 dictionaries to Tuttle Elementary School fourth-grade students on Jan. 25.

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Members of the public curious to learn more about Longboat Key's sea turtle population ask questions of the experts at the first Turtle Walk of the nesting season on June 6 beside the newly staked nest.
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Longboat Key Police Chief Russ Mager (right) presents Lee Smith with a plaque recognizing his years with the police department at the June 1 Town Commission meeting. Smith retired from his position as sergeant on May 29.
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Taxable property values at the Gulf Shore and Twin Shores communities on Longboat Key are an anomaly for Longboat Key, with properties valued from $100,000 to $300,000.
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Trish Shinkle served as Town Clerk for the town of Longboat Key from June 2006 to June 2026.
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