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Longboat Key

    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • October 31, 2018
Don’t vote on this yet

Longboat’s commission will begin talks on changes to the town code. They’re too wedded to the status quo and don’t go far enough.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Sgt. David Cooper patrols the beach on the north end of the island in the Longboat Key Police Department's all-terrain vehicle.
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • October 31, 2018
Longboat Key ranks fifth in company's list of safest in state

Town had 52 reportable incidents in 2016. 

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Chief Paul Dezzi congraulates William Lewis for assisting Hurricame Michael victims.
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • October 31, 2018
Storm's damage, victims' resiliency stick with Longboat firefighters

The community came together

  • Longboat Key
  • News
SCAT bus
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • October 31, 2018
Longboat Key will have bus service

Bus service will change

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The proposal for 6990 Gulf of Mexico Drive includes tearing down the gas station's canopy, and a new one is planned.
    By
  • Suzanne Elliott
  • October 31, 2018
North end gas station may become restaurant and retail venue

Site plans are still being developed

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ellen Dizio reads “Caps for Sale” to Keiryn Lacy.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • October 31, 2018
Rockin' Readers program turns the page for Booker Elementary students

Ruthie Maass started the program 13 years ago in an effort to improve reading in multiple grade levels.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
File photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • October 31, 2018
Season of giving

The Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key is looking for volunteers to help them ring the bell outside of Publix for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Tom and Marilynn Cinquegrano and Steve and Laura Durie at last year's stone crab celebration.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • October 31, 2018
Bacchus on the Beach sips into 8th year

The two-day event kicks off with two dinners on Nov. 8 and continues with a wine and cheese pairing, barrel tasting and the stone crab celebration and winemaker auction on Nov. 9.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Monsignor Gerry Finegan, Women’s Guild President Ginny Akhoury and the Rev. Eric Scanlan at the guild's 2018 fashion show.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • October 31, 2018
The next chapter

The Rev. Eric Scanlan, who has been with St. Mary, Star of the Sea, since January 2017, has accepted a role as an administrator at Incarnation Parish and chaplain of Cardinal Mooney High School in Sarasota.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • October 31, 2018
Cops Corner: Isn't golf supposed to be quiet?

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • October 30, 2018
Longboat Women's Golf Association swings into season

About 70 golfers gathered for a round of golf and lunch to kick off the new season Oct. 30.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    In Memoriam |
  • October 29, 2018
Ted Casper

Theodore (Ted) Casper passed away October 23rd in Florida from complications of cancer and pneumonia, his obituary tribute is publishing in the Longboat Observer of the Observer Media Group.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Ellwood N. “Woody” Schiffman, Merrill Preston, Gary Lacucci and Howard Cohen at last year's event.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • October 29, 2018
Longboat Key Rotary changes Veterans Day tradition

Instead of a parade, a special luncheon will be held in the Harbourside Ballroom of the Longboat Key Club on Nov. 11.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Jenn Peters, Beth Green, Jenn Bright and Barbara Lancer
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • October 28, 2018
Locals battle it out at Joey Gratton Championship

The tennis tournament benefits the Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota County.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • October 28, 2018
Longboat Harbour spooks into Halloween

Residents of the condominium complex wore their Halloween best for their annual party Oct. 28.

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  • Neighbors
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