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Longboat Key

The Resort at Longboat Key Club directors accept the certification on Feb. 22.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 28, 2018
Going Blue

The resort is the first to become a certified Blue Community.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Nancy and Jack Rozance plant two trees in New Zealand.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 28, 2018
Planting protection

Jack and Nancy Rozance took time out of their vacation to help an endangered species.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    In Memoriam |
  • February 28, 2018
Joan Walter Rotenberg

Joan Walter Rotenberg died unexpectedly in Longboat Key, Florida on February 23, 2018 at the age of 74.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
A suite in the St. Regis Bal Harbour.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • February 28, 2018
What makes a 5-star hotel five star?

Longboat is proposed to get a five star hotel with development of a St. Regis at the site of the former Colony — so what does that mean will go there?

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Town staff should not have issued the permit that led to many code violations and phone calls from affected residents.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • February 28, 2018
Longboat issues stop-work order to troublesome development

A development project at 500 Buttonwood Drive has caused power outages and road blockages since it received an erroneous permit Feb. 2 from the Planning, Zoning and Building Department.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ellen Levine lobbied her condo board, management, the Town's Public Works and Wast Management to allow boxes to be recycled at Sea Gate
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • February 28, 2018
Longboat Sea Gate resident boxed in over recycling

Sea Gate does not allow its residents to recycle cardboard shipping boxes boxes, but Ellen Levine won't is determined to make it change.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 28, 2018
Questions and answers with Longboat Key Town Commission candidates

Six men face off in three races.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Randy Clair
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 28, 2018
Questions and answers with Randy Clair

Incumbent Town Commissioner faces no challenger in March 20 election.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • February 28, 2018
Longboat Key voting essentials

Before you vote, know what's up

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • February 27, 2018
Longboat Key tennis pros battle it out

Pros from the Longboat Key Public Tennis and the Longboat Key Club competed against each other Feb. 27.

  • Longboat Key
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Town Mayor Terry Gans (right) and Manatee County Commission chairwoman Priscilla Trace
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • February 27, 2018
Manatee, Longboat discuss common goals, projects

Both sides agree to further discuss beach issues, storm protection and the one-county initiative.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Developer Manfred Welfonder
    By
  • Columnist .
  • February 27, 2018
Developer offers his own take on Colony plan

Welfonder expresses reservations on Unicorp’s proposal.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The building where Lori Martin's body was found in a sauna.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • February 26, 2018
Longboat police, medical examiner wait for test results in sauna death

Longboat Police Chief Pete Cumming said the department has more answers than questions but isn't willing to release anything until the medical examiner gets its tests back.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    In Memoriam |
  • February 26, 2018
Hope Tappe Weatherby

ADRIAN – Hope Tappe Weatherby, age 94 of Adrian, Michigan, a long time resident of Longboat Key, Florida, passed away in the early morning hours of February 16, 2018.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
    In Memoriam |
  • February 26, 2018
Patricia A. Farrell

Patricia A. Farrell, 82, of Tenafly, NJ and Longboat Key, FL, passed away on February 21, 2018 at her home in Tenafly, NJ after a long battle with lung cancer.

  • Longboat Key
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Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key President Danielle Gladding welcomes guest speaker Longboat Police Chief Russ Mager to update members about his approach to leadership since he assumed the role last autumn at the April 2 meeting.
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St. Regis at Longboat Key is a gulf-facing resort and condo development on the barrier island of Longboat Key. The Unicorp-developed property opened in 2024 at the former site of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.
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