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Longboat Key

The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort has been closed for almost a decade.
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • January 31, 2018
The greater legacy

The Colony represents the future of Longboat Key. We urge the Silent Majority not to squander this opportunity.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Dave Bullock and Juan Florensa
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • January 31, 2018
They set the standard

Bullock and Florensa raised the bar of public service.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The site of the former Colony has been condemned by the town as unsafe.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • January 31, 2018
The Colony developer withdrew its Longboat zoning code change. Now What?

Unicorp eased the path to approval when it withdrew its application. A lot still has to happen before construction could begin.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Barrier Island Traffic Study Assistant Project Manager Nathan Kautz said cost and timeline projections should solidify by the end of this year.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • January 31, 2018
FDOT narrows recommendations for barrier island traffic study

Just one of the 75 proposed solutions to traffic directly impacts Longboat Key, according to the study.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
UnidosNow Executive Officer Luz Corcuera, Fior Zamora and Andres Monr Photo by Tom J. Thomas
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 31, 2018
All Angels show heart

Church members met grant recipients on Jan. 14.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Courtesy photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 31, 2018
Father-Son duo pens book together

Howard Myers lost his vision in the Vietnam War. Now his son, Chad, is helping him tell his story.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
David Lapovsky at the site of the former Colony, 1620 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • January 31, 2018
Preserve Longboat seeks a few tweaks to Colony development plan

Preserve Longboat President David Lapovsky says Unicorp's development plan is close to what the group seeks on the site of the former Colony.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Chuck Whittall
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • January 31, 2018
Hopeful Colony developer optimistic after zoning code change withdrawn

Unicorp National Developments President Chuck Whittall said he hopes to break ground at the site of the former Colony by the end of the year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A 54-year-old woman died last week of unnatural causes in a Longboat Key sauna, police say.
  • By Bret Hauff
  • January 30, 2018
UPDATE: Woman found in Longboat sauna did not die naturally, police say

Police have not determined the cause of death and therefore have not released the identity of the woman.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Ringling College is bringing its lecture series to The Paradise Center on Longboat Key.
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 29, 2018
RCLLA heads to The Paradise Center

Eight lectures through the Ringling College Lifelong Learning Academy will be held at The Paradise Center this season.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 27, 2018
Longboat Library hosts L'Art Festival

Local authors, painters, photographers and others showed off their work on Jan. 27.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Event chairwoman Palma Panza, Lyn Haycock, Patty Sileo and Susan Phillips
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 25, 2018
Garden Club blossoms with Taste of the Keys

The annual event sold out with more than 300 people in attendance on Jan. 25.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Longboat Police found a 54-year-old woman dead Tuesday evening.
    By
  • Bret Hauff
  • January 25, 2018
Woman found dead in clubhouse sauna on Longboat Key

The door of the Harbourside clubhouse sauna was unlocked, police say.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 25, 2018
Longboat Key weather page photo: Jan. 25

Terrie Stewart watched as this boat approached from the horizon, wondering who would be out on Longboat Key Pass on such a rough day. It was the Coast Guard, patrolling the rough sea.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • January 25, 2018
Mote celebrates relationship with Israel

At a lunch and learn event on Jan. 23, Mote patrons learned about Mote’s history of marine science in Israel in celebration of Israel turning 70 this year.

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Longboat Key Fire Rescue has two ladder trucks that can reach 75 feet, including this Sutphen engine built in 2020, which serves as the primary engine at Fire Station 92.
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The home at 5840 Gulf of Mexico Drive sold for $4.5 million. Built in 2022, it has four bedrooms, four-and-two-half baths, a pool and 4,145 square feet of living area.
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Family and friends helped Out-of-Door Academy graduate Caleb Rodriguez celebrate his academic accomplishments at the May 22 ceremony. Rodriguez will be departing Longboat Key to attend the University of Central Florida to study mechanical engineering.
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