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Longboat Key

    By
  • Katie Johns
  • July 1, 2017
Mote hosts "fin-tastic" family festival

The annual Fins and Family fun Festival took place on July 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Looking east on Cortez Road, with 119th Street West to the right.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • July 1, 2017
Bradenton traffic plan encourages Longboat leaders

It's not perfect, they say, but it will help and can serve as foundation for more work.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 30, 2017
Aqua Kids snorkel into summer fun

Mote campers snorkeled New Pass Inlet and field sampled Sarasota Bay.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A walk-in saltwater pool.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • June 30, 2017
Beachfront estate offers lots of features, privacy

North Longboat property listed on the market for $14.75 million

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Recognize these earrings? Longboat police want to hear from you.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • June 29, 2017
Police name suspected Longboat jewelry thief

The suspect worked as a window blind installer for a subcontractor of Lowe's home improvement stores.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Sergeant Dave Cooper with (from right) Maureen Cooper (mother), Mirka Sidlo (girlfriend) and Bianca Cooper (daughter).
    By
  • John McGuire
  • June 29, 2017
Longboat Police Department has a new sergeant

Dave Cooper joined the force in December 2014.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Meghan Sasser
  • June 29, 2017
Longboat Key weather page photo: June 29

Mary Tygh Parks captured this Lido Key Beach sunset.

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  • Neighbors
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 28, 2017
Campers skim and surf Lido Beach

The camp, run by Compound Boardshop, taught participants more than how to skim, surf and paddleboard.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
This home at 665 N. Owl Drive on Bird Key sold for $2.55 million.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 28, 2017
Bird Key home sells for $2.55 million

Residential real estate transactions June 12-16.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • June 28, 2017
Ben Franklin, we need you more than ever

To preserve what our Founders created, Ben Franklin knew it depended on our having the proper temper in the public square.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Katie Johns & John McGuire
  • June 28, 2017
Zota Beach Resort officially open for business

Zota Beach Resort welcomes its first guests with grand opening on June 23.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 28, 2017
Party animals' fireworks can frighten the real ones

From dolpins and turtles to manatees and skimmers, all marine wildlife can be affected over Independence Day.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Richard Satorius Courtesy photo
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • June 28, 2017
Longboat Key Obituaries: June 29, 2017

Rodger Rohde, Richard Satorius, Joanna Brown, Dana Kampmann and Leo "Fish" Pinkowski died.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner!
    By
  • John McGuire
  • June 28, 2017
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 6.29.17

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner!

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Jean Weidner Goldstein and Alfred Goldstein
    By
  • Anna Brugmann
  • June 27, 2017
Alfred R. Goldstein: A legacy etched in stone

The prolific philanthropist died June 26 at age 92.

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