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Longboat Key

Proposed legislation would limit the town' s ability to regulate infrastructure of wireless communication providers.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • March 24, 2017
Longboat Key opposes legislation that could compromise undergrounding project

The legislation would limit the town's ability to regulate infrastructure of wireless communication providers.

  • Longboat Key
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The Town Commission has rejected an 80-foot building height limit.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • March 23, 2017
Town Commission rejects 80-foot building height limit

The 80-foot limit had been recommended by the Planning and Zoning Board.

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The Charter Review Committee has been selected.
    By
  • John McGuire
  • March 23, 2017
Longboat Charter Review Committee has been selected

The committee will recommend changes to the town charter for the consideration of Key voters.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Katie Johns
  • March 23, 2017
Key of Sea hits high note at The Players Club

The chorus performed for residents and friends on March 23.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Good news, bad news: no more powerlines in 2018, but sidewalks take a hit.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 23, 2017
APRIL FOOLS -- Underground utilities project takes aim at Longboat sidewalks, bike paths

Contractor said he was told to avoid tying up traffic

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The resort-style cemetery
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 23, 2017
APRIL FOOLS -- 'It's a no-density proposal ... for the living'

New Jersey businessman proposes resort-style cemeteries on Longboat

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Former President Obama enjoys the outdoors.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 23, 2017
APRIL FOOLS : Longboat's newest retired CEO: It's Obama!

Family decides on coastal spot after daughter picks New College.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Slow traffic has its benefits.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 23, 2017
APRIL FOOLS -- Longboat lands top rank for leisurely travel

Slow pace, hardly moving traffic a big selling point, magazine says

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  • News
This home at 680 Longview Drive in Longboat Shores tops all real estate transaction for the week of March 6-10.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • March 23, 2017
Longboat Shores home sells for $680,000

Real estate transactions for March 6-10.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2017
Longboat Key weather page photo: March 23

Cindy Leder captured this sunset from The Beaches condos on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Lydia Franklin admires her father Richard' s new fire department badge.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • March 23, 2017
Five Longboat firefighters get their badges

Ceremony culminates a year of training for department's newest members

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  • News
The vacant property at the center is the property owned by the Mote Scientific Foundation, a not-for-profit that would have benefited from the sale of the site to Brista Homes.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2017
At what point is it a taking?

Longboat’s density restrictions have created what looks like an unreasonable burden.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • March 23, 2017
How the Bert Harris Act works

Ronald Weaver updated the Bert Harris Act in 2007.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Kelly Carson
  • March 23, 2017
Letters to the editor

Tolls, election, growth and the arts

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Katie Johns
  • March 22, 2017
Booker High School Gospel Choir performs at Christ Church

The choir club treated Christ Church members to a performance following the church's monthly dinner.

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