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Longboat Key

General Manager Jeff Mayers, AAA Field Manager Don Schwartz, Director of Communications Sandra Rios and Director of Resort Operations Rick Benninghove with the resorts 32nd annual AAA Four Diamond Award in April
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • September 15, 2015
Longboat Key Club to hold job fair

The Resort at Longboat Key Club is hosting a two-day job fair on Sept. 21 and 22.

  • Longboat Key
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Longbeach Village resident Gene Jaleski reported to Commissioner Phill Younger Monday that fewer than 8-feet of dry sand remains at the North Shore Road beach access. (Gene Jaleski)
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 15, 2015
Resident reports rapid north end erosion

Rapid sand loss in and around two groins built to help hold sand on the north end of Longboat Key has been reported.

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Angella Cisco-Ferreira will serve as Bird Key Yacht Club’s food and beverage director.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • September 14, 2015
Bird Key Yacht Club welcomes new food and beverage director

Angella Cisco-Ferreira will serve as Bird Key Yacht Club’s food and beverage director.

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  • News
Fifteen homes in Bayou Sound under a boil water notice until Tuesday afternoon because a water line broke on Harbourside Drive over the weekend.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 14, 2015
Bayou Sound under a boil water notice

Bayou Sound homes lost water service over the weekend when a water line broke on Harbourside Drive Saturday night on Longboat Key.

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This Tesla Model S has extra storage space under the hood — the engine is located in the rear of the vehicle.
    By
  • Jessica Salmond
  • September 12, 2015
Mote Marine gets energized about electric cars

The laboratory and aquarium center hosted Electrify the Island to kick off National Drive Electric Week.

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  • Neighbors
Presented to Finance Director Sue Smith, a budget excellence award states the town’s budget demonstrates “a constructive spirit of full disclosure to clearly communicate its financial story and motivate potential users and user groups to read the CAFR.”
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 11, 2015
Town recognized for budget excellence

The town of Longboat Key’s 2014-15 comprehensive annual financial report received a certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting.

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The Longboat Key Public Works Department puts 2,974 flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to commemorate the 2,974 lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • September 11, 2015
Longboat remembers Sept. 11

The Longboat Key Public Works Department lined 2,974 flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive to commemorate the 2,974 lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.

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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • September 10, 2015
A deal with the devils

After 9/11, Americans united in pursuit of justice. They still want it. The Iran nuclear deal and Senate minority defy the people’s wishes and ignore the obvious truth.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Electric Vehicle owner Mark Malkasian
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • September 10, 2015
Mote to Electrify the Island

Electrify the Island will showcase electric vehicles on Sept. 12.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 10, 2015
Sounding of a shofar for Rosh Hashanah

Longboat resident Lowell Lakritz will perform with a shofar at Temple Emanu-El to celebrate the Jewish new year.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key Town Manager Dave Bullock proposes using $389,675 of general fund balance in fiscal year 2015-16.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 10, 2015
Commission approves $16 million budget on first reading

A fiscal year 2015-16 budget will be balanced by using $389,675 of general fund dollars to pay for rising expenses. The millage rate will be lower than last year.

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Wendy Popp takes a phone call while setting curlers in Shirley Klein's hair.
    By
  • Amanda Morales
  • September 10, 2015
Beauty secrets: the faces of Plymouth Coiffeur

Plymouth Harbor residents rely on salon for beauty secrets and friendship.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 9, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 9.10.2015

Enjoy this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.

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Whitney Beach Plaza owner Ryan Snyder says his only other alternative in the immediate future is to fill up the plaza with tenants before season.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 9, 2015
Survey says: No hotel for Whitney

Longboat Key's Whitney Beach Plaza owner Ryan Snyder knows the plaza can’t sustain itself on the leases it has now. An investigation into a 100-room boutique hotel doesn't offer hope for the site.

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Shore restaurant owner Tom Leonard says a revised Shore application that now has a one-story restaurant with 185 seats “will have a woody, surf watch, Old Florida feel."
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 9, 2015
Shore seats: And then there were 185

A revised Longbeach Village restaurant application eliminates a second story and reduces the number of seats from 299 to 185.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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