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Longboat Key

A $675,000 seasonal traffic study that’s going to analyze traffic in both Manatee and Sarasota counties is going to need some local money to get it done.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 22, 2016
Traffic study needs local funds

A $675,000 study will examine seasonal traffic on the barrier islands but local money is needed to help pay for the study.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 21, 2016
Garden Club finds its roots

The Longboat Key Garden Club honored Florida Arbor Day by donating four trees to the island Jan. 21, at Bicentennial Park.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Stan Singer captured this photo of the sunset casting colors on the water and sand at Beachplace on Longboat Key.
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 21, 2016
Longboat Key weather page photo: Jan. 21

Stan Singer captured this photo of the sunset casting colors on the water and sand at Beachplace on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 20, 2016
Seaplace dances the night away

Seaplace residents gathered at the condominium’s “Dance the Night Away” party Jan. 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • January 20, 2016
A show of backbone

It was a creative idea to help reduce underground utility assessments for those who will pay the most. But what you give to one meant increasing costs for others.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
The Longboat Key Town Commission is committed to holding a referendum on March 15 to ask voters to issue bonds for a $23.85 million neighborhood project to bury power lines island-wide.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 20, 2016
Neighborhood undergrounding project is down to the wire

Town Manager Dave Bullock and staff will continue to vet neighborhood undergrounding project concerns until Feb. 15, leaving just one month for public education before the March 15 ballot.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Kurt Schultheis Sleepy Lagoon residents survey the area Jan. 17, after feeling the storms early that morning.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 20, 2016
Tornado spares 'Lucky Longboat'

Tornadoes swept through Sarasota and Manatee counties, leaving Longboat on high alert but without major damage.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 20, 2016
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 1.21.16

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
The Pilates “scissors” exercise, from the front: Ginny Walder, Joan Elder and, legs only, Sharon Burde, Genie Sundquist and Peggy Keefe.
    By
  • Molly Schechter
  • January 20, 2016
Fitness 2016: An abundance of options and LBK’s first yoga studio

The new year brings new fitness opportunities to Longboat Key fitness enthusiasts.

  • Longboat Key
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The Longbeach Village’s first three captured peacocks look out from their holding cell: a cage in a truck that’s bound for a refuge center in eastern Manatee County. They’ll spend 90 days at the refuge center before they’re permanently relocated.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 20, 2016
Jailbirds: Peacock removal begins in the Village

These three suspects are behind bars and are no longer considered a flight risk. But how many of their bird brethren still roam the streets of the Village?

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 20, 2016
Briefs: Longboat Key 1.21.16

Town to investigate Emerald Harbor Drive issues; Beach project receives reimbursement; Firefighters offer free CPR training course

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North end Longboat Key resident Gianna Sparks, 13, gets on the bus every school day at the intersection of Broadway and Gulf of Mexico Drvie for a 30-minute ride to King Middle School in northwest Bradenton.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 20, 2016
The $33.07 million lesson

With just 86 students enrolled in Sarasota and Manatee county schools, Longboat Key taxpayers pay a hefty bill for education.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Vik Muniz
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 20, 2016
LBKCA plots new film series

The Longboat Key Center for the Arts will host a film series beginning Jan. 20.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • January 20, 2016
Your Calendar

Check out upcoming events on Longboat Key and surrounding areas.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • January 20, 2016
Longboat Key kettle is a top earner again

The Longboat Key Salvation Army kettle received $11,288.99 in 2015.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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Though homesteaded residents would gain property tax savings if Florida's overhaul proposal gains 60% of support in the November elections, even non-homesteaded property owners would see new protections from sharply rising property assessments.
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