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Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 23, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 9.24.15

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

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Rotary Club of Longboat Key President Carol Erker informed the Town Commission Monday it has a $10,170 contribution for a dog park at Bayfront Park.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 23, 2015
LBK Rotary donates $10,170 to dog park

Bayfront Park has now received $12,270 in funding gifts for a new children’s playground and $10,170 for a future dog park.

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A construction crew works to replace a portion of an underground power line Sept. 17 along Harbourside Drive.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 23, 2015
Town rewires neighborhood undergrounding plan

A new funding mechanism for burying power lines in Longboat Key neighborhoods will be vetted by the commission if the Gulf of Mexico Drive referendum passes in November.

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At low tide, Commissioner Phill Younger says that concrete teeth, or baffling, used to help stop the flow of sand to hold a beach, are non-existent right now in the seaward sections of the groins that jut into the Gulf. (Kurt Schultheis)
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 23, 2015
Sand saving groins questioned

Two groins installed to hold sand on the north end of Longboat Key will be left alone for now. But commissioners made it known Monday they want frequent updates on their performance before more sand is placed there.

  • Longboat Key
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Longboat Key Foundation Chairman Bob Simmons has its sights set on a location for the Longboat Key Center for Healthy Living in and around Bay Isles Road and Bay Isles Parkway where a future town center concept is proposed. (file photo)
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 22, 2015
LBK Foundation receives $500,000 commitment

Ocean Properties Ltd. and an anonymous donor have committed funds for a new Longboat medical center.

  • Longboat Key
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Moonshine was Mote's resident male dolphin from 2003 to earlier this year. Mote has treated 71 dolphins and whales since 1992.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • September 22, 2015
Mote treats dolphin in critical condition

Mote Marine Laboratory is treating an adult male dolphin that was found stranded on the east side of Tampa Bay on Thursday.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Commissioner Phill Younger presented a new option for new zoning residential districts at a special joint workshop Monday at Town Hall.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 21, 2015
Town seeks to make nonconforming properties whole

Aging nonconforming tourism and multi-family Longboat Key properties can only rebuild their current number of units. New districts would allow those properties to build larger units and gives properties an opportunity to build more units.

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General Manager Jeff Mayers, AAA Field Manager Don Schwartz, Director of Communications Sandra Rios and Director of Resort Operations Rick Benninghove with the resort’s 32nd annual AAA Four Diamond Award in April
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • September 21, 2015
Longboat Key Club to hold job fair today and tomorrow

The Resort at Longboat Key Club is looking for employees in a variety of areas.

  • Longboat Key
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Commissioners Irwin Pastor and Lynn Larson present Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key President Armando Linde, center, with a thank you letter Thursday for the club's donation to Bayfront Park.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 18, 2015
Town offers thanks for Bayfront Park donation

A revamped Bayfront Park on Longboat Key that’s been in the works since 2008 has received $12,270 in funding gifts for a new children’s playground.

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Angela Vuocolo, from Kearny, N.J., submitted this photo of Longboat Key silhouetted in the sunset.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2015
Longboat photo contest winner: Sept. 17

Angela Vuocolo, from Kearny, N.J., submitted this photo of Longboat Key silhouetted in the sunset.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • September 17, 2015
Rotary Club gives back

The Rotary Club of Longboat Key hosted its biweekly food pantry on Sept. 17 at Tuttle Elementary School.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Longboat Key Assistant Town Manager Anne Ross discussed a Gulf of Mexico Drive undergrounding referendum question Thursday with consultant Danny Brannon at Thursday’s Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key meeting.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 17, 2015
Town kicks off GMD undergrounding education forums

A new funding mechanism for burying power lines in Longboat Key neighborhoods will be vetted by the commission if the Gulf of Mexico Drive referendum passes in November.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A greet sea turtle hatchling makes its way to the ocean. Mote’s Sea Turtle Patrol found a record-breaking 36 green sea turtle nests this season. (Photo credit: Marc Ellis, H2O pictures)
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • September 16, 2015
Turtle nesting season reaches record numbers

Preliminary results show a record number of green sea turtle nests and a tied combined record of green and loggerhead nests from Longboat Key to Venice.

  • Longboat Key
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David Pilston became CEO of Save Our Seabirds in 2012.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • September 16, 2015
Conversation with David Pilston

In three short years, Save Our Seabirds CEO David Pilston has turned the center from run-down to exemplary.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Enjoy this week's edition of Longboat Key Cops Corner.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • September 16, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 9.17.15

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

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