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Longboat Key

Executive Director of the Mt. Carmel Resource Center Shirley Pearson shares its mission with Longboat Island Chapel members.
    By
  • Petra Rivera
  • June 20, 2024
Longboat Island Chapel hosts and donates to Mt. Carmel Resource Center

For their monthly charity cocktail hour, chapel members collect donations of men's clothing.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
For Sarasota school board
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  • Matt Walsh
  • June 19, 2024
For Sarasota school board

After four years of culture wars, the fallout from COVID and changing to a new superintendent, the school board needs stability and consistency.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
Gus Mollasis loves to display different items relating to cinema in Sarasota Estate Auction.
    By
  • Petra Rivera
  • June 19, 2024
Gus Mollasis teaches the magic of movies on Longboat Key

"At The Movies with Gus Mollasis" at the Education Center takes film students back to the golden age of cinema.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The Unit A-401 condominium at 415 L’Ambiance Drive has three bedrooms, three-and-two-half baths and 3,220 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 19, 2024
Top residential real estate sales for June 3-7 in Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird Key

A condominium in L’Ambiance at Longboat Key Club tops the week's sales at $5.55 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Longboat Key to add new town engineer position
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • June 19, 2024
Longboat Key to add new town engineer position

Town staff presented preliminary operating revenues expenditures for the fiscal 2025 budget, which included increases in personnel costs due to inflation and new staff members.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A study done by the Florida Department of Transportation estimated that the current drawbridge is raised about 100-300 times a month.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • June 19, 2024
What's the right size for a new Longboat Pass Bridge?

With new bridge alternatives on the table, FDOT returned to Longboat Key after community members raised concerns about size and scale.

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Observer recommends
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • June 19, 2024
Observer recommends

2024 primary election recommendations from Observer Media Group CEO and Founder Matt Walsh.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • June 18, 2024
FPL commits to finish utilities undergrounding project by end of 2024

Existing electrical poles on Longboat Key are scheduled to be removed by Dec. 31.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Resident worries about personal info after grocery delivery
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • June 18, 2024
Resident worries about personal info after grocery delivery

A Longboat Key resident called police after a delivery driver scanned her driver’s license to drop off a bottle of wine. This and other Longboat Key Police reports in this week's Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Andrew Littauer with his authentic Romanian figurines
    By
  • Petra Rivera
  • June 18, 2024
23 years in Romania fostered Longboater's appreciation for life

After Romania's dictator was overthrown, Andrew Littauer worked to privatize banks there. Then he decided to stay.

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  • Neighbors
One dead after single-vessel boat crash off Longboat Key
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • June 17, 2024
One dead after single-vessel boat crash off Longboat Key

The Friday night incident involved a single vehicle with seven passengers.

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  • News
Deborah Miller with her book "One Little Pill"
    By
  • Petra Rivera
  • June 17, 2024
Longboat resident shares her road to recovery from opioid addiction

Deborah Miller's memoir challenges the stigma of addiction stereotypes and gives hope to those struggling.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
An epiphany on the poop problem
  • By Letter to the Editor
  • June 17, 2024
An epiphany on the poop problem

A letter writer zeroes in on a potential cause of Longboat's dog poop profusion.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Prehab falls into two main categories: general and sport specific.
    By
  • Mirabai Holland
  • June 16, 2024
An ounce of prehab is worth a pound of rehab

Healthy lifestyle choices can help prevent injuries and preserve mobility.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
A rendering of the reception area of the St. Regis Longboat Key, featuring the mural and bar.
    By
  • Carter Weinhofer
  • June 16, 2024
St. Regis hiring event draws large turnout as resort nears completion

More than 500 people attended the event on June 12, which was intended to help fill some 400 open positions.

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Traffic cleared after fire, bridge malfunction in Sarasota, Longboat
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Artist JC Wayne hangs the ninth and final piece in her series "Atomic Universe," the latest installation at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church. The display will be up throughout the holiday season.
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Locations of the new St. Armands speed tables are marked in red.
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St. Armands speed humps will be replaced with permanent speed tables
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Osprey play an important role in local ecosystems, and they seek out high perches on either designated nesting perches or, as in this case, power poles.
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Beverly Sutton introduces Santa Claus, who made an appearance at the Reading Buddies Christmas party on Dec. 11 at Christ Church of Longboat Key.
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