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Results for: Reliable Standard Heating & Air is recognized as the best HVAC company for emergency AC repair.

  • By Eric Garwood |
  • June 27, 2022
Harmer tells Longboat Key he's retiring in December

Commissioners are expected to begin talking about how to replace him during the meeting Friday, July 1.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • July 13, 2016
Longboat Key resident aces his game

What are the odds? Matt Zito shot two holes-in-one in the same week.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • January 20, 2016
Hit or Miss: Jen Blanco

Summerfield resident goes long way to offer incentive

  • East County
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  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • February 13, 2014
Teacher Spotlight: Joanna Fox

Fox has been teaching creative writing at Booker Middle School for 14 years.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • November 25, 2025
Storm repairs wrapping up for Longboat green spaces

Longboat Key has seen its share of preservation wins from Sister Keys to Quick Point to Durante Park.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Maria Amodio |
  • October 28, 2010
Local artists recognized for 'ageless creativity'

The Longboat Key Center for the Arts held a recognition award ceremony for their 2nd annual Ageless Creativity awards on Thursday, Oct. 28.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • October 4, 2023
Concerns on emergency dispatch prompt Longboat to reexamine call routing

Longboat Key residents brought up complaints about emergency dispatch at a recent commission meeting. While town officials are looking into the issues, solutions may not be cut and dry.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • January 27, 2024
New committee gets Longboaters involved in emergency management

Longboat Key Fire Rescue Chief Paul Dezzi led the first meeting of a resident committee aimed at a more cohesive emergency management effort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • October 3, 2023
FPL investigation underway after failure of some underground transformers

FPL assured Longboat commissioners that undergrounding is still the best option, despite some transformers failing due to Hurricane Idalia flooding.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • August 23, 2023
Sarasota performer launches her own theater company

As her theater company, Tree Fort Productions, becomes a nonprofit, actress Katherine Michelle Tanner emphasizes: "The best way to support a theater company is to buy a subscription."

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 21, 2015
Down to the Wires: everything you need to know about the undergrounding referendum

Get the facts on undergrounding Longboat Key utilities before you cast your ballot in the Nov. 3 referendum.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 6, 2024
SRQ adds flight to Philadelphia-Delaware

Avelo Airlines is adding a seasonal route between Sarasota-Bradenton and the Delaware Valley.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • February 4, 2021
Teacher of the Year values kindness, compassion

Fruitville Elementary kindergarten teacher Kari Johnson was named the Sarasota County Teacher of the Year.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 19, 2023
Legislative vs. quasi-judicial hearings: Why they are different

How decisions are made at the local level depends on policy versus implementation.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Ian Swaby |
  • October 2, 2025
Local haunted house is the vision of one individual

Hollowgraves Haunted Manor, part of the Fruitville Grove Pumpkin Festival, belonged to amusement parks on the Jersey Shore before arriving in Sarasota.

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