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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 25, 2012
Town urges FAA to stop plane noise

The town of Longboat Key is asking the Federal Aviation Administration to follow its noise abatement procedures properly.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • August 6, 2025
Southside Elementary teachers prepare for the start of school

Creating bulletin board displays, providing bright spaces and assembling "Star Wars" memorabilia are a few of the ways teachers are preparing their classrooms.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • November 9, 2011
WELCOME BACK: What you missed

If you're like many Longboaters, you fled town for the summer. When you left, the 'Lights Out' posters were just beginning to dot the Key in preparation for turtle-nesting season.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • November 29, 2018
Residents focus on downtown construction issues

Two city officials, a building professional and a lawyer joined downtown residents Nov. 15 to discuss construction safety.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 27, 2023
New Mote aquarium secures $20 million from Sarasota County

The $132 million Mote Science Education Aquarium project near University Town Center expects to open to the public at the beginning of 2025.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 27, 2013
Tampa to Marco

Naples-based Premier Sotheby's International Realty, fresh off a banner year in 2012, moves into South Tampa's luxury market with its first office there.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • By Yaryna Klimchak |
  • March 28, 2013
Boys will be boys

The smell of fresh grass clippings and dirt floats through the air, as players step up to bat at the 17th Street Park Softball Complex.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Jay Heater |
  • March 1, 2017
Palm Aire holds 100th birthday celebration for Betty Andreone

The Sarasota couple of Betty, 100, and Gus Andreone, the oldest PGA Professional at 105, have a combined 205 years of experience.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Tyler Whitson |
  • October 11, 2012
Clergy, CIW and community members gather for Publix protest in support of Reverend Clay Thomas

Clergy, CIW and community members gather for Publix protest in support of Reverend Clay Thomas

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Jim DeLa |
  • June 21, 2024
Hospital board candidates square off at Tiger Bay forum

Growth, the role of the board and medical freedom were hot topics.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • November 29, 2025
St. Armands Black Friday seems less brisk this year

Some shop owners said they were surprised last year's Black Friday shopping seemed busier than this year's, despite hurricane challenges.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 13, 2016
Group hopes to bring Women's Sports Museum to Sarasota

A former women's baseball player wants to throw a fastball through sports' glass ceiling.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By David Conway |
  • May 18, 2017
Street Fighters: Siesta residents spar over Beach Road closure

One man is responsible for igniting perhaps the most contentious issue on Siesta Key. But why, exactly, is Mike Cosentino so fired up about a 230-foot segment of Beach Road?

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Nolan Peterson |
  • February 20, 2014
Roat: a voice and a vision for Sarasota County

Paul Roat's work as an editor and a photographer for the Pelican Press and Anna Maria Islander spanned some of the area's most memorable moments and highlighted his passion for the community in which he lived.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 19, 2012
U.S. Census data shows 10-year loss of 40 businesses, 780 jobs on the Key

Longboat Key lost a net total of 40 establishments in the past decade and 54 from its peak of 270 in 2005, according to U.S. Census data.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • October 22, 2014
Commission jolts utilities plan

A proposal to bury the island's power equipment moves one step closer to voters after the commission approved two ordinances.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • October 22, 2014
Heritage Harbour South CDD Seat 5: Joe Jaudon

Jaudon plans to continue fostering relationships with Heritage Harbour CDD and Stoneybrook if re-elected.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • August 4, 2016
Kiwanis Club gives back to local students

34 scholarships were handed out at the annual scholarship breakfast.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Maria Amodio |
  • November 17, 2010
Castillian kicks off holiday season

Castillian residents held a cocktail party and lighting ceremony for their holiday decorations on Wednesday, Nov. 17. The Castillian's decorating committee, led by resident Bob Havel, got an early start on holiday decorations, putting up a 6 foot nutcracker, giant candy canes and plenty of christmas lights.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • January 3, 2012
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Off the Court

Joe Salvino and Tennis Pro David Sparks watch tennis matches from the sidelines at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center on Tuesday, Jan. 3.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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