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A missed opportunity?
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • May 28, 2025
A missed opportunity?

With a looming $14 million library-community center a football field away from the $2.1 million Tidewell building, it makes you wonder.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
In a 2022 report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, sea levels along U.S. coastlines are predicted to rise as much as 1 foot by 2050.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • March 5, 2024
Town moves ahead on ordinance to increase maximum seawall height

No minimum height can be established at present, but Longboat Key town staff recommended a greater maximum height allowance to address resiliency.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Jesse Nager plays Jesus in Asolo Repertory Theatre's "Jesus Christ Superstar," which runs from May 14-June 15 at FSU Center for the Performing Arts.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • April 28, 2025
Broadway director returns to Asolo Rep for 'Jesus Christ Superstar'

Asolo Repertory Theatre is gearing up for a powerful new production of "Jesus Christ Superstar," directed and choreographed by Broadway’s Josh Rhodes.

  • Arts + Culture
Town staffer finds balance with tiring work and passion for weightlifting
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • January 14, 2025
Town staffer finds balance with tiring work and passion for weightlifting

Matthew Ballew's busy days working for Longboat Key Public Works are paired with a lifestyle of weightlifting and bodybuilding, which has taught him important life lessons.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The crew gets ready to move the hose from the working floor up to the floor above, where the simulated "fire" would be.
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • November 18, 2024
Longboat Key Fire Rescue focuses training on high-rise techniques

The three department crews ran through scenarios that put high rise training into practice and helped solidify training on lower-frequency calls.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Graduate Jayvian Johnson (second from left), his girlfriend Alyssa Harris, brother Will Johnson and father Terrence Johnson
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • June 3, 2025
Booker High School celebrates 2025 graduates

Some 340 graduates of Booker High School walked the stage on May 31.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
As a member of the Savannah Bananas, Correlle Prime's career takes him on the road, but his heart always is with his family in Manatee County.
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • June 24, 2025
Savannah Banana's greatest connection is with his Manatee County family

Ballplayer Correlle Prime maintains a balanced diet: Bananas on the road and his family at home.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Sisterhood for Good's Pamela Modisett presents a grant check for $5,000 to Save Our Seabirds Executive Director Brian Walton June 19 at the Annual Grants Ceremony at Gold Coast Eagle Distributing in Lakewood Ranch.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 21, 2025
Lakewood Ranch's Sisterhood for Good presents $150,150 in grants

Thirty regional nonprofits were awarded funds in the nonprofit's annual grants ceremony.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The Longbeach home was built in 1953 and has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,723 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 20, 2025
Top residential real estate sales for August 4-8 in Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird Key

A home in Regent Court on Longboat Club Road tops the week’s sales at $30.3 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Brianne Brown provides a "Watch Stander" training at Manatee County's Emergency Operations Center March 26.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • March 30, 2025
Manatee County strives to become a veteran safe place

The county has partnered with The Fire Watch to provide free training so residents can spot veterans in crisis.

  • East County
  • News
The home at 3491 Bayou Sound sold for $3.3 million. Built in 1993, it has four bedrooms, four-and-two-half baths, a pool and 5,224 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • September 10, 2025
Top residential real estate sales for August 25-29 in Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird Key

A home in Bay Isles on Bayou Sound tops the week’s sales at $3.3 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Roundabout construction will lock up University Parkway in Lakewood Ranch
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • August 18, 2025
Roundabout construction will lock up University Parkway in Lakewood Ranch

There's no doubt the intersection at University Parkway and Deer Drive/Legacy Boulevard needs an upgrade, a reader says.

  • East County
  • Opinion
The sold unit at 455 Longboat Club Road was built in 1990 and has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,410 square feet of living area.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 27, 2025
Top residential real estate sales for August 11-15 in Longboat, Lido, St. Armands, Bird Key

A home on Longboat Key on Gulf of Mexico Drive tops the week’s sales at $11 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
  • 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
Carol Smith lends a hand with the beach cleanup at Siesta Beach for World Ocean Day on June 8, kicking off a week of events by Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • June 9, 2025
Keeping 'America's best beach' sharp for World Ocean Day

Representatives from Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium and Sarasota County are collaborating for an expanded celebration of World Ocean Week, which kicked off with a cleanup at Siesta Key Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Shanaia Nadesu, a fourth grader at Innovation Academy, provided an illustration.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • May 15, 2025
Sarasota students write letters about Florida for Virginia third grader

A letter from a Virginia third grader's class asked what life is like in Florida. Sarasota students provide answers.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
County delays new circuit court file storage building
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 27, 2024
County delays new circuit court file storage building

Sarasota County commissioners task staff to explore the commercial real estate market for a better deal on an existing structure.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The group that traveled with the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce for last year's trip to Italy pose for a photo. This year, participants are heading to Ireland.
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • June 17, 2025
Longboat Chamber launches new travel club

The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce recently launched a new community travel club as it gears up for an upcoming trip to Ireland.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
'Save the Mira Mar' is inappropriate form of horse trading
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • May 21, 2025
'Save the Mira Mar' is inappropriate form of horse trading

Seaward's development plan rests on two shaky pillars that lacks an economic need and historic preservation, a reader says.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The world premiere of Ken Ludwig's "Lady Molly of Scotland Yard" runs through Feb. 8 at Asolo Repertory Theatre.
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • February 2, 2025
Lady Molly is on the case at Asolo Repertory Theatre

Ken Ludwig’s "Lady Molly of Scotland Yard" cracks the code for a World War II farce on the Asolo Rep stage.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
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