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Water Main Haulers Leave GMD Sidewalk Cracked

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Longboat Key Historical Society Gets a Lease and a Deadline

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Longboat Commission Embraces Flock as Chief Vows to Get Cameras “Back in the Ground”

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Thrilla on the Key: Mayor Williams and Mark Walsh go to sudden death as OPL Charities raises $525,000

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Save Our Seabirds Opens Five New Aviaries

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Coast Guard crew frees entangled loggerhead in waters off Sarasota

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City Says No to South Lido’s Problem Park, Citing Jet Skis, Trucks and a Battered Budget

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The Great Sarasota Meltdown: One Out of Three of My Tennis Partners Has Disappeared

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Fifteen Rabbits, Six Children, Two Dogs and One Editor Who Has Lost Control of the Narrative

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Ozzy Osbourne, Your Fitbit and the Great Longboat Key Flock Camera Shuffle

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Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of October 30, 2026

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On Patrol Longboat Key Police reports week of October 16, 2026

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Scarier Than a Millage Rate: Longboat Town Hall Dresses Up for Halloween

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What the Columbia’s Ulele Teaches Barrier Islands About Weathering a Storm

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All Aboard the Great Smoky Mountains

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Commission Overturns Planning Board, Approves Midtown Plaza Hotel 3-2

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Water Main Haulers Leave GMD Sidewalk Cracked

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