What a $3.6 Billion Beach Means for Longboat Key and Sarasota’s Barrier Islands
Siesta Key just topped America’s best-beach list again. For Longboat Key and the Sarasota barrier islands, the real story is what that crown is...
Progress Has a Price in Sarasota with Fruitville Road Development Plan
Sarasota needs housing. A Tennessee developer has a plan. And standing in the way are seventeen small businesses, two massive oak trees, and a...
As Schools Cut, Longboat Funds
As the district cuts 136 teaching jobs, a timeless tension between wealth, civic obligation, and public education plays out on the shores of Sarasota...
Sarasota’s Mote Marine Deploys Its Secret Weapon Against Dying Coral Reefs
—For Longboat Key residents who love the ocean — and there are a few — a piece of news arrived quietly in late March...
Dismasted: Sailboat Collision Halts Traffic on Aging Longboat Pass Bridge
—A Sudden Halt to the Morning Commute
The morning of Friday, April 17, 2026, brought an unexpected halt to the coastal commute in Longboat Key,...