On Patrol Longboat Key Police reports week of June 13, 2025
The following are actual police reports as written by Longboat Key Police Officers. They are edited for length, punctuation and to protect privacy.
June 6
Citizen...
Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of June 13, 2025
Longboat Key News and Sarasota City News encourages Letters to the Editor on timely issues. Please email to: letters@lbknews.com or mail to PO Box...
Longboat Library reaches milestone approval; final design next
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
Longboat Key Town Manager Howard Tipton is breathing as if the weight of an entire public library was lifted from his...
DeSantis signs bills allowing hotel, business property owners to have police eject squatters
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two bills on Monday that allow hotels and business property owners to have police remove squatters.
Under SB 606, police can...
Fish Farm for 20,000 redfish approved off Sarasota
For the last seven years, Hawaii-based Ocean Era has been working to bring a fish farm demonstration to Florida’s Gulf Coast. Last month, the...