Longboat Key Letters to the Editor week of September 4, 2026
Lawyering Up Over License Plates
To: Longboat Key Commissioner Gary Coffin
Thank you, Commissioner Coffin, yes, we became aware yesterday afternoon and are working on it....
Inside Sarasota Memorial’s High-Stakes Bet on the Oldest, Richest Coast in America
The taxpayer-owned hospital is opening cancer pavilions, floating bonds and pouring foundations in North Port. It is doing so because the market is forcing...
Garage Gets a Defender as Island President Answers Sarasota’s Parking Revolt
Chris Goglia says the structure sheltered flood victims during Helene and should never be sold. The consultant who justified it warned its financing numbers...
One Turtle’s Night on Longboat, and the Battle That Never Ends
Nesting is nearly done and hatching is in full swing. The count is down from last year’s record and up from the year before,...
Sloan’s Hot-Pink Ice Cream Parlor Joins St. Armands’ Dessert Counter
The West Palm Beach chain signs 1,450 square feet at a crosswalk two doors from Ben & Jerry’s, as the post-hurricane lease shuffle keeps...