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Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of July 12, 2024
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...
Payne Park under threat from expanding development plan
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
The 29-acre Payne Park located in the heart of Downtown Sarasota is under the threat, yet again, of development. This time...
Debate is on: Drawbridge or fixed span at Longboat Pass?
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is weighing three options: either a low or mid-level bascule type of drawbridge, or what is referred to...
Florida Man Who Stole More Than $141,000 From Longboat Woman Found In GA says FDLE
A man faces charges after stealing more than $141,000 from an elderly woman in Longboat Key, according to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement...
Bicyclist dies after being struck by Sarasota Deputy
According to Florida Highway Patrol, shortly after 11:30 p.m. Thursday, a Sarasota County Sheriff’s Deputy hit a bicyclist. The incident took place on US-41...