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Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of October 31, 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...

Historic Bird Key Yacht Club Demolished for $27.5M Resilient Future

STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com The 65-year-old Bird Key Yacht Club is officially a memory, having been completely demolished over the past week to make way...

Longboat Key Protects a Legacy: “Gulf of Mexico Drive” Retained in Unanimous Vote

STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com After weeks of contentious debate sparked by state action, Longboat Key’s Town Commission voted unanimously to retain the historic name Gulf...

Community Shines at Longboat Key Chamber Awards

Resilience, community spirit, and a commitment to recovery were the central themes of this year’s Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce annual awards banquet. Held...

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Turning Down the Volume: Sarasota Commissions Noise Study Amidst Corvette Revvers and “Cranky Neighbors”

—Between the thumping bass of downtown nightlife, the roar...

How a 1930s Bungalow is Ground Zero in Sarasota’s Battle Over Preservation

—The ongoing tug-of-war for Sarasota’s soul was on full...

Sarasota Rejects 50% Parking Rate Hike, Opts for Extended Hours, Fines to Offset $2.8M

—Facing a ballooning multimillion-dollar deficit in its parking program,...

Etch-a-Sketch Empire: The True Cost of an Aimless War, from Hormuz to Longboat Key

—Here on the barrier islands, the illusion of insulation...
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