A Bridge Too Far, A Span Too High: FDOT’s Towering Disregard for Longboat Key
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
It was really the classical Greeks who started philosophical paradoxes. You could go all the way back to Heraclitus, but let’s...
State Pushes Mega-Bridges Forward as Longboat Loses Battle for ‘Modest’ Spans
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
The era of the quaint barrier island drawbridge is rapidly coming to an end, and local officials are finding out the...
Trojan Horse on Circle: How a ‘Visioning’ Session Could Pave Way for St. Armands Hotelization
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
A city-run “visioning session” scheduled for next Thursday is being billed as a community discussion on the post-hurricane future of St....
The Baseline Divide: Why the Women’s Game is the Secret to Longevity on Longboat Key
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
Fifty-three years ago, the air in the Houston Astrodome was thick with cigar smoke and chauvinism as Billie Jean King was...
On Patrol Longboat Key Police reports week of February 20, 2026
Civil
8:00 a.m.
Officer Pescuma was dispatched to the 4600 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive in reference to a disturbance involving a guest payment dispute....