Owed $28 Million and Losing Patience, Longboat Key Takes Its FEMA Fight to the State
With federal reimbursements for the 2024 storms still stalled in a state-and-federal review pipeline, Longboat is asking the region’s next state senator to intervene,...
Longboat Key Takes Its $1.4 Million Amendment 3 Case Straight to the Homeowners
Commissioners are drafting HOA mailers on Town letterhead, lobbying Tallahassee and pointing at $30 million in hurricane bills. Sarasota, where the mayor is already...
City Says No to South Lido’s Problem Park, Citing Jet Skis, Trucks and a Battered Budget
Four months after commissioners talked up a takeover of South Lido’s most troubled public space, city staff priced it out and said no. The...
Longboat Pass Is Being Dredged Again, and This Time the Sand Goes North
Manatee County's Hurricane Idalia repair project is pulling 63,450 cubic yards from the channel to rebuild Coquina Beach
—The dredge is back in Longboat Pass,...
How a Fence at Florida’s Oldest Attraction Became a Fight Over Liability, Property Values and 87 Years of Old Florida
Jerry Kamensky says a new eight-foot fence at the 1939 attraction violates its special exception, has knocked 7 to 10 percent off nearby home...