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Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of August 8, 2025

Short term rental To: Longboat Key Commissioner BJ Bishop Thanks for sharing this email.  We will review and let you know. Howard N. Tipton Town Manager Town of Longboat...

Changes, little bit by little bit

MATTHEW EDLUND Guest Writer news@lbknews.com “I can’t change,” people tell me.  “I want to.  I can’t.” Yet the research landscape is changing.  And now it’s arguing that small...

Your complete guide to Tiebreak success

JACKIE BOHANNON Guest Writer news@lbknews.com Recently, I was playing a doubles tournament, and all four of us were confused about the format. We couldn’t agree on when...

Area market threshold is passed as Longboat record sale tops $30 million

STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com A new market threshold has just been passed and a record set with the $30.3 million sale of a 19,300 square- foot...

Breaking

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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