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Push to add height, density and hotels to St. Armands back in Sarasota City Hall; pushback is immediate

STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com While logic might imply that increasing height, development and adding hotel rooms to St. Armands Circle makes little sense given its...

Whittall wants new parking garage at St. Regis Longboat Key

STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com Longboat Key St. Regis Developer and Owner Chuck Whittall was on the Indianapolis 500 racetrack last Friday, ready to enter a...

Longboat’s budgeting director and 30-year town employee Sandi Henley heading to retire in Panama

STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com Town of Longboat Key Town employee Sandi Henley has lived in a world of Heaven and Hell for the last 30...

Longboat hires Police Chief from Delray Beach to lead force

STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com It’s not all hurricanes, library fundraising and road construction on Longboat Key, there is also important police activity that happens on...

Signs of success, progress on St. Armands

St. Armands Residents Association President Chris Goglia released an update this week in which he enumerates “a few reasons to be hopeful about St....

Baltimore Orioles minor league player dies in Jet Ski crash off Lido Key

The Baltimore Orioles are mourning the loss of one of their minor league players after he died in a Jet Ski accident Sunday off...

Mote Aquarium preparing for a big move to its new facility

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium says it is getting closer to the move from its current location to the new Mote Science Education Aquarium...

Mote seagrass restoration plan makes critical impact

Seagrasses play a crucial role in the health and resilience of Florida’s coastal ecosystems. They provide nursery habitats for keystone species and stabilize shorelines...

Drinking & dining on St. Armands & Lido Key: What’s open, What’s gone…

S.W AND RICH HERMANSEN Staff Writers wine@lbknews.com Last week’s Wine Times column surveyed the St. Armand’s – Lido Key food and beverage sector beginning on City Island...

Longboat Key’s $35 million listing sets regional record

One of the most expensive and opulent estates on Longboat Key, which straddles more than one acre of Gulf-front on the island’s south end,...

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