Howard Tipton: Longboat Key Says Goodbye to the Manager Who Carried It Through the Storms
On his last day on the job, all seven commissioners — one by remote — set aside Monday's agenda to thank Howard Tipton, the...
“I Think We’re Just Putting It Off”: Longboat’s Tree Code Rewrite Stalls at the Starting Line
One commissioner sat through a year of hearings and says it's ready. Another found "too many inconsistencies." All seven agreed on one thing: not...
Jordan-Branded Club Pulls Its Own Application After Parking Plan Collapses
Facing a board member with a tape measure, 99 angry neighbors and a bombshell phone call to Jupiter, 1000 North retreats to fight another...
Whitney’s Plans Tropical Dining Garden Where Longboat Bank Sat Empty for 16 Years
Before Whitney’s transformed its own site into a dining destination, that property was an abandoned gas station that sat empty for years. The restaurant...
Half the Trees, Double the Fee: Longboat’s New Tree Code Cuts Replacement Rule as Canopy Reels From Storms
When the Town Commission takes up Ordinance 2026-11 at its Sept. 14 meeting, it will be voting on the most sweeping rewrite of Longboat’s...
Michael Jordan-Backed Private Club Faces Its Final Hurdle Wednesday
With Jordan, Ernie Els and Serena Williams on the marquee and $6,000 annual dues on the menu, 1000 North seeks approval Wednesday amid a...
Sarasota’s Traffic Rewrite Would Make 100 Percent Congestion the Downtown Standard; A Commissioner Is Sounding the Alarm
For a builder, a comprehensive plan that has made peace with gridlock is one less lawsuit, one less denial, one less expensive traffic study...
Dune Project Caps $13 Million Fight to Save Lido Beach
Crews mobilize Sept. 14 to build 1.2 miles of vegetated dunes, the final phase of a federally funded campaign to rebuild a shoreline that...
Garage Gets a Defender as Island President Answers Sarasota’s Parking Revolt
Chris Goglia says the structure sheltered flood victims during Helene and should never be sold. The consultant who justified it warned its financing numbers...
Sloan’s Hot-Pink Ice Cream Parlor Joins St. Armands’ Dessert Counter
The West Palm Beach chain signs 1,450 square feet at a crosswalk two doors from Ben & Jerry’s, as the post-hurricane lease shuffle keeps...