Family joins love, prayer and community to beat odds for Mighty Robot Tiger Lucas
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
What is a lifetime and how long is far too short?
And what length will a mother and father go to...
Longboat Manager faces floods, erosion, boat noise and funding
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
Forget the cliché: in today’s accelerated world, the new idiom is “What a difference a week makes.”
That certainly held true for...
St. Regis opening ushers in new era on Longboat Key
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
The opening of the St. Regis Longboat Key last Friday marks the beginning of a new era on the...
Siesta tops U.S. News list of best U.S. beaches this year
Siesta Key beat out three Hawaiian beaches, two other Florida beaches, two California beaches, one in Alabama and an area of coastal North Carolina,...
Mote Marine Laboratory releases rehabilitated sea turtle “Lil’ Dougie” off Siesta Beach
On Monday morning, August 12, Mote Marine Laboratory released a 154-pound, about 3-foot-long, subadult, female loggerhead sea turtle nicknamed “Lil’ Dougie” off Siesta Key...
Boat blaze destroys 65-foot yacht as investigation focuses on batteries
Longboat Key Fire Chief Paul Dezzi says that Lithium batteries likely exacerbated a boat fire last week that destroyed a 65-foot yacht at the...
Sarasota flooded with concerns after Debby drops 12 inches
At first Longboat and Sarasota were nervous with Tropical Storm Debby approaching. But soon, a small amount of relief washed over our region when...
Manatee’s Black Swan Faces up to 30 Years
A Manatee County jury of six found Ashley Benefield, a former ballerina, accused of shooting and killing her estranged husband in 2020, guilty of...
Boisterous Boaters Erode Patience of North Longboat Homeowners
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
The very northern tip of Longboat Key has long been a residential oasis. But over the past decade, the convergence of...
Anxiety Arrives Ahead of Storm
Longboat and Sarasota residents were battered with a deluge of storm modeling, unfavorable tracking predictions and worst-case scenarios throughout the day on Friday as...