Longboat Key Road Work Alert: Night Closures Scheduled for GMD Resurfacing
Motorists on Longboat Key should prepare for nighttime single-lane closures on Gulf of Mexico Drive (GMD) as resurfacing efforts get underway. The work is...
Joel Feidelman: A Life Lived with Passion for Music, Sports & Community
The communities of Longboat Key and Washington, D.C., are mourning the loss of Joel R. Feidelman, a man whose life, spanning 91 years (February...
Historic Bird Key Yacht Club Demolished for $27.5M Resilient Future
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
The 65-year-old Bird Key Yacht Club is officially a memory, having been completely demolished over the past week to make way...
Longboat Key Protects a Legacy: “Gulf of Mexico Drive” Retained in Unanimous Vote
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
After weeks of contentious debate sparked by state action, Longboat Key’s Town Commission voted unanimously to retain the historic name Gulf...
Community Shines at Longboat Key Chamber Awards
Resilience, community spirit, and a commitment to recovery were the central themes of this year’s Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce annual awards banquet. Held...
Politics and cost to rename main roadway leaves Longboat at crossroads
The Longboat Key Town Commission to discuss renaming Gulf of Mexico Drive at a workshop at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20.
Nearly seven decades after...
Starbucks project on Longboat stalls amid incomplete permits
Eight months after a new Starbucks location was announced for Longboat Key, the project has been put “on hold,” with no interior work started...
Longboat Key Fire Rescue Partners with Youthful Aging to Launch ‘Longboat Link’
Longboat Key Fire Rescue is expanding its CARE Program (Community, Assistance, Research, Education) with a new resource designed to help residents live independently while...
Living Seawall Ribbon Cutting
The Town of Longboat Key is holding a ribbon cutting ceremony for our newest environmental project — the Living Seawall, created in partnership with...
Residents road name opinions pour into Longboat Town Hall
The volume of emails and letters – the majority against renaming Gulf of Mexico Drive to Gulf of America Drive, continue to pour into...