Beer Can Island: where swimming, boating, drinking and relaxation collide
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
Some ingredients simply don’t mix into a successful cocktail. Nowhere is this truer than on the very northern tip of Longboat...
Longboat attorney attempts to keep Town Commission and turtles on the right path
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
Longboat Key Town Attorney Maggie Mooney did her best to keep commissioners from becoming as disoriented as misguided sea turtles when...
Longboat Key Honors 9-11
As part of the observance of the 23rd Anniversary of the 9-11 attacks, the Town of Longboat Key installed 2,977 American flags in the...
Father Dave Marshall: The meaning in playing many roles
TRYLA LARSON
Guest Writer
tryla@lbknews.com
The Longboat Key community members are just as wonderful as the island itself. So many residents of our piece of paradise volunteer...
$28.35 million Italian villa sets new bar for Sarasota
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
The soul of Sarasota architecture has long followed two traditions: ornate replicas representing the greatest hits of Italian villas and its...
Sarasota Bay water unsafe for swimming recreating following impact from Debby
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
Mote Marine and most recently the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program have found dangerously high levels of bacteria and low levels of...
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,...