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Holding Back the Gulf: Longboat Key to Debate Regulations on ‘Aqua Dams’ as Threats Mount
Two years after Hurricanes Helene and Milton ravaged the island, Longboat Key officials are preparing to tackle a growing trend: homeowners deploying massive freestanding...
Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of May 15, 2026
Mar Vista Restaurant
To: Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Director Allen Parsons
Thanks Allen!
Sarah Karon
Commissioner
Town of Longboat Key
Mar Vista
To: Longboat Key Commissioner Sarah Karon
Thanks Commissioner....
On Patrol Longboat Key Police reports week of May 15, 2026
May 8
—Wages of Wrath
8:19 a.m.
—Officer Van Dyke, Officer Miano and Officer Pescuma responded to the 400 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive for...
Arch-enemies head to court as St. Regis and Longboat reach impasse over beachside structure
Friday at 5:00 PM was supposed to be the deadline. Instead, it became a phone call. Chuck Whittall picked up the phone and told...
Longboat Key Gave Up Its Insularity for Beach Money; The Parking Lot Is the Receipt
For most of its history, Longboat Key paid its own way to the water. Residents taxed themselves to truck in sand, groomed their own...