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A Cat 4 and 5 extravaganza: A look back at the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season

Special to Longboat Key News by Jeff Masters and Bob...

Pumps Over Pavement: Sarasota County Rejects Barriers, Authorizes $13.5M to Keep St. Armands Dry and Passable

STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com In a marathon session that stretched...

The “Flat Rate” Illusion: How Longboat’s Revenue Soared While Your Tax Rate Stayed the Same

STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com If you’ve looked at your property...

Sarasota’s Record Turtle Numbers Mask a Silent Crisis

The numbers emerging from Sarasota’s barrier islands this year...

Renaming Gulf of Mexico Drive a bad idea

Longboat Key resident Barbara C. Woods wrote the following to the Town. As a full-time and 11-year resident of the Town of Longboat Key, I...

On Patrol Longboat Key Police reports week of September 5, 2025

Aug. 29 Trespassing 11:03 p.m. Officer Mathis responded to the 3400 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive in reference to a group of suspicious people at a...

Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of September 5, 2025

Gulf of Mexico Drive is a perfectly good name To: Longboat Key Commission The name change for GMD, which is obviously due to the arrogance of...

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Pumps Over Pavement: Sarasota County Rejects Barriers, Authorizes $13.5M to Keep St. Armands Dry and Passable

STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com In a marathon session that stretched...

The “Flat Rate” Illusion: How Longboat’s Revenue Soared While Your Tax Rate Stayed the Same

STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com If you’ve looked at your property...

Sarasota’s Record Turtle Numbers Mask a Silent Crisis

The numbers emerging from Sarasota’s barrier islands this year...

Sleet and Cabbage Return Home: Mote Marine Celebrates Release of Manatee Rehab Patients

In a major milestone for local marine conservation, Mote...
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