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Lofty Plans, Deep Divide: Longboat Key Fights State’s Vision for a Towering Bridge

—For the residents of Longboat Key, the nearly 70-year-old...

Turning Down the Volume: Sarasota Commissions Noise Study Amidst Corvette Revvers and “Cranky Neighbors”

—Between the thumping bass of downtown nightlife, the roar...

How a 1930s Bungalow is Ground Zero in Sarasota’s Battle Over Preservation

—The ongoing tug-of-war for Sarasota’s soul was on full...

Sarasota Rejects 50% Parking Rate Hike, Opts for Extended Hours, Fines to Offset $2.8M

—Facing a ballooning multimillion-dollar deficit in its parking program,...

Longboat Key & Sarasota Letters to the Editor week of March 20, 2026

Police Chief Response to Policing— —To: Editor —I am authoring this letter in response to an article written by Steve Reid who unfairly misrepresented how...

On Patrol Longboat Key Police reports week of March 20, 2026

March 13 —12:49 p.m. —Officer Mathis was dispatched to Harbourside Drive in reference to property damage. A complainant had reported that a vehicle had knocked down...

To Protect, Serve, or Pull over? Longboat’s “High Visibility” Policing Sparks Taxpayer Revolt

—It is something of a policing paradox. For decades, the Town of Longboat Key, its residents, its businesses, and the local real estate industry...

Hurricanes, Tax Wars, and a $33 Million Sewer Crisis Define Longboat’s 2025 Victory Lap

—If you read the Town of Longboat Key’s newly released 2025 Annual Report, you might think the last twelve months were a breezy stroll...

What’s Happening at the Longboat Key Education Center?

Mid-April marks the end of the season for The Education Center at Temple Beth Israel. We look forward to our 2026-2027 season which begins in...

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Turning Down the Volume: Sarasota Commissions Noise Study Amidst Corvette Revvers and “Cranky Neighbors”

—Between the thumping bass of downtown nightlife, the roar...

How a 1930s Bungalow is Ground Zero in Sarasota’s Battle Over Preservation

—The ongoing tug-of-war for Sarasota’s soul was on full...

Sarasota Rejects 50% Parking Rate Hike, Opts for Extended Hours, Fines to Offset $2.8M

—Facing a ballooning multimillion-dollar deficit in its parking program,...

Etch-a-Sketch Empire: The True Cost of an Aimless War, from Hormuz to Longboat Key

—Here on the barrier islands, the illusion of insulation...
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