| News |
Storm swipes LBK sand
Storms do not have to hit Longboat Key directly to hurt it. Tropical Storm Gabrielle devoured more than 60,000 cubic yards of sand when it bypassed (more...) |
Town manager elected to beach board
Town Manager Bruce St. Denis is now on the board of directors for the Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association, a group with statewide clout in (more...) |
Second business zoning referendum required
Town Attorney David Persson discovered that the town will need permission from the voters to forgo taxes from businesses.
That means Longboat Key (more...) |
Citizens group questions need for flight path
After losing a legal battle, the Longboat Key citizens group Save Our Shores (SOS) is headed in a new direction in its quest to foil plans for a new (more...) |
Flyover honors 23rd Squadron
Thirty-two members of the 23rd Bomb Squadron Association stood in solemn silence on the Longboat Key Holiday Inn beach, their heads back and eyes (more...) |
Police Chief Kintz injured in accident
Police Chief John Kintz is suffering from a shoulder injury after being knocked off his motorcycle by a car Sept. 28.
Kintz was coming to a stop on (more...) |
Town, lounge in a ‘Tiny’ argument
Longboat Package & Video President Ray LaFlamme and Longboat Key Town Clerk Donna Spencer both used a four letter word in a recent regulatory dispute (more...) |
Town briefs
Committee seeks comments
The Commercial Property Owners Committee of the Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce is asking the Key’s commercial property (more...) |
Bridge project progressing
If you really want to see Ringling Bridge construction progress, go away for six weeks while PCL Civil Constructors work overtime to earn its early (more...) |
| Our Town |
Our Town
’Tis the Season
The fall issue of Season, The Longboat Observer’s guide to the arts and society, is inserted into this week’s edition of the (more...) |
| Features |
The story of the old man and the seafood
It was night on St. Armands. Cars were circling like a lost generation looking for a place to park. People on the sidewalk were talking about war. (more...) |
End of successful turtle season
The 2002 turtle nesting/hatching season is beginning to wind down and it’s been a wonderful season for a very special reason. That reason is that the (more...) |
| Cops Corner |
Cops' Corner
The following reports are actual reports compiled by the Longboat Key Police Department. They are all answered and dealt with by members of the (more...) |
| Real Estate |
New LBK Estates home sells for $4 million
A gorgeous new, two-story Spanish Mediterranean home with a large swimming pool on a peninsula jutting into Sarasota Bay north of Buttonwood Bayou at (more...) |
| Business |
Circle Deli and Diner
Owner: It is owned by Tim Horvath who moved here from Gary, Ind., in 1973.
Year Established: Horvath opened the diner in October 2000.
Hours: The (more...) |
| Sports |
Les Fishman
How many years have you played golf?
“Probably about 53 years,” says Fishman.
What is your best score?
Fishman’s best score is a 92.
What (more...) |
Life expectancy of clubs varies
During a round of golf last week, I overheard one of my fellow competitors tell another that you couldn’t take a practice swing in a bunker. That (more...) |
| Black Tie |
Saks event at targeted success
Saks Fifth Avenue was abuzz with chatter and excitement as almost 400 people crowded into the store for its Fashion Targets Breast Cancer kickoff (more...) |
Black Tie & Tales
Can you believe she wore that? Guess who’s dating so-and-so?! Can he really afford to spend so much on that auction item? Look at those guys (more...) |
UnGala Gala
UnGala Gala
When: 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19
Where: Ringling Museum of Art Courtyard
The event
Unparalleled ... unrehearsed ... unpredictable ... (more...) |
| Arts & Entertainment |
The houses that Tim Seibert built
Design integrity. It’s a term used by architects for a building with good bones. A building whose outside is an honest reflection of its inside. A (more...) |
Artefacts
Have a cow!
The Sarasota Season of Sculpture is closer than you think. Artists are already hard at work putting the finishing touches on the work to (more...) |
Dance Festival whets appetite for season
The pre-season September Dance Festival offered audiences the opportunity to increase their knowledge of the multifaceted technical and artistic (more...) |
‘Rolling Requiem’ provides 9-11 tribute
What a difference a year makes. Sept. 11, 2001, at 8:46 a.m., my dog, Lili, and I were jolted from our sleep by the resounding and everlasting (more...) |
In for a penny, in for a pound
Once upon a time during the dark days of Germany’s Weimar Republic, writer Bertholt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill decided to poke fun of the (more...) |
| Columns |
EDITORIAL: How to sort the amendments
On election day next month, Floridians will confront 10 questions that will amend the Florida Constitution. These measures are not to be taken (more...) |
Is anonymity a right?
Some authors, famous and not as famous, have engaged in the practice of adopting noms de plume for various reasons. Among them are fear of (more...) |
Recent health hazards make the news
West Nile Virus is spreading, with more than 1,700 cases and 80 deaths nationally as of mid-September, compared to 66 cases and nine deaths last (more...) |
The hope of our future: today’s youth
I have had several direct and indirect encounters with American teenagers this summer and the interactions worry me. A good friend told me that on a (more...) |
Heaven’s road permits U-turns
Everybody wants to be treated fairly. Our yearning for justice is one of the strongest emotions in the human heart. Whether it’s the relations (more...) |
LETTER: Save Lido pool
The Sarasota Historical Society’s board of directors recently adopted a resolution regarding the pool and sent the following to county and city (more...) |
LETTER: Headline biased?
I find your Sept. 12 headline (Harris wins) not only misleading but also perhaps a bit biased. Harris won only the Republican nomination for (more...) |
LETTER: Aliens suffer
I note with interest your article regarding massive property tax increases for Longboat Key nonresidents. My wife and I have a condo on Longboat Key (more...) |
LETTER: Update reclaimed water project
Regrettably, the deceptions of the corporate world and its governance practices extend to many other sectors, including Longboat Key’s government. (more...) |
| Calendar |
Community Calendar
If your organization would like to have meetings or events publicized, mail or fax the information at least one week in advance to The Longboat (more...) |
The Arts Calendar
To include your arts and entertainment events in our A&E; calendar, please send it to A&E; Calendar via fax: 383-7193; or by mail: 5570 Gulf of Mexico (more...) |
