| News |
New trees rooted in trimming history
Some Longboat Key residents and even some members of the Town Commission have expressed surprise at the town’s impromptu installation of tall (more...) |
Reclaimed water facts flow in new reports
To date the town has spent $509,535.06 on the reclaimed water project. In addition to financing the pre-election push for the project, the town is (more...) |
Longboat Key car chase ends in arrests
After eluding trained dogs, helicopters and four police departments May 14, a suspected car thief was caught when he called for a cab, according to (more...) |
Police nab purse grabber
Police made four arrests in the third incident of purse pilfering on Longboat Key this year.
Here is what happened, according to police reports:
A (more...) |
Town Hall renovation hits snag
The foundation laid recently for a new wing of Town Hall is about four inches too low.
An inaccurate survey resulted in the foundation being built (more...) |
Monfort named Mote chairman
Myra Monfort of Longboat Key has been elected to chair Mote Marine’s board of trustees. Monfort is the first woman to lead the board in Mote’s (more...) |
Town briefs
Two LBK stores close doors
Longboat Key lost two businesses this week, one in Whitney Plaza and one in the Centre Shops.
A sign affixed to the (more...) |
Longboat Key pays the price for police illnesses
Gov. Jeb Bush signed a bill that the town “vehemently opposes,” which makes law the “presumption” that police officers get ill because of the nature (more...) |
Small business nominees announced
The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce has announced the nominees for the 2002 Rookie Small Business Person and Small Business Person of the Year. (more...) |
Chamber celebrates small business with week of events
The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce is celebrating Small Business Week with a week of seminars and events, sponsored by UBS/PaineWebber, The Vollmer (more...) |
| Our Town |
Our Town
We’re number ... two!
The Euphemia Haye team collected $8,233, taking second place in the corporate teams participating in the Sarasota-Manatee (more...) |
| Features |
Winning score for AKTION
Leave it to the ladies to come up with a winning event.
The most successful golf tournament ever presented by the Longboat Kiwanis Club to benefit (more...) |
Chart House serves many shrimply delicious entrées
If it isn’t the best water view from a restaurant in the area, it has to be in the top 10. The Chart House on the very south end of Longboat (more...) |
Condition determines the value of an antique
In real estate, the mantra for the three critical factors in determining the values are: location, location and location. After evaluating scarcity (more...) |
Gardens offer gift of therapy
Peace, tranquility, ease. This is what I feel when I walk toward the back porch of my home and head out into the garden. It may be early in the (more...) |
| Real Estate |
Bay Isles home sells for $1,049,000
A three-bedroom and four-bath home, built in 1987 in the second unit of Bay Isles, has been sold for $1,049,000 by Raymond J. Weigel of Portage, (more...) |
| Business |
Tilden Ross Jewelers
410 St. Armands Circle
Year Established: 1983
Type of store: Jewelry
Price range: Prices range from $20 and up, because of custom orders and (more...) |
Marketplace
New property for Silver Resorts
BridgeWalk, a three-story resort, opens on Bradenton Beach May 15 and offers 28 spacious, apartment-style (more...) |
| Sports |
Keep your cool with Rules quiz
It’s time for our regular Rules quiz to while away the time when you are not on the course on these hot summer days. The following 10 questions (more...) |
Player of the week
How many years have you played tennis?
“I have played tennis for 30 years, but only 5 years competitively,” says King.
What is your best swing — (more...) |
| Arts & Entertainment |
Turtle power!
Turtles and art go way back. Aesop (to the eternal irritation of Bugs Bunny) cast a turtle as a winner in a long-distance run against a hare; Dr (more...) |
Artefacts
Vaudeville lives
Sarasota Senior Theatre, a talented troupe of area seniors, will be turning the clock back with a “Vaudeville Variety Show” 3 p.m. (more...) |
Jazz documentary debuts at Van Wezel
The premiere screening of Comcast Cablevision of West Florida’s Original Programming Documentary on the 2002 Sarasota Jazz Festival was held May 11 (more...) |
Inspiration: the next generation
A Showcase for the Sarasota Youth Opera
The Sarasota Youth Opera is made up of nearly 100 talented young area singers. Early this month, the company (more...) |
When in Rome …
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum" is set in a cartoonish, alternate-reality Rome circa 200 B.C. As the musical starts, things at first (more...) |
On the horizon
The write stuff
The “Algonkian Novel Workshop” is set for Friday, June 7 through June 9 at the Tortuga Inn on Anna Maria Island. Paula Morell, a (more...) |
| Columns |
EDITORIAL: Longboat lynching
Longboat Key’s town commissioners felt upbeat and jovial the night of March 20. John Redgrave won his fellow commissioners’ endorsement as mayor. (more...) |
How does China deal with parent abuse?
For centuries in the Orient, life among the inhabitants was much influenced by the four fears: fire, famine, flood and father. Perhaps the most (more...) |
| Calendar |
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...) |
