| News |
Reclaimed issues may break deal
The phrase “deal-breakers” came up repeatedly at a special workshop about the reclaimed water project held June 3.
Longboat Key Town Commissioners (more...) |
Turtles top town agenda
Turtle trouble topped the agenda at the June 3 Town Commission meeting. A parade of turtle advocates pleaded for turtle protection, while a lone (more...) |
Longboat Key budget season begins
With large jumps in Longboat Key’s property value, Town Manager Bruce St. Denis is not recommending a tax increase this year, but he is not (more...) |
Garden scholar
Michelle Lynn Maki of Largo, a junior at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, was awarded a $2,000 scholarship from the Longboat Key (more...) |
Canal dredging postponed ... again
For a fourth time, the state delayed a decision on whether to issue a permit for the Longboat Key’s canal-dredging project by requesting more (more...) |
Town briefs
Politicians head to the races
Longboat Key resident John Flaherty Jr. has filed to challenge incumbent David Mills for a seat on the Sarasota County (more...) |
Old-fashioned 4th of July planned
After an absence of almost 20 years, the 4th of July will be celebrated on Longboat Key. The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce is hosting Freedom Fest (more...) |
Bird Key resident bequeaths $4.3 million to three charities
The Rev. Don Roberts, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries Manasota Inc., greeted Maj. Bert Tanner, commanding officer of The Salvation Army, and (more...) |
| Our Town |
Our Town
Neither wind, nor rain, nor closed grocery stores ...
The post office in the Whitney Beach Shopping Plaza has been relocated temporarily from the (more...) |
| Features |
Class of 2002
Congratulations to the Key’s 2002 high school graduates. After completing 12-or-so years of primary education, they are ready to move on to their (more...) |
Treetop dining a delight
Can you imagine any dining spot in the area where the atmosphere changes with breakfast, lunch or dinner?
You will find it on St. Armands at the (more...) |
False crawls outnumber nests on north end of Key
The turtle nesting season got off to a slow start this year. For the first two weeks in May, the Turtle Watch members found only false crawls. (A (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 |
$942,000 sale at Sunset Beach
In what appears to be a record sale at Sunset Beach, Deborah McCarthy from Darien, Conn., paid $942,000 to Lorraine and Carl D. Dilsaver of Palatine, (more...) |
| Business |
Pa’ Nache Beauty Salon
525 Bay Isles Parkway, 22 Avenue of the Flowers
Longboat Key
Owners: Chris and Ethna Lynch, sisters.
Year Established: The salon has been around (more...) |
Marketplace
Consultant awarded title
Steve Ryon, a financial consultant at A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. St. Armands Office, was recently awarded the title of a (more...) |
| Sports |
Player of the week
Al Arbour is from a small mining town, Sudbury, Ontario, about 225 miles north of Toronto. But from this small town came a huge hockey hero. Arbour (more...) |
| Arts & Entertainment |
Hot film in the summertime
Blockbusters are easy to predict — what costs more usually draws more. Banking on that, Hollywood has clearly spent a great deal of money on stars, (more...) |
Artefacts
Changes in L’Attitude
L’Attitude Gallery has become a well-known fixture on the Anna Maria Island landscape. But, because this is Florida after all, (more...) |
On the horizon
Hues on America’s canvas
What is American art? “An American Anthem: 300 Years of Painting from the Butler Institute of Art” is an attempt to answer (more...) |
Provansha celebrates big mammas of song
Carol Provansha is a singer — a very good one. She also happens to be fat. (It’s her own term, so I’ll stick with it. “Overweight” would just sound (more...) |
| Columns |
EDITORIAL: Do the right thing
In response to this week’s news on the dilemmas facing the Longboat Key Town Commission on the town’s proposed reclaimed water system and as one of (more...) |
Forced limits on class sizes sound great, but…
Hold on to your wallets, Florida taxpayers!
You are about to be mesmerized by advocates of multiple constitutional amendment proposals with sales (more...) |
Market is most expensive in history
The market continues to be the most expensive, overpriced market in our history. The Standard and Poor Index of 500 Stocks closed last week at a (more...) |
Is there now peace south of the border?
Fortunately, the diplomatic relationship between the United States and Mexico is excellent. It grew from the friendship between the Presidents George (more...) |
Best to think and live in moderation
Dear Sylvia,
Very often I find myself having overwhelming desires to binge. When I give into these urges, I always feel frustrated and disgusted (more...) |
Bottom line fitness facts for summer
Fabrications. One hot trend in fitness fashion is material designed to wick away moisture during workouts. It sounds good and many of the styles look (more...) |
Rejoice, be glad in the day
An enjoyable visit with a truly delightful couple was drawing to a close. The afternoon’s conversation had covered a great variety of topics, (more...) |
LETTER: Where are our values?
We have returned to Illinois and recently received our copy of the May 23rd edition of The Longboat Observer. Once again we are amazed at the (more...) |
LETTER: Humanity hedges turtles
I would like to voice my concerns relating to automobile headlights that adversely affect turtle nesting, hatching and other environmental problems (more...) |
LETTER: Protect both species
It is easy to understand how fixed lighting on Gulf of Mexico Drive can be disorienting to hatchlings.
However, automobile headlights, shining (more...) |
LETTER: Stick to the plan
To Town Commissioners of Longboat Key:
Perhaps it would be helpful to review some of the history of the problem of trying to protect turtle (more...) |
LETTER: Humanity hedges turtles
I would like to voice my concerns relating to automobile headlights that adversely affect turtle nesting, hatching and other environmental problems (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...) |
| Obituaries |
Ardis A. Kaufmann
Ardis A. Kaufmann, 87, of Rye, N.Y., and formerly of Longboat Key, died April 3. She was born Sept. 14, 1914, in Iowa City, Iowa, and came here in (more...) |
