Longboat Key wants more of its homes lifted out of harm’s way. On June 22, the Town Commission confronted an awkward truth: ...

All the items were placed in a property and evidence temporary locker at the Police Department to be released upon request.

There is a particular kind of Sarasota story that arrives wearing the costume of good news. A beloved restaurant is coming ...

After a quarter-century of deferral, the commission passes the canal navigation maintenance program 6–0 — pulling a Catholic church off the roll, fixing two misassigned parcels, and brushing past ...

There was no national search. There was no headhunting firm with a six-figure retainer, no parade of finalists shuttled in ...

There is a difference, rarely discussed in the celebratory language of groundbreakings and ribbon cuttings, between a ...

The two projects could hardly differ more in scale. One is a $14.5 million library for several thousand island residents; the ...

A manatee swims just below the surface in Crystal River, Florida. Just a short drive from Longboat Key, Bradenton’s Bishop Museum of Science and Nature is celebrating a major conservation victory this ...

My wife and I reside in the Fairway Bay community of Bay Isles and are fortunate to have a unit overlooking the Bay across a small canal. We have read with interest the proposal for Special ...

The morning of Friday, April 17, 2026, brought an unexpected halt to the coastal commute in Longboat Key, Florida, when a sailboat forcefully collided with the aging Longboat Pass Bridge. At ...

—The battle over the St. Regis Longboat Key Resort’s beachfront archway reached a boiling point on March 17, resulting in the town’s Planning and Zoning Board officially recommending a denial of the ...