Longboat Key News

Published: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 4:24 p.m. Perched on the south end of Longboat Key next to the Longboat Key Club, the Chart House Restaurant is a large airy place with vaulted ceilings, its bar sitting in the middle of this sizeable room.

The Longboat Key Town Commission is not going to take any chances. It approved spending up to $25,000 of taxpayer money at its Monday, July 6 regular meeting to hire a traffic consultant that it hopes will dispute the city of Sarasota's plans for six roundabouts on U.S. 41 near the bayfront.

Mayor Lee Rothenberg pushed his fellow commissioners to consider adopting the maximum millage rate of 1.6751 mills.

Published: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 12:18 a.m. It's budget time, Longboat's commission is seriously discussing a tax raise, perhaps the biggest, most critical zoning-development in a generation faces the town, pension problems continue to mount.

State wildlife officer Terry Noll regularly patrols Longboat Pass, a channel he says is one of the most dangerous parts of Sarasota Bay.

The certified tax rolls in Manatee and Sarasota counties released July 1 confirmed a second, consecutive 10% drop in taxable values Key-wide. Longboat Key officials, who anticipated a 10% to 12% drop in property values when they released the preliminary budget last month, confirmed a 10.5% drop in property values town-wide Monday, July 6. The ...

Published: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 29, 2009 at 11:34 p.m. As one who was a key early supporter of the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center, who played a strong role in its eventual approval by the Town Commission and who still believes it's among the best things that have happened on this island in recent years, ...

Published: Monday, June 29, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 11:04 p.m. U.S. Rep.

Longboat Key Fire Rescue clamped a gas line that was hit by a Comcast cable repairman Wednesday, at Island Court.

Longboat Key boat slip owners who rent their boat slips will be assessed a business-tax receipt starting this summer.

Human Resources Manager Lisa Silvertooth announced Tuesday that six interns will be added to the town's staff.

Items remained inside Longboat Key Foodmart, 5600 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Tuesday afternoon.

University Park resident Paul Smilow breathed a sigh of relief Monday upon hearing the sentencing outcome of rogue hedge fund manager Bernard Madoff.

On June 2, Town Manager Bruce St. Denis defends the town's position on a proposed natural-gas pipeline route in the Gulf.

Published: Monday, June 22, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 9:03 p.m. When nationally known political consultant Ed Rollins returns to Sarasota on Tuesday, he will be returning to the site of what he considers one of the big mistakes of his 40-year-career. Click to enlarge Jeremy Wallace The former political director for ...

Harry and Lynn Christensen, of Harry's Continental Kitchens, have been part of the Longboat Key community for more than 30 years.

The islands have come to the island with the addition of Jamrocks Jamaican Grill to the eclectic group of eateries in Bradenton Beach.

State Senate bill 360 may be causing an about-face. By trying to take growth management control away from local governments and give it to Tallahassee, the Florida Legislature may instead inadvertently hand it directly to local voters.

It was a mixed bag in Boys 16s action for Naples area tennis players Thursday at the Florida Junior State Closed Championships in Daytona Beach.

Published: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 11:34 p.m. U.S. Rep.