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 ...

The case has a number now. At 2:19 p.m. on Friday, May 15, special counsel Martin Garcia electronically filed the Town of Longboat Key’s Complaint for Mandatory Injunctive Relief in the Twelfth ...

—While Developers Circle and the City Dithers, Merchants Association President Rachel Burns Walks Every Cracked Inch — and Has a Plan. Does Anyone Have the Will to Listen? —On a warm afternoon in ...

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 ...

—On Florida’s West Coast, where multimillion-dollar real estate commands international attention, navigable water is the ultimate currency. Now, for the first time since 2003, Longboat Key is staring ...

—Officer Miklos was dispatched to the 7000 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive in reference to a suspicious incident reported by Bradenton Beach Police. Sarasota Sheriff’s Office dispatch advised CAD notes ...