Longboat Key News and Events
Longboat Key Events
Pittsburg Pirates Spring Training
1611 9th Street West, Bradenton, FL 34205
The Pirates 2012 Spring Training schedule consists of 15 home games and will also feature an intrasquad "Black and Gold" game on Friday, March 2.
WebsiteBaltimore Orioles Spring Training
Ed Smith Stadium
2700 12th Street, Sarasota, FL 34237 (941) 893-6300
Single game tickets for all 15 of the Orioles Spring Training games at Ed Smith Stadium go on sale Saturday, January 28 at 10 a.m. ET. These may be purchased online, or at the Box Office or by calling (800) 745-3000. Season, group tickets, suites and other specialty areas are available now by calling (941) 893-6300. Website*Have an event you would like listed at no charge? Email us at service@tibeachbums.com
Longboat Key News
Digital Caddies Installs at Longboat Key Club and Resort
Digital Caddies has announced that Longboat Key Club and Resort has installed Digital Caddies GPS service on all 160 golf carts on both of the resort's world class golf courses.
Read moreA hot, new ride on the beach
Longboat Key Fire Rescue has taken ownership of a new rescue vehicle that will be used on area beaches to assist firefighter/paramedics in responding, caring and gaining access to patients off the beach when they’re injured or sick. Currently the fire department does not have any such vehicle to assist personnel in arena.
Read moreRoad repairs on Longboat Pass continue
Town of Longboat Key: SR 789 at Longboat Key Pass Bridge: Repair project – Improvements being made as part of this project include bridge repair, painting, and sidewalk reconstruction.
Read moreLongboat Publix will close to build new store
During the year ahead, Longboat Key residents expect to add considerably more mileage to their trips to the grocery store.
Read moreBirding isn’t just for the birds
More volunteers arrived and coordinator for the Leffis Key-Coquina Beach-north Longboat Key area John van Zandt divided up the area, issued three pages of bird names that were likely to be counted.
Read moreWelcome to winter, Southwest Florida style
After two consecutive abnormally chilly winters, when beach tourists toted hot toddies instead of cold beer, we start winter today with temperatures much more typical for the season — even a little on the warm side.
Read moreLongboat Key Pass Bridge construction begins
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will begin repairs to the Longboat Key Pass Bridge on State Road 789 from north of Northshore Road on Longboat Key to south Coquina Park in Bradenton Beach. The work is set to begin this week and continue through April 30, 2012. The construction will be ongoing throughout the day and nighttime hours with a suspension of activity from Dec. 23 through Jan. 2 and Jan. 13-17. A spokesperson for FDOT said nighttime temporary lane closures will be controlled by flaggers and there will be no lane closures Friday through Sunday. During the construction, motorists will have to follow a 35 mph speed limit, but the bridge will not be closed to motorists or boaters.
Publix in store for Longboat
Longboat Key at long last has a date with Publix. The town’s Planning and Zoning Board will consider the completed site plan and application for a redeveloped Publix and Avenue of the Flowers Shopping Center.
Read moreLow-speed vehicles popping up around SW Florida
They can already be spotted crawling around the cities of Anna Maria Island and Sarasota’s keys. For three nights every week, they are creeping around downtown Sarasota.
Read moreCell tower back before P&Z Board
The future of a proposed cell tower on Longboat Key is heading back to the Planning and Zoning Board where the application process will begin anew. This setback to tower proponents comes after the Zoning Board of Adjustment deemed the application incomplete this week.
Read moreCoast Guard cutter from St. Petersburg assists disabled sailboat
The sailboat was disabled about 16 miles off Anna Maria Island and was being towed to Long Boat Pass early Sunday afternoon, Coyne said.
Read moreQuik-n-Easy coming to Longboat
A new convenience store, Quik-n-Easy, will be coming to Longboat Key.
Read moreImproving cell phone service on Longboat Key
Many Longboat Key residents and businesses would like for cell phone service on the island to be improved whether or not the existing service meets their current needs. A major condition for many of these residents is that the increased service be achieved without any cost to them. The question is how should the town go about improving its cell phone service
Read moreFlorida's stone crab season begins
The phone at Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant on Longboat Key was ringing like crazy Friday. The voice of restaurant owner Alan Moore, whose family has owned the establishment for 45 years, was excited.
Read moreLongboat Key Bridge due for repair
The Florida Department of Transportation announced a $1.1 million project to repair the Longboat Pass Bridge beginning in early November. A DOT press release said repairs would be on State Road 789 from North Shore Road on Longboat Key to the south end of Coquina Park in Bradenton Beach. The DOT did not have the exact start date of construction, a DOT spokesperson said.
Read moreLongboat Key man home after shark bite
On that seemingly idyllic Saturday afternoon about 6 miles offshore of Anna Maria Island, at about 3 p.m., a bull shark attacked Wickersham as he floated in the water.
Read moreLongboat Key's Colony resort hires firm to resuscitate it
Owners of the condominiums at the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort have hired a Colorado luxury club operator to revamp the Longboat Key vacation destination, shuttered for more than a year amid a dispute with its former management.
Read moreLongboat Key marina signs deal
Cannons Marina in Longboat Key is now the exclusive dealer of boats built by Jupiter Marine International for Florida’s West Coast, a marina release says.
Read moreThank you, tourists
Tourism officials confirmed this week that Florida — and Manatee and Sarasota counties — hosted more visitors between April and June, compared with the same quarter last year.
Read moreLongboat considers solar power
Commissioners on Longboat Key may soon be considering solar power. As evidenced in a recent string of e-mails through Town Hall, municipalities that convert to solar power are receiving rebates and grants.
Read moreSarasota may outlaw all tobacco at city parks
A proposed smoking ban at city parks now seeks to outlaw all tobacco products, even smokeless products such as chewing tobacco.
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