Lit-up lights on Longboat Key may take some sleuthing to find, but several homeowners embraced the holiday season with their festive decorations this year.

From political kerfuffles to heartwarming moments of community celebration, the Longboat Observer captured it all in the past ...

What’s happening with the waterfront Buccaneer restaurant on Longboat Key? The owner issued a statement denying a recent ...

A record-setting house is for sale in Manatee County. At $25.95 million, it’s the most expensive listing ever on Longboat Key, according to a news release. The waterfront property covers more than an ...

Independent oil and gas company Longboat Energy has made a change at the helm as its current Chief Executive Officer Helge Hammer has decided to step down. As the company said in its media release, ...

LONGBOAT KEY — Left unaddressed for nearly two weeks, a leak from a Longboat Key sewage pipe spilled an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay from the town’s aging sewage line ...

Manatee County leaders want to foster a better partnership with the Town of Longboat Key, but that commitment comes with a price tag. Being split between Manatee and Sarasota counties leaves Longboat ...

LONGBOAT KEY - Facing soaring costs associated with its pension funds, which now amount to more than a third of its annual property tax revenue, the town of Longboat Key must consider a possibly ...