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July 2013 sales up 30.3 percent over last year 27 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
The Sarasota real estate market continued an amazing streak in July, with members of the Sarasota Association of Realtors® reporting the closing of 911 sales during the month – a 30.3 percent increase...
The high costs of medical overuse 27 Aug 2013 | 12:05 am
MATTHEW EDLUND M.D. Contributing Writer edlund@lbknews.com How did American health care come to cost nearly three trillion dollars a year? One place to look is at procedures – diagnostic tests and t...
Sacred statue stolen 26 Aug 2013 | 05:49 pm
STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com A black lava rock statue considered sacred to members of Longboat Island Chapel was reported stolen on Aug. 14 to the Longboat Key Police Department. L...
Loefgren returns to Longboat Chamber 26 Aug 2013 | 05:45 pm
Loefgren It was announced by the Longboat Key Chamber this week that former Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce President Gail Loefgren will return to the post as President once again on Sept. 3. The Ch...
Realtor says story missed mark 26 Aug 2013 | 05:43 pm
STEVE REID Editor & Publisher sreid@lbknews.com Longboat Key luxury realtor Patrick DiPinto was shocked and dismayed when he read an article in last Monday’s Sarasota Herald Tribune that insinuated t...
Residents’ right to control LBK’s future under assault 26 Aug 2013 | 05:40 pm
AL GREEN Contributing Writer green@lbknews.com The State of Florida has decided that Longboat Key needs a major pro development push. As if the current group of Town Commissioners isn’t hell bent en...
Overcrowding Anna Maria Island 26 Aug 2013 | 05:37 pm
LARRY GROSSMAN Guest Columnist grossman@lbknews.com There have been recent articles about the overflow of tourists affecting Anna Maria Island’s quality of life. Transiency and transient housing are...
The legal standard applied in Zimmerman case 26 Aug 2013 | 05:28 pm
WERNER HARTENBERGER Guest Columnist hartenberger@lbknews.com Constructive comment about the conduct or outcome of a criminal trial begins with an accurate recitation of the evidence and the applicabl...
An Obamacare score card 26 Aug 2013 | 05:22 pm
TOM BURGUM Contributing Columnist burgum@lbknews.com It has been more than three years since Mr. Obama and a compliant congress enacted The Affordable Health Care Act (ACA), popularly known as Obamac...
The Castros’ Cuba 26 Aug 2013 | 05:20 pm
PETER O’CONNOR Contributing Columnist oconnor@lbknews.com Fidel Castro and his entourage, while in New York for the 1960 opening session of the United Nations, stayed at the Hotel Theresa after storm...
