Welcoming customers back into the Drydock Waterfront Grill was a product of lots of hard work. “We worked all day on Saturday ...

Carter Weinhofer is the Longboat Key news reporter for the Observer. Originally from a small town in Pennsylvania, he moved ...

Public beach access point, power, mail and debris pickups. WATER: Boil Water Advisory has been rescinded Locations may ...

The Florida Department of Transportation and the Town of Longboat Key warn residents of illegal dumping of debris.

Reed Savidge and his wife, Ginny, have owned and operated Ace Hardware stores on Longboat Key for over 37 years. Over that ...

One brought a devastating storm surge, another’s winds added to the destruction. Longboat Key officials weigh in on what ...

Power restoration, water service bring some relief to Longboat Key, struck by two hurricanes in less than a month.

Dezzi urged residents to plan now on where to go to escape the Key and the storm, and to leave “as soon as you can”. “If you ...

The U.S. Coast Guard says a life jacket, emergency position indicating locator beacon and a cooler likely saved the life of a ...

LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. — The Coast Guard saved a man clinging to a cooler in the ocean Thursday off of Longboat Key. According to ...

The Sandpiper Inn on Longboat Key was hit hard by flooding during Hurricane Helene, leaving the owners little choice but to ...

Reed Savidge and his wife, Ginny, have owned and operated Ace Hardware stores on Longboat Key for over 37 years. Over that time, they have never filed an insurance claim for anything − until ...