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

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

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 WATER: Boil Water Advisory has been rescinded Locations may ...

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 ...

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 ...

The captain was instructed Wednesday night to put his boat in an emergency position as conditions were deteriorating due to ...

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

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Water and wastewater services have been restored to Longboat Key, fire rescue department officials announced Sunday morning. Residents may experience low pressure up to ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Thursday rescued a men found clinging to a cooler in the water off Florida's Longboat Key in the ...

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 ...