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Lily, Mason and Cassidy Berg show off their masks before heading into Southside Elementary School.
    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • September 15, 2020
School board considers mask policy extension

If the policy extension is approved, students could have to wear masks for the rest of the school year.

  • Sarasota
  • News
A picture of the water main break. Photo courtesy of the town of Longboat Key.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • September 15, 2020
Longboat Key estimates 11 million gallons spilled in June's sewage break

The estimation is lower than what the town of Longboat Key initially reported to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Brynn Mechem
  • September 15, 2020
County relief fund applications open Wednesday

Individuals and businesses impacted by COVID-19 will be able to apply for financial assistance.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 15, 2020
Biden-Sanders Unity Platform

Biden's campaign released the recommendations in July, which include environmental action and criminal justice reform.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 15, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: An on again, off again problem

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Turkey vultures have bright red heads, much like those of wild turkeys. (Miri Hardy)
    By
  • Miri Hardy
  • September 15, 2020
Bird of the week: Turkey vulture

Larger than their relatives, the turkey vulture has an extraordinary sense of smell.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    In Memoriam |
  • September 15, 2020
Dr. Harvey W Neitlich

Dr. Harvey Neitlich, son of Effie and Theodore Neitlich from Boston, MA, passed away peacefully at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston on the evening of September 7th with his wife by his side.

  • East County
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Access to exercise was one of the criteria considered.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • September 15, 2020
Longboat is area's fittest

Siesta Key a distant second.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The School District of Manatee County wants to know how school is going for your students.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • September 15, 2020
School District of Manatee County creates "Family Back-to-School Opinion Poll"

The School District of Manatee County wants to know how its doing in terms of providing a safe learning environment during the pandemic.

  • East County
  • News
    In Memoriam |
  • September 15, 2020
John Francis Short

JOHN FRANCIS SHORT, Sarasota, FL, passed away on September 12, 2020, at the age of 76, after a valiant battle with metastatic cancer.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
Robert Heron puts the books together all from his computer.
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • September 15, 2020
Author, illustrator tells tales of beloved Scottish cat

Robert Lewis Heron enjoys spinning new yarns about Hamish McHamish, a real-life St. Andrews kitty who died in 2014.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • September 15, 2020
Out-of-Door Academy welcomes students on Siesta Key

The school's students all returned to the school on Sept. 14.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Boris Miksic and Ines Tendler stand in front of their home at 640 Halyard Lane in Country Club Shores IV North. The couple is hoping commissioners approve a height exception for the lightning rods on top of their home.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • September 15, 2020
Longboat revises proposed lightning-rod restrictions

Longboat Key town commissioners will vote on the proposal in October.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The new site plan for the Bath and Racquet Fitness Club property concentrates the residential buildings on the north end of the site to create more distance from single-family homes to the south. Image via Halflants + Pichette.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 15, 2020
Bath and Racquet Club shares new redevelopment plan

After failing to earn the city’s approval earlier this year, the owners of the fitness center property have prepared another proposal to build 207 residential units on the site.

  • Sarasota
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Impact100 SRQ co-founders Tilly Valls McFadden and Jane Watt, Impact100 founder Wendy H. Steele, Violeta Huesman and Deborah M. Johnson met at the Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida building.
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • September 15, 2020
Impact100 and Girl Scouts Gulf Coast Florida host suffragist celebration

The Equalitea event celebrated 100 year's of the fight for women's right to vote.

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  • News
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