• Alternate Text

  • Loading

  • Holiday Gift Guide
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App
  • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • LWR Life
  • Galleries
  • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Red Tide Map
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Longboat
    • Longboat
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Opinion
  • East County
    • East County
    • News
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
  • Sarasota
    • Sarasota
    • News
    • Cops Corner
    • Real Estate
    • Business
    • Neighbors
    • Schools
    • Sports
    • Opinion
    • Siesta Key
  • Arts + Entertainment
    • Arts + Entertainment
    • Eat + Drink
    • Arts + Culture
    • Reviews
    • Things To Do
    • Black Tie
    • Spotlight Partners
  • LWR Life
  • Galleries
  • More
    • More
    • Hurricane Season
    • Red Tide Map
    • Health Observed
    • Sand Bucket List
    • Calendar
    • Celebrations
    • Contests
    • Tributes
    • Submit a Celebration
    • Submit a Tribute
    • Public Notices
    • Classifieds
  • Holiday Gift Guide
  • Health Observed
  • Crossword
  • Contests
  • Newsletters
  • e-Newspaper App

Your Observer | All

    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2009
Our View

We can still win; act now

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 15, 2009
Hlywa hopes to submit plans for tourism units

Andrew Hlywa, owner of the Whitney Beach Plaza, is marketing available north-end properties to developers to create a resort.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2009
In Brief

Community News and Notes

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • July 15, 2009
Where are they now?: Edith Barr Dunn

Barr Dunn may be retired, but she remains a restaurant consultant at heart.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 15, 2009
Islandside tennis courts debated

The town stated that The Longboat Key Club and Resort cannot remove 14 Islandside tennis courts or use the pro shop as an information center as it had planned.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2009
Observer Group wins 17 awards

The Florida Press Association bestows five first-place awards on The Observer Group publications in its annual 'Better Weekly Newspaper Awards,' held July 11, in Palm Beach.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2009
Villagers get bowled over by sight

It was something he had never seen before.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 15, 2009
Club submits new traffic study

A revised traffic analysis states the Key Club's Islandside renovation project adds one extra car per minute.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 15, 2009
What would happen if a storm hit Longboat?

Longboat Key officials recently discussed the decisions that go into evacuating the island and how residents would get back to their homes if a major storm ever hit the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 15, 2009
District names new Ranch principal

An original member of the Mustang administrative team, Linda Nesselhauf has spent the last two years as assistant principal at Manatee High School.

  • East County
  • Schools
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • July 15, 2009
Jaleski wants electronic agendas

Commissioner Gene Jaleski says the town will save both money and time by using electronic agendas.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam McTeer
  • July 15, 2009
SMR wins approval in Villages revote

Sarasota commissioners approved the Lakewood Ranch developer's requests to change the county's Comprehensive Plan July 8.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 14, 2009
Suncoast Storm seeks additional players

The Suncoast Storm is looking for additional players for its 2009 12U team.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 14, 2009
Fast convicted of stepmother's murder

More than two years after the brutal slaying of Tara resident Susan Fast, her murderer has been sent to prison for life.

  • East County
  • News
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • July 13, 2009
Ranch Rotary installs officers

The Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch held recently its Annual Induction Dinner at the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club to install new officers and members of the board of directors.

  • East County
  • News
« 5330 5331 5332 5333 5334 5335 5336 5337 5338 5339 »
The best of Your Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest in news, sports, schools, arts and things to do in Sarasota, Siesta Key, Longboat Key and East County.

Sign Up

Latest News

1
Letters to Santa carry Christmas wishes and love
  • December 21, 2025
Letters to Santa carry Christmas wishes and love
2
Sue Wertman has rung the bell outside the Publix on Longboat Key on behalf of the Kiwanis Club of Longboat Key since 2013.
  • December 21, 2025
Longest-serving Longboat bellringer attributes motivation to family
3
Sarasota Memorial Hospital's Kolschowsky Research and Education Institute.
  • December 21, 2025
SMH participates in global bladder cancer treatment clinical trial
4
Santa greets visitors from the window of 9605 Governor's Club Place in The River Club.
  • December 20, 2025
Christmas decorating isn't just for kids
5
The Family Church caroling crew from left to right is Melody Johnson, Laurie Houston, Nancy Pilato, Pastor Phil Derstine and Terrial Robinson.
  • December 20, 2025
East Manatee church members will go through bars to spread Christmas joy

App

Download the Your Observer app

Stay in the know with the latest local news. Any device, anytime, anywhere.

DOWNLOAD NOW

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-366-3468
  • FPN Verified

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Crossword
  • Contests

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Classifieds
  • Advertise
  • Rack Locations
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Business Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2025 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
Sign Up for Daily Headlines

A daily dose of news from Longboat Key, East County, Sarasota and Siesta Key.

Sign Up for In Case You Missed It

A Saturday dose of the week's top stories from Sarasota, Longboat Key and East County.

The Your Observer App is Here!

Get local news you can trust — now on your phone, tablet or laptop. Fast. Free. Easy to Use.
Stay informed, wherever you are.

Download Now