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  • Matt Walsh
  • January 5, 2017
A source you can trust

In this age of 24/7 information addiction and proliferation of fake news, consumers eventually will sort out the news providers they can trust. We intend to be one of them.

  • Sarasota
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  • David Conway
  • January 5, 2017
Letters to the Editor: Sarasota 1.5.16

Readers comment on topics including dogs in parks and downtown signage.

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  • Observer Staff
  • January 4, 2017
Longboat Key letters to the editor 1.4.2017

The plan to install roundabouts on U.S. 41 at Fruitville and Gulfstream deserves first prize for lack of foresight and incompetent planning.

  • Longboat Key
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  • Matt Walsh
  • December 29, 2016
3 words to live by for 2017

Last year at this time, wisdom was our word — that Americans would have wisdom in the voting booth

  • Sarasota
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 22, 2016
City should embrace public development review process

Our city streets are becoming alleyways where walkers are intimidated by height and mass crowding.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • December 22, 2016
At the time of Christ's birth

under Herod, the Jews managed to live with what biblical historian James Edward Talmadge called 'some semblance of national autonomy.'

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
The location of the Longboat Key Arts, Culture and Education Center is proposed to be built between Longboat’s Publix and the town’s public tennis center.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 15, 2016
The missing piece

It’s exciting to envision a new arts, culture and education center as the centerpiece of a town center. Go for it. The $10 million question, of course, is the $10 million and more.

  • Longboat Key
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From left: Mark Richardson, Lloyd Hine, Frank Scrivani, Brad Sicard, Mike Ball, Mark Kerr, Jason Schmidt, John Michael, James Linkogle and Matt Dzikas. Not pictured: Troy Wooten, Dale Wyman, Joe Samblanet and Curtis Vandermolen.
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  • Observer Staff
  • December 15, 2016
Good works from Public Works

Longboat Key Public Works staffers win praise.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • David Conway
  • December 15, 2016
Letters to the Editor: Sarasota 12.15.16

Readers comment on Siesta Beach smoking regulations and the proposed dredge of Big Pass.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • December 8, 2016
Three down, six to go

Believe it or not, 2016 actually was a year of (some) progress on the redevelopment of the Colony Beach & Tennis Resort. But sorry, the hurdles are still substantial.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
    By
  • Adrian Moore
  • December 8, 2016
It’s time for the city to free the food trucks

Sarasota, North Port should follow the county’s lead and ease regulations.

  • Sarasota
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  • By Michael Hodges
  • December 7, 2016
Longboat Key Letters to the Editor

Quit kicking the traffic can...

  • Longboat Key
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  • Matt Walsh
  • December 1, 2016
Action on traffic

While Sarasota and Bradenton Beach officials say nothing new is planned to help relieve congestion, Longboat’s Lenny Landau is urging residents to change behavior.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
File photo Recent research links exercise to less depression and increased facility with memory and learning, two of the brain’s basic functions. So get up and get moving.
    By
  • Kristine Nickel
  • December 1, 2016
There's never been a better time to exercise

Shake off the political blues and holiday stress by getting your move on.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • November 30, 2016
MY VIEW: Observations from a decade of memories

Longboat Observer, Sarasota Observer, Longboat Key, Robin Hartill

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