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Owner Estela Villegas seeks to open La Villa Mexican Restaurant by the summer. The restaurant is located at 5610 Gulf of Mexico Drive Suite No. 5. File photo
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • January 19, 2022
Longboat dining options about to expand

Restaurants coming soon promise new variety without leaving the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Freda's lost and found tag will be returned to Mote and cleaned up before summer. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 19, 2022
Lost turtle tag turns up in Florida Keys

Mote researchers will receive a turtle tag that was lost in October.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
If Mark Ursini gets Town Commission approval to build two residential homes on Buttonwood Drive, he said they would each have an approximate value between $2 million and $2.5 million. Rendering provided by Mark Ursini.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • January 19, 2022
Buttonwood developments subject to further town approval

Two-single family homes are planned for Buttonwood Drive. There are also plans to build an eight-unit commercial development along Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Charlie Mopps worked as a projects manager for the town of Longboat Key from April 2019 to January 2022. (File photo)
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • January 19, 2022
Longboat Town Projects Manager Charlie Mopps starts new Venice job

Charlie Mopps now serves as Venice's Public Works director.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Paloma has become Hanna Hornung's best polo horse, along with being a best friend.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 19, 2022
Fast company for Lakewood Ranch teen at the Sarasota Polo Club

Lakewood Ranch 13-year-old gallops into the spotlight against the best at the Sarasota Polo Club.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Barb Remington. Photo by Scott Lockwood
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • January 19, 2022
Main Street at Lakewood Ranch menu adds a twist

Remy's on Main opens in Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 19, 2022
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Sounds like gunfire (it isn't)

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
Built in 2006, the week's top-selling home has four bedrooms, seven-and-two-half baths, a pool and 11,246 square feet of living area.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 19, 2022
Ringling Estates waterfront home sells for more than $10 million

A waterfront home in Ringling Estates tops transactions for $10 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Orlando-based vendor Betinha Murta had several "Alice in Wonderland"-styled designs.
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • January 19, 2022
Crafters show inch-high designs at miniature festival

The Sarasota Fun in the Sun festival was held Jan. 14-16.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Siesta Key's incorporation plans stalled this month with a deadlocked vote by the local legislative delegation.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 18, 2022
Sarasota City commissioners vote to extend a hand to Siesta Key

City leaders approve initial contact to gauge support of annexation possibilities, though Siesta leader says community would be hesitant.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Samantha Miller has her digital artwork blown up to poster size.
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • January 18, 2022
Embracing Our Differences returns for 2022 exhibit

The annual showcase has new artwork on display at Bayfront Park.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
An aerial-view rendering of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ Downtown Sarasota campus after its multiphase Master Plan is completed. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Blake Fussell
  • January 18, 2022
Koski family donates $1 million to Selby remake

Selby Gardens is expected to become the first botanical garden with a net positive energy rating through its master plan. A recent $1 million donation from Tom and Sherry Koski has helped fund the project.

  • Sarasota
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Sharon Schreiber and Roberta Wladis
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 18, 2022
Temple Beth Israel women learn value of their keepsakes

Sarasota appraiser Andrew Ford was a luncheon guest at the Longboat Key temple and shared his knowledge.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • January 17, 2022
Chris Christie headlines RCLA lecture

The former governor of New Jersey spoke at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Jan. 17.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
David Bianchi with the Longboat Key Fire Department. Courtesy photo from Michelle Bianchi.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 17, 2022
David Bianchi, last volunteer fire chief on Longboat Key, dies

Bianchi died on Jan. 13 at 78 years old.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 17, 2022
Scholar in Residence talks Israel affairs, religious plurality at TBI

Israeli rabbi and lawyer Uri Regev spoke at the Temple Beth Israel weekend event.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Longbeach Village resident Pete Rowan snapped this photo of damage to a new home build on Hibiscus Way. Crews had already made repairs by Monday afternoon.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • January 17, 2022
New home project already repaired after damage from Sunday's high winds

A Longboat home build had part of its framing collapse after storms and high winds on Sunday.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • January 17, 2022
Sarasota Seafood & Music Festival returns to J.D. Hamel Park

The festival had two lively days starting Jan. 14,

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Students during the "World's Greatest Short Stories" class.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 17, 2022
Education Center at Temple Beth Israel ready for first winter season

The center's first busy season is upon them, and despite COVID-19, they're ready.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Shawna Hicks-Cranston, Elizabeth Cranston and Brad Cranston. Brad died unexpectedly Jan. 12. (Courtesy photo)
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • January 17, 2022
Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance grieves after death of local businessman

Lakewood Ranch businessman Brad Cranston, who owned PostNet, dies at age 70.

  • East County
  • News
Rabbi Tuviah Schreiber, a self-taught guitar players, will play guitar during services. Photo by Liz Ramos.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • January 17, 2022
New rabbi takes the pulpit at Temple Beth El of Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch

Rabbi Tuviah Schreiber plans to use his education and musical background to engage those at Temple Beth El.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Simone Roitman performs during the Mega Challah Bake at the Grove.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • January 16, 2022
Mega Challah Bake unites women in Lakewood Ranch

More than 100 women come together in Lakewood Ranch for a night of making challah at the Grove.

  • East County
  • News
This Preserve at Panther Ridge home at 22215 Panther Loop sold for $2.3 million. It has three bedrooms, three-and-two-half baths, a pool and 3,541 square feet of living area. Photo by Liz Ramos.
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • January 16, 2022
Panther Ridge home tops sales in the Lakewood Ranch and east Bradenton areas at $2.3 million

Five homes in the Lakewood Ranch and east Bradenton areas sell for more than $1 million.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
Cardinal Mooney junior point guard Olivia Davis, who lives in Lakewood Ranch, is averaging 18.8 points per game for the state title-contending Cougars.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • January 16, 2022
Junior point guard leads Cardinal Mooney of Sarasota's drive toward a state title

Lakewood Ranch's Olivia Davis leads Cardinal Mooney toward the state playoffs as the team's point guard.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Scott Lockwood
  • January 15, 2022
High stakes on opening weekend of the Manatee County Fair

Cow show and sale highlights opening weekend of the Manatee County Fair in Palmetto.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Chiles Group CEO and Gulf Shellfish Institute Board Member Ed Chiles (far right) spoke before a crowd Saturday morning to announce the launch of the All Clams on Deck initiative.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • January 15, 2022
Initiative announced to improve health of Sarasota Bay, other estuaries

The Gulf Shellfish Institute seeks to raise $22.5 million through its All Clams on Deck initiative.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Bath & Racquet Club is at 2170 Robinhood St., behind the Trader Joe’s and just south of Bee Ridge Road and U.S. 41, one of the busiest intersections in town.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 15, 2022
Bath & Racquet Club sold — again — for $15.3 million

Prominent club tripled in value in less than two years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Tampa's Noah Burdette, who is 3 years old, launches himself through an inflatable creature.
    By
  • Liz Ramos
  • January 15, 2022
Big Bounce America leads to high-flying fun in Sarasota

Sarasota's Nathan Benderson Park hosts Big Bounce America.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Lesley Rife and Karen Pashkow in hats similar to what they'll wear for the fashion show.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 14, 2022
Lord's Warehouse Fashion Show plans for garden party

The thrift store will bring back its annual fashion show, which was canceled in 2021.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
For 15 years, Al and Dottye Van Iten have spent their winters at the Twin Shores community in Longboat Key.
    By
  • Mark Bergin
  • January 14, 2022
Utility says repairs are on the way to Longboat Key beachfront sidewalk

A portion of the sidewalk remains closed on Gulf of Mexico Drive directly in front of the Twin Shores Mobile Home Park.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Hundreds of people filed through Town Center Green during the market.
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • January 14, 2022
The Market on Longboat Key draws crowds to first event

The first of three markets at Town Center Green was a hit with residents.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Land east and west of the Celery Fields slopes now has been set aside as perpetual green space.
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • January 14, 2022
Land east of Celery Fields set aside for preservation

A nearly 50-acre parcel is adjacent to 33 preserved acres west of the Sarasota County landmark.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    In Memoriam |
  • January 14, 2022
Doris M. Kaplan

Kaplan, Doris M. 93, passed away December 28, 2021 in Longboat Key, FL.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 13, 2022
East County weather page photo: January 13

Bonnie Ottaviani captured this rainbow just before sunset in Del Webb at Lakewood Ranch.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 13, 2022
Sarasota weather page photo: January 13

Dawn Scire captured this colorful image of sunset on Siesta Key beach.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • January 13, 2022
Longboat Key weather page photo: January 13

Mary Kondrat captured this photo of a heron walking the shoreline on Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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