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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 2, 2012
Palmer Ranch adding homes, jobs, businesses

Approximately 600 homes and hundreds of jobs in new businesses are coming to Palmer Ranch.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • February 8, 2022
Mote Marine manatees agree: Pick Bengals as Super Bowl champions

Hugh and Buffett have been picking the winners of the Super Bowl for 13 years.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2013
Matt Royal makes friends on Facebook

Between solving murders and late nights at Tiny's of Longboat, Matt Royal has found time to get on Facebook.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 28, 2012
Code changes to stall redevelopment

Applicants seeking redevelopment and some of the town's pool of 250 tourism units will have to wait until the town makes changes to its codes and Comp Plan.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Brendan Lavell |
  • February 24, 2021
Anger, gratitude follow Lakewood Ranch vaccinations

Lakewood Ranch residents relieved to be vaccinated, but Premier site receives criticism from many

  • East County
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 14, 2024
100-unit affordable housing project faces design hurdles

Lofts on Lemon II would bring urgently needed working-class housing to Sarasota's downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 26, 2011
Cops Corner

900 block of Siesta Drive. Animal Problem. Officers responded to a report of a dead shark on a sidewalk. What they found was ... a dead shark on a sidewalk.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 3, 2011
City seeks input at mooring field meeting

Sarasota is seeking public input for a long-awaited mooring field in Sarasota Bay, with construction set to begin in December.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • June 19, 2014
Local racers take a spin on Indy 500 track

Rick Sanders and Bill Stelcher took their pre-war racecars to the Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational this month.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 8, 2012
Welcome back: Since you left ...

We waded through Beach Road after Tropical Storm Debby pounded the island in June, and survived the stench of hundreds of tons of algae that washed ashore after to bring you the news.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 20, 2010
DCA: Consistent and inconsistent

The Department of Community Affairs ruled that the town's Comprehensive Plan is consistent in some parts but inconsistent in others.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 21, 2011
Town discusses law of the landscape

The law of landscaping requirements could soon have a slightly different look. The Longboat Key Town Commission reached consensus at its Dec. 15 regular workshop to forward two ordinances related to landscaping for first reading and public hearing.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 29, 2020
Census data provides growth tally in Lakewood Ranch

Census data provides growth tally in Lakewood Ranch

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • August 21, 2013
Longboat Lore: Holiday Inn murder shocked Longboat Key residents

On a quiet summer evening Aug. 25, 1978, at the Longboat Key Holiday Inn, a tragedy unfolded that shocked the Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • October 12, 2016
That's the ticket...

The match-ups this week in East County sports.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • October 15, 2014
Football Friday

The Observer recaps the week in football.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Adrian Moore, Christina Mojica, Eliza Terziev |
  • February 4, 2026
Legislature tackles housing affordability again

With the introduction of two bills, the state attempts to address underlying issues that increase the costs of developing new homes.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • October 20, 2011
Island Beat: Tushes slowly make progress on service station plans

The Tush family, owners of CB's Saltwater Outfitters on Stickney Point Road, slowly are making progress on their plans for the former BP station just to the west of their store.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By David Conway |
  • August 18, 2021
City advances consideration of St. Armands hotel proposal

A majority of the City Commission spoke positively about a plan to build a hotel and grocery store on the site of the Fillmore Drive parking lot, though some members of the public had reservations.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • September 21, 2020
Longboat Key Tennis Center courts updated

This maintenance is a precursor to bigger work to come in 2021.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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