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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 1, 2010
Live-aboard issue surfaces

A town ordinance that doesn't allow people to live aboard their boats in excess of 72 hours while anchored near Longboat Key has not been enforced.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2011
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 4, 2019
Keiser University nursing instructor continues to teach lessons from 9/11 in her Lakewood Ranch classes

Keiser University nursing instructor continues to teach lessons from 9/11 in her Lakewood Ranch classes

  • East County
  • News
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • July 1, 2022
Florida Studio Theatre presents "Off the Charts!" in Lakewood Ranch

Florida Studio Theatre show at Waterside Place features songs from the 1950s to now.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • December 4, 2012
Commissioners ease downtown parking restrictions

At their Monday meeting, Commissioners also postponed a decision on Laurel Park buffer zone.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 10, 2011
FULL STORY: City mulls suspending impact fees for parks

Sarasota City Commissioner Shannon Snyder is making his case for why he believes the majority of the impact fees Sarasota County levied on city taxpayers should be axed.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • April 26, 2020
Longboat Key sees first turtle nest of 2020

Though turtle season doesn't start until May 1, the nesting mothers are arriving.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • August 4, 2011
City mulls impact fee suspensions

City Commissioner Shannon Snyder suggested the city needs to examine closely the county's impact fees.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 9, 2019
Longboat's new magistrate takes over code enforcement

Town honored members of phased-out Code Enforcement Board.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 17, 2016
Briefs: Longboat Key 2.18.16

Commission postpones collecting legal fees from Jaleski; All Angels blesses columbarium; Longboat Pass Bridge closures this week

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 19, 2014
Code Enforcement Board welcomes a new officer

Jeff Karr, the town's new code enforcement officer, will work under the direction of the Key's Police Department.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Berkley Mason |
  • October 19, 2016
Dickey's Barbecue Pit opens in Bradenton

Specials highlight chain's first month of service.

  • East County
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • September 24, 2015
Special event garage parking to come at a price

Searching for ways to reduce a $500,000 deficit in the parking fund, the city will begin to charge residents to park at downtown garages during special events.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • December 11, 2013
Urban Design Studio to provide form-based code update

A joint meeting of the Sarasota City Commission and Planning Board will feature a presentation from the Urban Design Studio regarding the development of a new form-based zoning code.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • February 7, 2018
Longboat Colony application approved for expedited hearing schedule

The Planning and Zoning Board and the Town Commission are scheduled to hear, and decide on, the application for developing the former site of the Colony before town elections.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Shane Donglasan |
  • August 23, 2018
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer celebrates upcoming fundraising season

Breast cancer survivors and their friends and family gathered on Aug. 23 at the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Sarasota-Manatee's kick-off celebration.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2011
Our View: Common sense code needed

If we are going to have rules, and we certainly need some, then they have to be enforced. But a generous dose of common sense should be ladled out by the rule enforcers.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 9, 2014
Code officer to use board for enforcement hearings

Members of the Code Enfocement Board are about to get what they have waited more than two years for: cases.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • August 2, 2017
Lakewood Ranch graduate’s life in minor leagues takes unexpected turn

He was traded from the Pittsburgh Pirates organization to the Philadelphia Phillies organization on July 31.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 10, 2024
Sarasota moves toward expanding vacation rental regulation

City Commissioner Erik Arroyo maintains his opposition, comparing the ordinance to "using a sledgehammer to kill a fly."

  • Sarasota
  • News
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