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Results for: WowAngel Discount Code : "AVA" Get 15% Off On Your Skincare

  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • July 9, 2019
Walk in the Park: Longboat Key beach access points

Take a tour of our town's public places

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Cassidy Alexander |
  • October 31, 2017
Sheriff's Office encourages safety on Halloween

Go out in groups, supervise your children and eat only factory-wrapped candy.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Katie Johns |
  • November 20, 2017
Longboat Key Fire Rescue Chief shares Thanksgiving safety tips

Chief Dezzi shares cooking tips from the U.S. Fire Administration.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jessica Salmond |
  • March 19, 2015
This Week in History

A glimpse of the way things were from the Pelican Press archives.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • March 2, 2015
Early voting begins for Longboat Key

Longboat Key early voting began March 2.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • April 17, 2013
Your Neighbor: Polly Curran

Polly Curran's Florida-friendly certified Lakewood Ranch lawn first took root in Asia.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • April 17, 2014
Your Neighbor: Amy Webber

When Amy Webber isn't teaching adult ceramics at Sarasota County Technical Institute, she is designing teapots.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • March 26, 2014
YOUR NEIGHBOR | Nancy Mazzarese

A recent transplant to Longboat Key, Nancy Mazzarese is making fast work of giving back to her new community.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • March 27, 2014
Your Neighbor | Kristen Kelly

Kristen Kelly puts a fun twist on the first- and second-grade classes she co-teaches at Waldorf Sarasota by incorporating jump ropes.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • December 13, 2013
Town watches for red drift algae

Officials are warning that a nuisance seaweed could return for the first time in six years to Gulf shores.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • January 16, 2014
Your Neighbor: Sara Goldenthal

Cat behaviorist Sara Goldenthal uses flower essences and body work to help cats in homes and shelters.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Dana Kampa |
  • November 3, 2025
Interfaith pet blessing recognizes contributions of furry companions

Faith leaders at All Angels by the Sea Episcopal Church and Temple Beth Israel of Longboat Key teamed up to offer a special blessing to the community's animals.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • March 27, 2023
Pickleball gets its hooks into a younger audience in East County

The sport is catching on with high school and young adult athletes in the area as it explodes nationally.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • July 3, 2023
Boat racers power through big waves and summer heat at Grand Prix

The 39th annual Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix drew 60 teams of racers to the waters off Lido Beach on July 1 and 2.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • March 24, 2023
Tidewell Foundation hosts Off the Clock

Interim President Delesa Morris says Tidewell is growing.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Roy |
  • September 15, 2009
Merchants, Partnership merger talks back on

Despite downtown merchants ending merger negotiations with the Downtown Partnership last week, both sides will sit down this week to try to resurrect a deal.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 29, 2012
When friends become rivals

Braden River High and Lakewood Ranch High - two schools separated by less than four miles.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2011
Cops Corner: Longboat Key

Enjoy this week's edition of Cops Corner.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • September 21, 2011
Mar Vista upstairs dining grounded until next year

The restaurant will soon begin minor renovations, however, patrons will have to wait until next season for upstairs dining.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Ryan Butler |
  • September 18, 2017
Off-duty Longboat officers provide Zota security

As hotel seeks new security company, town police fill in on their own time.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
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