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  • By Bret Hauff and Cassidy Alexander | Staff Writers |
  • December 6, 2017
Tom Harmer prepares to take over as Longboat Town Manager

The former Sarasota County Administrator doesn't start till Dec. 11, but he's spent the last five months getting to know the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 13, 2015
Boomers to Boomlets

How Manatee County is working to attract and keep a younger generation of employees.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 13, 2015
A reporter rewinds

Retired Longboat Observer Senior Editor Dora Walters looks back on her childhood, early careers and adventures in her new book.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 13, 2014
Our View

Changing of the guard

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2014
Our View

Big, fat poles

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By David Conway |
  • December 9, 2021
Lemon Avenue plans spark public pushback

As the city reviews proposals for new businesses at The Mark and in Paul Thorpe Park, residents are concerned about how commercial activity might affect a central segment of downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • April 18, 2024
The city is not a developer

The city manager wants Sarasota to develop an $80M affordable housing project. Good intentions, but this approach always fails. A voucher program would be better.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 13, 2023
Siesta Key incorporation inches closer to referendum

The bill that would allow barrier island residents to vote to create a new town is now in the House Ways and Means Committee.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • November 9, 2023
The man putting The Concession Golf Club on the elite level

Bruce Cassidy has used his coal industry work ethic to bring major golf events to the Lakewood Ranch area.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 18, 2025
City seeks resilience funding for St. Armands Key

With the backing of the town of Longboat Key, Sarasota has asked the county for $24.5 million in Resilient SRQ grant funding to mitigate flooding on St. Armands.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2024
Sarasota County Commission District 3: Neil Rainford

Meet the candidate.

  • Elections
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 19, 2021
In the Shadows

Although their teams drew crowds in the tens of thousands, traveling the country to play America’s pastime, many of their experiences were never recorded. Lakewood Ranch resident Leon Harris Jr. remembers his time in the Negro Leagues as one of many ano

  • LWR Life
  • By Michael Eng |
  • September 7, 2011
9/11: The Worst Day, The Best Day

Lakewood Ranch resident Lewis Abate was inside the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Michael Eng |
  • December 30, 2011
TOP STORY, SEPT.: 9/11 Anniversary

Lakewood Ranch resident Lewis Abate was inside the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. On the 10th anniversary of the attacks, he shared his story.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2013
Our View: Watchdog for human rights

David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee, is describing how he has spent the past 15 years circling the globe; sitting face to face, looking eye to eye with the world's most powerful heads of state; delivering the message incessantly and emphatically: Iran cannot have WMDs.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Vinnie Portell |
  • March 6, 2025
Booker baseball is turning the corner with new approach

The Tornadoes are using discipline and freshmen talent to overcome awful 2024 season.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 3, 2025
The best things to do in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Longboat for June 6-11

Don't miss these arts and entertainment events around Sarasota and Manatee counties this week.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • July 2, 2023
Cell service improvements on the horizon with AT&T lease

A new lease agreement with AT&T will help increase cell service on Longboat Key and decrease the possibility of dropped calls, without being visually intrusive.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Harry Sayer |
  • May 23, 2021
Sarasota Music Festival returns with revised format

The festival runs June 12 - 19.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • May 26, 2021
Cougars baseball makes logical move with new head coach

The Cougars' new coach is a 34-year veteran of the Sarasota County Sheriff's Department

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
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