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  • By Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2021
Welcome Back: Remembering our Longboat friends

Longboat Key friends and neighbors we lost.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 19, 2022
Lakewood Ranch swimmer represents Chile at FINA World Championships

The Out-of-Door Academy swimmer competes against elite swimmers in the 100-, 200-meter butterfly events.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By David Conway |
  • March 28, 2019
Proposed School Avenue closure draws opposition

Residents and Planning Board members criticized a Sarasota County Schools plan to permanently close a road that cuts through Sarasota High.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2015
Black Tie & Tales

Backstage at the Asolo Gala …; A sister and a dog named Ava; and Tidbits

  • Black Tie
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • December 12, 2012
Food & Cooking: Made by loving hands

Observer food editor Molly Schechter shares two cookie recipes just in time for the holidays.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Bret Hauff |
  • January 17, 2018
Longboat's outgoing public works director remembers 17-year tenure

Juan Florensa has had significant impact on Longboat Key in the nearly two decades that he lead the town's public works department.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • May 1, 2013
With Rhyme and Reason: Georgia Court

Georgia Court, owner of Bookstore1Sarasota, initiated a visit from U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin and poet Naomi Shihab Nye for a new weekend event called PoetryLife.

  • Arts + Culture
  • In Memoriam |
  • September 1, 2023
Jack Robert Swartz

SWARTZ - Jack Robert of Syracuse, NY and Longboat Key, FL passed away on August 23, 2023, at age 92, joining his beloved wife of 57 years Barbara Jean.

  • Longboat Key
  • Tributes & Obituaries
  • By Marketing Staff at Florida Lakes Vein Center |
  • August 12, 2021
Vein Disease May Be the Cause of Your Leg Pain

New Treatments Are Now Offered in Lakewood Ranch

  • Health
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  • By Florida Design Works Marketing Team |
  • May 10, 2021
Giving New Definition to Classic Tile Design

The Florida Design Works team loves to show homeowners how using white tile, flooring and countertops can make any room an instant classic.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Sponsored Content
  • By Suncoast Blood Centers Staff |
  • February 18, 2021
From Survivor to Savior

If You’ve Recovered from COVID-19, Your Convalescent Plasma Can Save Lives.

  • Health
Sponsored Content
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • August 2, 2010
RECIPE AND A RESERVATION: Gecko's Grill and Pub

Gecko's Grill and Pub Head Chef Gordon Yates shares an exclusive recipe with YourObserver.com readers.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Michael Eng |
  • November 16, 2011
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Jamey Murphy

Jamey Murphy and his wife, Jodi Mailman, co-own Create Your Own - A Confectionary Boutique. To celebrate Murphy's 50th birthday, the two completed the New York City Marathon. Read more about him in our candid Q&A.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Paula Atwell |
  • January 16, 2013
Theater Review: 'The Aliens'

"The Aliens," by Obie Award-winning 31-year-old writer Annie Baker, is a play that insists on silence.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • July 15, 2020
2020 Dick Vitale Gala will move to a virtual presentation

The event, already postponed from April to September, will now be online-only out of COVID-19 concerns.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 7, 2016
Boat House owners praise commission’s decision

Boat House slip owners voiced their opposition in the last week to being charged an assessment of $1,660.52 for a Gulf of Mexico Drive undergrounding project.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Harold Ronson |
  • August 8, 2013
My take on why the Iwo Jima statue effort had to be abandoned

I am the veteran of the Iwo campaign who proposed donating the Iwo Jima statue to Sarasota. And I want to thank the Observer newspapers for your generous and thoughtful coverage of that effort, and make clear why it had to be abandoned.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • April 16, 2014
Your Neighbor: Danny Palmer

For Danny Palmer, life in Sleepy Lagoon is anything but sleepy.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • March 20, 2014
Your Neighbor: Carol Pettengill

Carol Pettengill is the founder and instructor of Senior Friendship Centers' harmonica band, Second Wind.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Harriet Sokmensuer |
  • January 30, 2014
Your Neighbor: Tina Beer

Bayview Acres resident and former educator Tina Beer walks five miles a day with her dog-walking business.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
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