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  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 3, 2023
Perfect plans to experience all Sarasota has to offer

Don’t leave town without filling your senses with these lesser-known Sarasota wonders.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • March 29, 2025
Speakers recount lessons learned, prep methods at disaster prep seminar

Longboat Key's 2025 Disaster Preparedness Seminar included insights into the town's lessons learned as well as advice from local meteorologists and emergency coordinators.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier |
  • March 11, 2025
'Anne Frank's Tree' grows in Sarasota

Chamber Orchestra of Sarasota will perform the Florida premiere of Victoria Bond's 2023 composition.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • September 15, 2021
Manatee School District adds visual and performing arts to millage allocations

If 1-mill ad valorem property tax is renewed, arts programs will be bolstered.

  • East County
  • Schools
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • March 25, 2025
Longboat Key Fire Rescue teams practices vehicle extrication techniques

Crew members spent an early afternoon walking through a simulated vehicle crash to get hands-on training with extrication equipment like the Hurst Jaws of Life.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2009
Letters to the Editor

To send in your letters, please e-mail them to [email protected], or mail them to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, 34228. The Longboat Observer gives priority to letters of local interest and about local issues. The Observer will print all letters to the editor if it feels they are of general interest, but only if the letter is signed and the author's street address and phone number are given. The editor reserves the right to condense letters.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 14, 2010
Two-Man Golf Tour to be played at top courses

The new concept is open to all golfers. A PGA tour player will present trophies after the final round.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nick Friedman |
  • April 19, 2012
Sarasota district must do more with less

Sarasota County School District officials expect the district's budget to be about 55% of what it was during the 2007-08 school year.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 31, 2012
Year in review: October 2012, 'Board abolishes Village parking district'

Sarasota County commissioners voted to end assessments on Siesta Key Village for a municipal parking lot.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 17, 2020
It’s not who; it’s what

Voters should know what they are voting for in November. The candidates are only facades.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Suzanne Elliott |
  • December 17, 2018
Longboat coyotes smart, hard to trap, expert said

Attacks on humans are rare.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • November 29, 2017
New bridge could attract area athletes to rowing

Shorter trip to Fort Hamer Park may make sense for Lakewood Ranch students.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Adrian Moore |
  • July 6, 2017
Bobby Jones course needs change, not bailout

And the county should face the truth about affordable housing.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • May 13, 2015
Central Park residents take on community leadership

Residents of Central Park at Lakewood Ranch start another chapter in the community’s history, as they assume leadership of their homeowners association.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • May 8, 2013
Waterline Road plans delayed after outcry

The Manatee County commissioners continued a public hearing on the East County housing proposal on Waterline Road.

  • East County
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • November 19, 2013
City Commission keeps paid parking start date

Despite a request from the owner of Louies Modern - and the apparent interest of three commissioners to delay the start date - paid parking at the Palm Avenue garage will be implemented on schedule.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Letter to the Editor |
  • January 20, 2025
Celery Fields is for both people and the environment

A housing development on adjacent property would directly impact many programs and activities, a reader says.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • October 21, 2024
Tara Golf & Country Club hosts Candidate Night

Candidates discussed issues within the Tara community up to concerns at the state level.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 5, 2021
Season's back: Raise the curtain

Area artistic directors celebrate their return to live performance in the real world.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 26, 2023
Volleyball star Jordyn Byrd reflects on her path to stardom

Byrd, a two-time Gatorade Florida Player of the Year, enrolled early at the University of Texas.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
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