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  • By Stuart Scheyer |
  • December 1, 2010
My View

Pat-downs should be put down

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 5, 2011
Cops Corner

Classic Cops Dec. 27, 2006 1:46 p.m. 5200 block of GMD. Missing Person. Officer responds to a call about a missing juvenile. Father says his son had been at the beach looking for seashells and had wandered off. Officer takes description of the juvenile and gives it out on the radio. About 2:10 p.m., a citizen located the youth, walking on the beach in the 4200 block, near LaPlaya condominiums. The father is contacted and arrives to pick up the boy. The son tells the officer he had been walking and didn't realize how far he had gone.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Rachel Brown Hackney |
  • January 12, 2012
Meetings kick off planning, funding of new library

Sarasota County library staff and Friends of Gulf Gate Library have begun planning to create a well-appointed, new facility.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Stuart and Lois Scheyer |
  • January 4, 2012
The good, bad, ugly and bizarre

It's been six years since we reported on our excursion to the bewildering world of Art Basel Miami Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • June 15, 2020
Longboat Key property values projected to decrease in 2021

About 75% of the town of Longboat Key's general fund comes from property taxes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 1, 2020
Longboat Key Cops Corner: What happens on Longboat . . .

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • June 28, 2018
Is mini-golf as fun as you remember?

To see what mini-golf is like in 2018, we headed to Sarasota's Smugglers Cove Adventure Golf and talked to people about their experiences.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
  • By Liz Ramos |
  • January 15, 2020
East County schools make room for house system

House program strengthens school community at Tara and Braden River elementary schools.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 5, 2020
Lakewood Ranch area woman recommends to trade fad diets for simple lifestyle changes

Carol Shabe in University Park shows lifestyle changes reap longterm benefits.

  • Health
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • December 28, 2016
Top Story — July: Paul Rudolph's architectural impact

Catch up on the hottest news items of the of the year with the Observer’s Digital Year in Review.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • September 18, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: I'm fine . . . really

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By David Conway |
  • October 8, 2019
Pedal tours a no-go, city says

Citing safety concerns, the City Commission voted 3-2 against permitting commercial cycle tours to operate on downtown streets.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • July 12, 2019
County to move forward on implementation of SCAT service partnership

Staff will continue exploring the new SCAT model before reporting back to the board in four months.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Edward Alley |
  • May 13, 2019
Artist Series, Choral Artists and opera provide musical Mother's Day weekend

Performers from several professional arts organizations in the area provided memorable Mother's Day weekend entertainment last weekend.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Guest Author |
  • September 27, 2018
The benefits of an elected mayor

We we can learn from another city.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • April 2, 2019
Portrait artist Dirce Kennedy aims to capture her subjects inside and out

Artist Dirce Kennedy's latest exhibit is now through April 22 at The Players Centre for Performing Arts.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Niki Kottmann |
  • October 4, 2017
SCD takes steps in a new direction with its first show of the season

Sarasota Contemporary Dance will open its season with SCD + Piazzolla, a collaboration that reinvents tango.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2017
Town says thanks for hurricane heroes

Following Hurricane Irma, Meador opened up Casa Del Mar Beach Resort to ten families.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 7, 2017
Longboat, Zota look to return to normal

The Zota Beach Resort has re-opened following suspected homicide.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 19, 2016
Motorcycle fundraiser thunders toward Lakewood Ranch

Thunder by the Bay will relocate its main festival to Premier Sports Campus in January.

  • East County
  • News
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