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Results for: Cityfurnish App Referral code "CF6201271388" Get 500rs Bonus

  • By Dana Kampa |
  • November 7, 2025
Check out free St. Armands art fest this weekend

Admission is free to this annual art show, which will feature mixed-media artists, painters and more.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By S.T. Cardinal |
  • March 20, 2026
Longboat Key's Cops, Cars & Coffee rescheduled

The event where residents can show off their cars and meet and greet with officers while having a coffee will now be held in April.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • July 24, 2013
On the scene for 35 years

Thirty-five years ago, Ralph Hunter started the Longboat Observer because he was bored.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • November 12, 2021
Longboat Key Cops Corner: An alarming morning

Police reports from around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • April 26, 2023
Garage meets town codes

In time, we won’t even notice Unicorp’s proposed garage.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 8, 2022
Neighborhood complaints over recycling plant reach City Commission

With little authority available, the Sarasota City Commission is considering all options to provide relief for residents in Central Cocoanut surrounding a growing debris recycling business.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • November 6, 2009
Public addresses Islandside project

Supporters and opponents of The Longboat Key Club and Resort's Islandside renovation and expansion made their voices heard Friday, Nov. 6.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Sandy Gilbert |
  • June 24, 2009
My View: Landau-Younger approach is a better way

Corporate budget experts Lenny Landau and Phil Younger have provided the town of Longboat Key with a budget-format tool that focuses on actual expenses, not fuzzy budgets.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 6, 2010
Political sign issues arise

Longboat Key District 1 commission candidate Lee Pokoik and town officials have been sparring over the placement of his campaign signs and the wording of his sign.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2010
Cops Corner

Sept. 23 Sandwich solace 11:12 a.m. -- 500 block of Bay Isles Parkway. Suspicious Person. A man was reported loitering near a drug store. But police determined the man, who was eating a sandwich, could finish his meal.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • December 12, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: No skim scams here

Police reports around around Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 8, 2018
Don't cross the naming rights border in Lakewood Ranch

Schroeder-Manatee Ranch is serious about protecting its Lakewood Ranch brand and will take legal action if necessary.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • September 4, 2019
Tara development case still unsettled in Manatee County

Manatee County commissioners consider land regulation changes.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 15, 2019
Longboat Key Cops Corner: Be vewwwwy quiet

Police reports from around the island.

  • Longboat Key
  • Cops Corner
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • May 30, 2019
Sarasota County re-evaluates approach to hurricane shelters

Following Hurricane Irma, Sarasota County officials have made organizational and structural changes to how they will approach the 2019 hurricane season.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • April 3, 2017
Black Tie & Tales 04.06.17

It was all about babies, birthdays and...wait for it...Flo Rida last week on the social scene.

  • Black Tie
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 17, 2015
Cops Corner: Longboat Key 03.12.15

Cops Corner: Longboat Key

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • April 10, 2025
Mira Mar preservation plan passes first test

In a split decision, the Sarasota Planning Board recommends Comprehensive Plan and rezoning approval for a plan to build condo towers and preserve the Mira Mar building.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 10, 2024
Sarasota moves toward expanding vacation rental regulation

City Commissioner Erik Arroyo maintains his opposition, comparing the ordinance to "using a sledgehammer to kill a fly."

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 19, 2025
Former Sarasota mayor laments some aspects of downtown master plan

Mollie Cardamone, who was among the city leaders when the current downtown master plan was developed, tells the update committee of the current plan's self-inflicted flaws.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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