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  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 11, 2011
Resident hedges his bets against grass issue

A Longboat Key resident thinks the 20-foot-tall bamboo stalks beside his home are not a hedge and should be trimmed to adhere to the town's grass-height code.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • July 30, 2019
Court upholds Longboat's fine against resort operator over turtle rules

Code enforcement action levied $3,000 fine against Zota Beach Resort in the deaths of 15 turtle hatchlings in hot tub.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • March 2, 2011
Hidden treasures

We asked concierges and insiders at local hotels and resorts to share their picks for places off the beaten path.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • February 12, 2014
Rescues shelter animals after raid

Authorities confiscated more than 300 animals from Napier's Log Cabin Horse and Animal Sanctuary Feb. 5, with 75 of them taken to Nate's Honor Animal Rescue.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • July 7, 2010
Cal Ripken All-Stars crowned champs

Manatee Cal Ripken Rookie Division's All-Star team competed in the state tourney in Palm Beach Gardens.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Amanda Morales |
  • November 6, 2014
School board

Do you have school news you'd like to share? Email Staff Writer Amanda Morales at [email protected].

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Katie Johns |
  • October 14, 2016
Bird Key Yacht Club seeks pickleball courts

The club submitted an application for six pickleball courts on Oct. 12.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Samantha Chaney |
  • January 22, 2019
School Board member Bridget Ziegler proposes cell phone ban at schools

The Sarasota County School Board is considering banning cell phones on district campuses in the future. But will the idea buzz well with everyone?

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • November 29, 2021
Longboat Key to hold public meetings on its new sea turtle protections

The town is planning to hold meetings to discuss changes beachfront property owners will need to make.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 16, 2025
Whole Foods, Homesense planned for Sarasota Square redevelopment

The two retailers are expected to anchor a more than 500,000-square-foot mixed-use project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • January 20, 2015
Women weave together stories in memoir book

Nine women from Longboat Key and the area share their stories in 'A Tapestry Woven From Threads of Our Lives.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 20, 2015
Meadows Golf Tournament raises $100,000 for charity

The Meadows Cup Pro Am Golf Tournament, one of the longest-running charitable golf tournaments in Sarasota County, added five more zeros to its running pot of funds raised for Easter Seals of Southwest Florida.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
  • By Black Tie Staff |
  • April 30, 2011
American Business Women's Assocation Fundraiser Runway Party

American Business Women's Assocation Fundraiser Runway Party

  • Black Tie
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 29, 2019
Kiwanis kick off bell-ringing scheduling on Longboat

Volunteers needed for annual fund-raising activity that begins Friday after Thanksgiving.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Nick Reichert |
  • October 30, 2015
Urbanite Theatre announces new play reading series

In conjunction with its current winter theatrical season, the Urbanite Theatre will do readings of three new plays for potential future productions.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 9, 2012
St. Armands, hospital could see meters

With parking meters operational downtown, city staff will explore the idea of meters for St. Armands and Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • September 15, 2021
The Players CEO says plans for theater complex at Waterside Place at Lakewood Ranch now firmly in place

Groundbreaking for a $26.5 million complex at Waterside Place of Lakewood Ranch is targeted for spring 2023.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • February 17, 2010
Rothenberg treasures his service

The current District 1 commissioner and mayor is running for his seat again because he still has things he wants to accomplish for Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Mallory Gnaegy |
  • February 20, 2013
Chorus of the Keys' Kent Perry talks about upcoming annual show

Chorus of the Keys barbershop men really know how to make No. 1 hits sing.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By David Conway |
  • August 29, 2013
Roundabout details gain momentum

After more than a decade of advocating for a multimodal corridor, punctuated by roundabouts, on U.S. 41, Rod Warner's vision is close to being realized.

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