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  • By Mark Bergin |
  • December 14, 2020
Longboat officer shares love of outer space

Richard Schoepfer says he began learning about astrophotography four years ago.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By David Conway |
  • March 15, 2018
Lido pavilion leaseholders discuss plans

Island residents remain skeptical about plans to renovate the Lido pool and pavilion, but the private operators believe they're making progress.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Spencer Fordin |
  • January 25, 2022
Funding push begins anew for Sarasota performing arts center project

If everything goes according to plan, the new Sarasota performing arts center could be completed in about six years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 12, 2010
Toll road stickers wreak havoc

Bay Isles and Islandside residents are being urged not to place SunPass toll-road stickers on their windshields, until it's determined why they are interfering with the operation of the Bay Isles south gate.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • March 20, 2018
Voters approve charter changes, firehouse fix-ups

Manatee voters reject charter revisions, but not by enough to overcome Sarasota County votes.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 24, 2011
Follow the money

A group of Collier County government appointees asked The Jackson Laboratory tough questions. In the end, Collier decided it was too risky.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • May 21, 2020
Sarasota couple celebrates 45 years of smooth sailing

Jan and Tim Solomon, owners and operators of Key Sailing, have been together for 45 years.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • February 13, 2020
The vision-less continues

We knew how the Bath & Racquet Club proposal would go — Sarasota’s own ‘Groundhog Day.’ At least Mayor Ahearn-Koch, a no voter again, has this right: The process needs to change.

  • Sarasota
  • Opinion
  • By Kelsey Grau |
  • July 2, 2014
Couple chases American dream on St. Armands

A civil engineer and a biologist from Germany decided to uproot their lives for a new Circle restaurant venture.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Alex Mahadevan |
  • December 5, 2013
SKVA considers putting petals on the metal cans

The association mulls an artistic twist on plans for recycling bins in the Village.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • July 14, 2019
The Players Centre's 'Shout! The Mod Musical' celebrates women of the '60s

Go back in time to the Swinging Sixties with this production at The Players Centre for Performing Arts.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Reviews
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • September 30, 2025
Urban Air Adventure Park opens in Lakewood Ranch

The 60,000-square-foot facility is the largest Urban Air in the country.

  • East County
  • Business
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 11, 2012
Longboat Key Club and town to appeal writ ruling

Both the Key Club and the town will challenge a ruling that granted a writ of certiorari to IPOC and two condo associations.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • December 18, 2013
Top ULI tasks: Town center, Bayfront Park

A new committee will make a town center concept and Bayfront Park its top priorities in the immediate future.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • April 24, 2019
Longboat leaders prepare for key decisions on small-cell network

When Town Commissioners decide height of poles and other factors, aesthetics won't be the only consideration.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Anna Brugmann |
  • June 3, 2016
Residents question revised Siesta Promenade plans

Revised plans for the Stickney Point property include 600 residential units — which has community members concerned about the project’s impact on traffic.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • June 9, 2011
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  • By Nancy Schwartz |
  • April 16, 2015
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  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 24, 2013
Clean out your closet for SPARCC

Your Prada shoes are so last year ... but oh so perfect to donate to Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center's (SPARCC) Reverse Trunk Show 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at the Longboat Key Club Harbourside Dining Room.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • August 30, 2017
Bring back my country

What’s happening to the country we knew and loved? The best way to bring it back is to continue doing and teaching our loved ones to do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
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