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  • By Petra Rivera |
  • April 9, 2024
Cash Register's generosity touched many Longboaters' hearts

Loved ones celebrate Register's life and recount his kindness and dedication to community causes.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Petra Rivera |
  • December 3, 2024
New flower shop opens before hurricanes on Longboat Key

Le Gardenia Bleu aims to bring hope to Longboat Key with its unique trinkets from local artists and accessible flowers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Business
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • October 11, 2023
Fridays offer friendship and free lunch for seniors in Myakka City

Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee hosts a senior program every Friday at the Myakka Family Worship Center.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Michael Harris |
  • August 5, 2025
Longboat Key swears in new police chief

Russ Mager brings 29 years of experience to the position, with much of that time spent in Delray Beach.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 13, 2024
Commissioners mull how to replace city attorney

Sarasota City Attorney Robert Fournier and Deputy City Attorney Michael Connolly are retiring next spring; likely replacements are current law firm partners.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 14, 2024
Downtown Master Plan update seeks to enhance city's brand

Sarasota city commissioners debate the composition of an ad hoc committee that will be seated to take the 2020 plan into the future.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Carter Weinhofer |
  • October 29, 2024
Town makes progress in debris cleanup after hurricanes Helene, Milton

Here's what to know about the latest status of debris cleanup on Longboat Key and the complications of the town's different types of roads.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • November 24, 2025
Mark Twain is alive and well and living in Sarasota

Twain impersonator Alan Kitty is launching a festival to honor the noted author's 190th birthday.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 26, 2014
Country Club Village home sells for $725,000

A home in Country Club Village at Lakewood Ranch and a Langley Park home top all transactions in this week's real estate.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2013
Our View

Dec. 7, 1941: Never forget

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
  • By David Conway |
  • June 10, 2021
St. Armands carousel concept sparks controversy

Amid criticism from nearby residents, the group behind a proposal to place a carousel in St. Armands Circle is asking for community input before city officials weigh in.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2021
Officials hope to build on housing progress

City and county leaders centered affordable housing as a priority in 2020. To what extent will recently established policies bear fruit this year?

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • November 16, 2021
Longboat planning board delays cell-plan discussions until 2022

Verizon Wireless proposed building nine small cell poles and antennas to improve Longboat Key's cell signal.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • December 7, 2011
Teresa Stanley: Off Broadway

Four years ago, Teresa Stanley left the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe to perform in 'The Color Purple' on Broadway. This winter she's back to perform with the company that launched her career.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • December 29, 2011
Our View: Wish list for 2012 ...

We might look back at 2011 and see it was the year when the tide turned back in favor of freedom, free enterprise and the bedrock American values that made the country great.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Jay Heater |
  • June 25, 2019
MTC Law Academy graduates ready for assignments in Sarasota, Bradenton

Manatee Technical College Law Academy graduates ready for assignments in Sarasota, Bradenton

  • East County
  • News
  • By Heidi Kurpiela |
  • October 1, 2014
Dramatic Entrance

Richard Parison Jr. is ready to launch the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe into its next blockbuster phase.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Jack Nelson |
  • December 1, 2025
Sarasota Polo Club gallops forward with new women's league

Introduced for the 2026 season, the 6-8 goal league will run Fridays from Jan. 9 through Feb. 20.

  • East County
  • Sports
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • December 3, 2025
'Grandiose' Bobby Jones clubhouse design lands short of the green

More than a year after approving a two-story clubhouse at Bobby Jones Clubhouse, the Sarasota City Commission opts for a scaled-down version.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Marty Fugate |
  • December 21, 2016
Artistic Directors’ Letters to Santa

Sarasota artistic directors share their holiday wishlists.

  • Arts + Culture
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